Playa del Amor, Mexico — The Hidden Beach You Have to Swim Into

The Marieta Islands off Puerto Vallarta hide a secret beach inside a collapsed volcanic crater — and the only way to get there is by swimming or kayaking through a dark tunnel at low tide. Once you emerge on the other side, you’re inside a perfectly circular open-air chamber with pristine white sand and calm turquoise water, completely surrounded by rock walls. It’s basically nature’s most exclusive members-only club.

Anse Source d’Argent, Seychelles — The Most Photographed Beach on Earth

La Digue Island’s Anse Source d’Argent is widely considered the most photographed beach in the world, and one look tells you exactly why — enormous, smooth pink granite boulders rise dramatically from shallow, glass-clear water in every possible shade of turquoise. The beach is divided into a series of intimate coves framed by those surreal pink rocks and swaying palms. It somehow looks more like a painting than an actual place.