Our Wander experts help guide you to coastal towns and villages Around the World or Across the Streeet™. Find out where to stay, learn about resorts, and get dining tips when you visit a coastal destination.
Florence, a hidden gem on Oregon’s central coast, is tucked between the Douglas fir forests along the Siuslaw River and the wild ocean beaches. Oregon has the biggest area of coastal sand dunes in North America. The wind-sculpted sand drifts, some as tall as 500 feet...
The West Inn & Suites in Carlsbad, California recently invited me to come spend a night to check out their accommodations. Like many people who grew up in San Diego, my knowledge of Carlsbad and other North County locations is a little fuzzy. So it was fun to...
Between Arizona, which is home to the two largest man-made lakes in the United States, and the Southern California coast, water lovers can boat fish water ski wakeboard, raft, kayak, and paddleboard their way to refreshment in the Old West.
Lloret de Mar Spain is a top travel experience. Visit this classic European coastal town with a Moorish influence. Between 1983 and 1986, I lived in Europe with my husband while he served with the US Air Force in Bitburg, Germany. We didn’t have a lot of money but we...
Paradise Point Resort & Spa is situated on 44 acres of tropical paradise on the shores of San Diego's Mission Bay. On a recent visit there, I booked the "Island Origins" experience at The Spa at Paradise Point to help me fully appreciate the resort's tropical...
My visit to Esencia Estate on Mexico’s Mayan Riviera filled me with wonder. My spa treatment there, the Ritual Ix Chel, was one of my all-time top spa treatments.
Staying at Shorebreak Hotel, on the Pacific Coast Highway overlooking the ocean and the Huntington Beach, California pier is like living the American Dream.
Barceló Maya Palace Deluxe Resort is in Riviera Maya, Mexico south of Cancun. My Junior Suite Ocean View Club Premium room is on my top hotel room list.