St. Pete Beach offers miles of white, sandy beaches on the Gulf of Mexico and is situated along the Gulf Beaches of Tampa Bay, Florida. Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, located in St. Petersburg, is just a short drive from our beach resorts or hotels.

Galle, a coastal city in southern Sri Lanka, is a place where history and the sea are inseparably linked. Once a vital port on the spice trade routes, Galle reached its peak under Dutch colonial rule in the 17th century, when the massive Galle Fort was built.

Brasília may be a World Heritage Site, but it is only of interest to town planning and architecture students, and those keen to witness the folly of man on a metropolitan scale. It must have looked good on paper, and still looks good in photos, but in the flesh, forget it. Designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, urban planner Lucio Costa, and landscape architect Burle Marx, the city was built in an incredible three years between 1957 and 1960.

Maracas Bay Village is a small coastal community on Trinidad’s north coast, set around the well-known Maracas Bay and surrounded by the forested Northern Range. The village lies at the end of the Maracas Valley, where steep green hills descend toward the Caribbean Sea. Its economy and daily life are closely connected with the beach, fishing, small businesses, and visitors from across Trinidad.

Huacachina is a small desert oasis in Peru’s Ica Region, located about five kilometers from the city of Ica. A green lagoon sits at the center of the settlement, surrounded by palm trees, huarangos, eucalyptus, and high sand dunes. The contrast between water and vegetation and the surrounding coastal desert gives Huacachina a distinctive landscape within southern Peru. T