Beautiful Beach Photos
What better way to cure the winter blues than with cerulean skies and water to match?
We asked Travel + Leisure’s Instagram followers to get their heads out of the snow and to share photos of white-sand beaches (and black-sand beaches, and pebbly beaches, and rocky beaches—really any beaches) by including the hashtag #TLPicks and #TLTransportMe.
Whether diving into clear waters in the Aegean Sea or contemplating the sunset in Maui, HI, T+L’s fans took their minds off the cold by sharing daydream-worthy beaches from around the world. T+L fan @travelingfancy even showed us a photo of penguins enjoying the sheltered beach at Boulders Bay in South Africa, while @in_the_box captured feeding time for seagulls in the Caribbean.
It seems that winter has gone to the birds (literally) and that there’s never been a better time to consider flying south—or east or west—for the season. See our collection of beautiful beach photos to help you decide where to go.
Aegean Sea, Greece
Take a leap, dive in.
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Positano, Italy
The view of Positano and the Amalfi Coast from the fruit and veggie stand along the coastline.
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Aruba
This is happening…casual view.
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Near Perth, Western Australia
#WestOz #HolyMerde #Snakes #Sharks #UnrelentingBeauty
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Big Sur, CA
Big Sur on my mind…
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Bora-Bora
Thank you for the amazing vacation #paradise #sunset.
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South Africa
The adorable African penguins at Boulders Bay.
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Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
I mean, heaven… #viewfrom #sky #sun #beach
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Castara Beach, Tobago
Feeding time.
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Cavtat, Croatia
Took a splash.
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Florida
Sunrise diving off Lauderdale-by-the-Sea!
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Nice, France
From where I run #frenchriviera
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Mykonos, Greece
#Sunset #Greece
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Tulum, Mexico
A prehistoric-looking iguana sunning by the ruins.
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Kauai, HI
Hiking #Hawaii
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Positano, Italy
#honeymoon Positano’s colorful beach.
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Legian Beach, Kuta, Bali
Surfs up in Bali.
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Cinque Terre, Italy
On the rocks #manarola #liguria
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Maui, HI
I have never seen a sunset so colorful before. Aloha!
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Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
A view of Maya Bay at Koh Phi Phi Leh.
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Guacalito de la Isla, Nicaragua
#MukulResort
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Sicily, Italy
Pollara Beach, Salina
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San Pedro, Belize
I’m daydreaming again.
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Los Roques, Venezuela
Where we would rather be…
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Honolulu
Waikiki Part Deux
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Nice, France
#Beach #summer #iwanttogoback