Verified guides to beaches, seafront hotels, activities and monuments, organised by country and region.
Limestone arches over emerald water, at the foot of 165 steps.
Polished granite boulders and a reef that keeps the water knee-deep for hundreds of metres.
Basalt columns and waves nobody swims. You go to look.
Limestone cliffs, sea caves and 300 days of sun a year.
Clear-water coves in the east, dunes in the west.
Granite, reef and no building taller than the palms.
Arctic white-sand beaches, 9 °C in August.
Continuous reef, sailing dhows and tides that uncover sandbars.
Natural pools, shifting dunes and 2,000 km of warm coast.
Pure silica sand, reef just metres out, islands reachable only by boat.
Indigenous forest meets ocean, whales in view from July to November.
The Perfume Island: turquoise water, coral reefs and a west-facing sunset.
Nine coasts where the water is warmer in October than in June, and hotels half the price.
Lagoons and reefs where children can walk hundreds of metres without losing the bottom.
Trails from 20 minutes to three hours, with path conditions and what to carry.
We pick one coast, explain how to get there off-season and where to sleep for less.