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Goa has been India's designated escape hatch for decades. British package tourists in the 1980s and 90s. Israeli backpackers on their post-army trip. Russian charter flights in the 2000s and 2010s. Domestic Indian tourists who've discovered it more...
Puerto Rico's 270+ miles of coastline encompass an extraordinary range of beach types — calm shallow Caribbean bays on the south and, powerful Atlantic surf on the north, secluded island beaches on Culebra and Vieques, and bioluminescent waters that...
Cuba floats in the Caribbean with over 5,700 km of coastline, more than 300 beaches, and thousands of coral keys (cayos) — many of them completely uninhabited. Whether you want a resort beach with a cocktail in hand or an empty white-sand stretch acc...
Alabama is the 22nd largest US state, bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. It is a state whose national reputation is dominated by its civil rights history ...
Latvia may be small, but it offers something for every type of traveler, whether you want to visit historic cities, beautiful beaches, lush national parks, or an international art and food scene. Latvia is one of Europe's more affordable travel desti...
Quick quiz: What is 30 miles long, sits in the western Pacific Ocean, has stunning tropical beaches, World War II history everywhere you look, a unique indigenous culture, and belongs to the United States? If you said Guam, congratulations — y...
You already have an image of Mauritius in your head: pristine beaches, turquoise lagoon, luxury resorts. That image is accurate. What most people miss is everything else — the volcanic interior, the deep cultural hybridity, the food, the history,...
Antigua and Barbuda is a two-island nation in the Eastern Caribbean, sitting between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. It's small — Antigua is about 108 square miles, Barbuda about 62 — but within that size it packs more variety than many...
Delaware is the second smallest state in America by area and one of the most overlooked. Sandwiched between Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, with a narrow sliver of Atlantic coastline, it tends to get bypassed by travelers heading to bigger, l...
The short answer: it depends entirely on which coast and which beach you're on. Puerto Rico's geography creates dramatically different ocean conditions on its various coasts, and the island has a meaningful number of drowning incidents every year — m...
Uruguay is the quiet achiever of South America. No dramatic Andes backdrops. No Amazonian wilderness. No baroque colonial epicentres. What Uruguay has is a genuinely functional democracy, beaches that rival the best on the continent, a food culture b...
Fiji is the kind of place that looks photoshopped until you arrive and realize it's actually real. With 333 islands scattered across the South Pacific, Fiji offers everything from luxury overwater bungalows to backpacker beach villages — all wrapped ...
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