99 Coastal Destinations Rated

Featured Destinations

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  Newfoundland: Avalon Peninsula

  Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula is home to a winding coastline dotted with picturesque fishing villages.

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  Italy: Cinque Terre

  Cinque Terre's steep, rocky coast has afforded its towns a natural seclusion from the rest of the mainland.

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  Jamaica: Southwest/Northwest Coasts

  The coast of Jamaica offers a tale of two shores: the party-hearty northwest coast and the low-density alternative along the southwest.

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  Mozambique: Northern Coast

  The remote north coast of Mozambique has tawny sands, turquiose waters, coral islands, tropical woodlands, and centuries-old Portuguese forts.

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  Brazil: Rio de Janeiro's Beaches

  Rio de Janeiro's beaches maintain their appeal despite contending with slums, traffic, and crime in the surrounding city of six million.

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  Sri Lanka: South Coast

  Still rebuilding from the deadly 2004 tsunami and years of civil war, Sri Lanka is looking to tourism to achieve its goals.

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  Coastal Louisiana

  Much of the wetlands that define coastal Louisiana were damaged in the 2010 oil spill, but a good portion of the western coast was spared.