The Bora Bora Island is home to many exotic beaches, ideal for a tranquil as well as fun filled holiday. The Matira Beach on this Island is, however, is supposed to be the best beach here. Location On the leeward group of the Society Islands Archipelago of French Polynesia, in the South Pacific Ocean is the Bora Bora Island. The Island stretches to about 18 miles and is surrounded by a lagoon and a barrier reef. On the south end of this Island is the Matira Beach, a mile long beach that is among the best beaches of o f this Island. The starting point of this beach is the well known resort of Hotel Bora Bora from where it goes around the south of the Island to the Matira Point and extends 3 kilometers ahead to the Club Med. Lined up along the beach are a number of resorts where you can stay. When to go The Bora Bora Island has a tropical climate  [...] 

In the Windward Islands of the eastern Caribbean, to its southern end are the Islands of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique. Carriacou Island is in fact the southernmost part of all the Grenadines which groups about 200 islands. Unlike the other Islands, Carriacou is pretty much untouched by too much tourism and is know fro its unspoiled tranquil beaches. One such beach here is the beach of Anse La Roche, to the north of Grenada by 23 miles and 90 miles north of Venezuela. Weather The Carriacou Island is just about 830 miles from the equator.  This gives the Island a tropical climate. Most of the rains occur in the months from June to November and the rest of the year can be categorized as dry season. However, it’s sunny and bright even in the rainy season. The rains are heavy but they have a short duration and mostly occur at night. In  [...] 

Common Info Porto Pim is an old port at Horta in Faial Island in the Azores in Portugal. The lies between Monte Escuro and Monte da Guia and was a natural refuge for the first colonialists of the region. Porto Pim features beautiful beach washed by turquoise water. Till 1878 it had served as the main port of Horta and is located at its southern-most extreme. It was used for loading and unloading cargo and supplies. The harbour had a number of fortifications of which today only Portão Fortificado de Porto Pim and a small part of São Sebastião have survived. There are also the remains of an old whaling factory located to the left of the beach that hosts a whaling museum today. Faial Island Faial Island is a Portuguese island and is one of the nine member islands of the Azores archipelago. Pico Island is the nearest to Faial island. Horta  [...] 

The Dodecanese Islands and location of Patmos The Dodecanese Islands, to the south east of Greece in the Aegean Sea, share a part of Greece’s border with Turkey. Covering about 2,663 square kilometers with about 50 islands, Dodecanese Island is located between the south-western coast of Asia Minor and the Island of Crete. The Islands of Dodecanese can be grouped in three categories – The Northern Dodecanese, The Central Dodecanese and the Southern Dodecanese. The Rhodes Island has the largest area and population of all the Islands here and is also the Capital if the Islands of Dodecanese. Tourism and agriculture are the main components of the Dodecanese economy. The Island, ruled by several emperors, was finally ceded to Greece by Italy on the 10th of February in 1947 after World War II by a peace treaty in Paris. Patmos Island is one  [...] 

Spreading over 110 miles, with over 17, 00 islands, the Islands of Florida Keys are America’s key to a tropical vacation. It is about 15 miles to the south west of Miami city in Florida in the south east of United States. The islands of Florida Keys all are connected by bridges and causeways. The Islands lie along the Florida Straits with the Atlantic Ocean on its east and the Gulf of Mexico to its west.  The southern tip of the Key West Island is about 94 miles away from Cuba. The first Island here is Key Largo, a popular tourist destination famous for its diving sites. Next comes the Islamorada Island, to the south of Key Largo. Known as a destination for sport fishing, it holds fishing tournaments and angling opportunities throughout the year. Bone fishing as well as fishing sailfish in the winter months here offer thrilling experiences  [...] 

The Copacabana Beach is perhaps one of the most happening places in Brazil as well as the world, with luxury hotels, nightclubs, bars and restaurants lined up there. It is certainly one of the top most attractive beached of the world. Location Stretching over 4 kilometers in the region of Copacabana in the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the Copacabana Beach. At one end of it is a 700 foot Pao De Acucar or the Sugarloaf of Mountain and the old Copacabana Fort on the other end. The beach is located between Avoca Beach and MacMasters Beach, north of the mouth of Cokrane Lagoon. When to visit The Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro because of its location almost on the Tropic of Capricorn, the city has a southern hemisphere tropical climate. Summers last from December to March and are hot and humid, with the average temperatures ranging  [...] 

The 4 kilometer long White Beach welcomes tourist with water sports, along with restaurants, resorts, and other tourist- related centers lined up on it. It is one of the most popular beaches of the world. This beach has a two kilometer long footpath in its central portion, connected to the main road through several paths and roads. The White Beach is connected with Diniwid Beach at its northern end, through a footpath. While the serenity of the beach has been affected by over tourism, there still is a charm intact that attracts tourists here and needs to be preserved. Location The island of Boracay is in South East Asia, about 2 kilometers off the northwest tip of the Island of Panay in the western Visavas region of the Philippines and about 315 kilometers south of Manila. The White Beach is on of the two popular beaches of the Island of Boracay,  [...] 

The Gulf of California is one of the most biologically rich seas in the Western Hemisphere, with about 6000 species of marine macro fauna that includes about 90 species of plants and animals that are unique to the Gulf as well as 60 endemic reptiles and five marine turtle species of the world. The Gulf of California or the Sea of Cortez is also home to about 26 species of sea birds. It is home to about 922 islands and attracts about two million tourists annually. Among them are sport fishermen and divers as well.  It is also and important means of livelihood for people living here. It was named Sea of Cortez in 1540 by the Spanish Explorer Francisco de Ulloa, after his leader Hernan Cortez. Location The Gulf of California, also called the Sea of Cortez locally, is a large inlet of the eastern Pacific Ocean along the northwestern coast of  [...] 

The Trunk Bay Beach in the United States Virgin Islands is one of the favourite beaches of travelers around the world. Apart from the charms of a beach that one is attracted to, there are plenty of diversions as well that makes it a place worth exploring. To begin with, the ambience itself is very tourist friendly, with all the amenities that you would need at a beach and snorkeling place. There also are historical sites and other such places not far from the beach that is worth a visit. Location On the Island of St. John, on the western coast of The United States Virgin Islands is the popular beach of Trunk Bay. It is at a distance of about 0.6 miles from Peace Hill and in proximity to the Cruz Bay. The United States Virgin Islands are in the Caribbean and the North Atlantic Ocean.  The main islands other than St John here are Saint Croix  [...] 

There is a lot to see and do at the Rock Tail Bay. The months from November to March of course have the highlights here with the endangered loggerhead and the Leather back turtles coming to the shore to nest and lay their eggs.  There are after dinner drives and walking tours at the beach here during this season that covers about 16 kilometers. Tourists can also accompany the experts here on their research drives to monitor the behavior of turtles. Scuba Diving, snorkeling and cruising are other attractions of this place. You of course, need to be a licensed diver to dive here.  The Rock Tail Bay Lodge and the Rock Tail Bay Camp, both have arrangements for divers. Fly fishing, snorkeling off the shore, swimming and drives to Black Rock – a 60 foot fossil sand dune that offers great views from its top, the nearby Hippo Pool and the surrounding  [...]