1. Pink Sands Beach, Harbor Island, the Bahamas

If you are searching for a private, more intimate and romantic destination to spend time with your mates, family or spouse, Pink Sands Beach is definitely your choice. This famous beach is called Pink Sands because its baby powder-like sands have a nice pinkish color. It is a perfect place to spend time together as this wide-mile beach simply cannot be crowded. As you arrive to Pink Sands, first you’ll be amazed by warm and mild sand, crystal clean water and almost endless sky-blue horizon. Harbor Island is a perfect place to escape from cold weather and office work. If you plan to visit Pink Sands, book a hotel beforehand as this place is rather popular among tourists while only few hotels are situated in this truly amazing place.

2. Queensland, Australia

Australia can be proud of its beaches and actually it’s hard to distinguish the best one as Gold Coast is known for its postcard-like beaches. Each one is a real paradise for surfers and other activities lovers. You can try jetski, enjoy playing beach volleyball, participate in fishing or whale watching cruises. If you prefer on land activities, try golf or bungee jumping. Queensland offers endless ideas for rest for various groups of tourists. Another advantage is you will surely stay in shape while such vacation. Travelers searching particularly gorgeous places will fall in love with Whitehaven beach with its white sands, warm and clear water and a tropical forest nearby. This place looks like a real paradise and you will never want to leave it.

3. Porto da Barra, Salvador, Brazil

Salvador is the oldest city in Brazil. Despite famous Copacabana or Ipanema in Rio, this place is less well known and thus more romantic and not severely crowded. Only here you can enjoy a magnificent morning swim or take a cup of coffee in a lovely café nearby. This location is simply stunning. It has its own unique atmosphere. Near the beach there is an old colonial fort and whitewashed church. This place is living its own little life and you can watch how small fishing boats shuttlecock with their catch, youth diving into the sea to explore the walls of old fort, volleyball, tennis and other activities. In Porto da Barra you will find clear water perfect for swimming, mild sand and tender sun. Brazil has an east-facing coastline of as much as 7,000 km, but Porto da Barra is among few beaches facing west, so you can enjoy terrifying and completely heartbreaking sunsets.

4. Khao Lak, Phuket, Thailand

Travelers eager to find calm, warm and peaceful resort will surely be completely satisfied with Khao Lak. This place has retained its natural beauty and freshness. You will be deeply amazed by the golden sand with some rocky outcrops, crystal blue waters of the Andaman Sea and groves of green palms nearby. Approximately 12 km of Khao Lak are surrounded by large trees like pines. When you get tired of lazy sunbathing, take a walk or ride to 1-2 kilometers inland and you will see amazing coconut palm plantations, large fields and nice villages. In between you will find many small lakes - reminders of tin mining that has been widespread in this region over two hundred years ago.

5. Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Ipanema is a place where youth, beauty and salsa never end. This place is truly magnetic and it attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world. This beach can be called a bikini paradise and famous song “Girl from Ipanema” sounds fresh even today. Brazilians believe that beach is a place to get tanned, so you mustn’t wear much. This opinion turns to “wear as little as possible” when it considers Ipanema, so male tourists will surely love this place. However, good looking people are not the only attractiveness of Ipanema. This beach is gorgeous by itself. Two-mile stretch of mild as powder golden sand, clear water and glorious sun of Rio make this place one of the best beaches in the whole world.

6. Tayrona National Park, Colombia

Hidden in forests, this beach is not for those who seek a typical Caribbean beach with turquoise water, calm waves and mild powder-like sand. After you spend almost a half of an hour hiking through forest, you will be amazed by raw and wild beauty of nature. Wild sea waves as big as a house are crushing heavily on rocks. Semi-desert beach in Tayrona is nothing similar with ordinary beaches with few cabanas for visitors. This overwhelming view will certainly attract many tourists, but prepare to sleep in open-air hammock. While other countries surely would have turned this place to a major tourist vacation resort, Colombia doesn’t pay much attention to it. On the other hand, you have a possibility to touch virgin nature, so if you don’t mind camping this place is a must visit one.

7. Larvotto Beach, Monte Carlo, Monaco

This is the place where luxury meets natural beauty. Monaco is a pricey place and its hotels are not cheap ones as well, so if you plan your trip to Monaco make sure you have enough cash or have your credit cards with you as believe me you will need them. However, Monte Carlo is worth its price and you will feel yourself the luckiest person in the whole world as you visit Larvotto Beach, the best one in Monaco. This place looks like a beach of a royal family and actually you can see many famous people in Larvotto. Celebrities, millionaires, tycoons and even members of royal families enjoy sunbathing and swimming here. You will feel like you have got en entrance pass to a VIP only party. As people say, in famous Monte Carlo’s Larvotto Beach women can appear without bikini tops, but never come out without jewels, so if you want to taste a luxury life, this beach is your best choice.

8. Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii

Certainly, this article wouldn’t be complete without mentioning Hawaii. These islands are known as a real tropical paradise and cordially welcome visitors almost whole year. Hawaii is always been known as the best place to escape from routine, cold and rainy weather or boring office work. If you plan to make a trip with your spouse and kids, you can never find a better place than Poipu Beach. Whole family will find here numerous activities like hiking, camping, riding, surfing, scuba diving, bicycling, downhill and plenty of kid-friendly activities. Only at Poipu you can enjoy real fun and get lots of exciting memories if you and your family make a helicopter ride! If you want to enjoy something like scuba diving, but have kids with you, this is not a problem here. Numerous guardians will accompany your kids and entertain them while you are absent.

9. Arambol, Goa, India

If you start asking travelers who have visited Goa, most probably you will hear completely different opinions. While one part thinks this is a real holy grail of hippy hedonism and one of the best places in the world, the others will say something like this is the worst place for a modern traveler. The truth is you will find all kinds of tourists as you visit Goa. Arambol is the northernmost beach and its look is so marvelous that is attracts either aged hippies, or families on a vacation trip. Arambol is not a tiny place, so finding your own corner of sand is not difficult at all. Take a walk along the beach and if you are lucky, you will not find a soul for miles! If you’re not a kind of person who simply lies on a beach enjoying sunbathing, visit another beach that is around rocky headland to see an amazing freshwater lake surrounded by small jungle. In general, Arambol is a nice place and vast majority of tourists will like it.

10. Clifton Beach, Capetown, South Africa Capetown

is one of the most unique places on Earth and it attracts thousands of tourists each year. While enjoying your stay in Capetown most probably you will want to swim or simply walk along coastline. If so, we suggest you move your feet to Clifton Beach and explore absolutely unique and paradise like place. When you are at Clifton Beach, it’s hard to imagine that actually you are just several minutes away from noisy center of this truly cosmopolitan city. You will find here either tourists, who are attracted by Clifton’s crystal waters or locals, who are ever friendly with travelers. Clifton is a perfect place for nightlife too – there are several nice bars and restaurants offering delicious local cuisine. Clifton will be a good choice for travelers both married and single, with or without children.

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