The world's beaches, in detail.

On-the-ground beach reviews, travel guides and tips from people who have actually stood on the sand. No press trips. No comp rooms. Just real visits.

Aerial view of the Cavtat peninsula south of Dubrovnik: a small old town with terracotta roofs, two sheltered bays full of moored sailboats, and pine-forested coastline running out to the open Adriatic

4.2

Cover beach · Dalmatia, Croatia

Cavtat Beach, Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik's quieter southern neighbour, with small pebble coves on a peninsula and an old town that hasn't been overrun.

By Claire Vincent·May 15, 2026

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Tolo Beach in Nafplio, looking down the long sandy crescent with sunbeds and umbrellas along the shore and the headland of the bay behind

4.2

Peloponnese · Greece

Tolo Beach, Nafplio

Aerial view of the Punta Skala peninsula at Petrčane, with Aleppo pine trees over the curving pebbly shoreline and swimmers in the clear Adriatic water below

4.1

Dalmatia · Croatia

Petrčane Beach, Zadar

Loukkos Tou Mandi Beach in Ayia Napa, Cyprus: a rocky cove with the steel ladder pier on the left and a wooden viewing platform on the right, looking out at the south-Cyprus turquoise water

4.1

Cyprus · Cyprus

Loukkos Tou Mandi Beach, Ayia Napa

Agni Bay in Corfu, seen from the hillside through olive branches, with motorboats anchored in turquoise water and the mainland mountains beyond

4.1

Corfu · Greece

Agni Beach, Corfu

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From the editor

"Hi, I'm Claire. We make bnsmag because we wanted somewhere to write about the beaches we've actually stood on. Every review here is on-the-ground: water, sand, crowd, access, what to know before you go. No press trips. No comp rooms. If a place is in these pages, one of us has been."

Claire Vincent, Editor

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