From an island off of North Carolina to a coastal village on Japan’s Izu Peninsula, these are the most beautiful beach towns in the world. Lydia Mansel is a writer with more than eight years of ...

From dragon-haunted islands to penguin-dotted coves, here are the world’s most beautiful beaches for 2025, according to Explore Worldwide. here rose-tinted shores brushed by cheeky parrotfish meet ...

Think ‘Japan’ and many evocative images spring to mind. One that probably doesn’t is a beautiful beach. Yet between the coastlines of Hokkaido island in the north and the tropical Okinawa archipelago ...