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TripAdvisor Names World’s Best Beaches In 2018

2018-02-26 by Argophilia Travel News

A Cuban beach

 TripAdvisor®, the travel planning and booking site, today announced the winners of its Travelers’ Choice® awards for Beaches.

Tags: beach holidays, beaches, best beaches, top rated beaches, TripAdvisor, trips, World beaches

Crimea for Vacation: Beyond CNN and the Political Stir

2016-10-13 by Phil Butler

Villa Elena Yalta

CNN and other mainstream media need westerners to feel like geo-policy has somehow ruined the Crimea peninsula for tourism. Since voting to return to being Russian, the people of this fascinating part of the world have weathered a political blitz, sanctions, and outsiders doing everything possible to misrepresent the reality there. Here is a candid […]

Tags: Beach destinations, beaches, Crimea, Crimea beaches, Crimea parties, Russia travel, Russian travel, Sevastopol, Villa Elena Yarta, Yalta

Beaches of Jersey Shore Open As the Bay Side Floods

2014-03-11 by Phil Butler

Hard stabilization at Groynes UK - Courtesy ichaelMaggs

Hurricane Sandy cut a scar into seaside communities along the New Jersey coast in October 2o12, and only now are some beach communities emerging with a prosperous touristic outlook for Summer 2014. However positive the tide may have turned for Jersey shore communities though, the sustainability of Atlantic coastline beach communities is endangered by sea […]

Tags: Atlantic coast, Atlantic Seaboard, beaches, climate change, floods, Hurricane Sandy, New Jersey, President Obama, Toms River, US beaches

California Fitness, Food, and Fun 2012

2012-04-27 by Phil Butler

California surfing

Fitness spas, ranches, resorts, and getaways California, all the rage these days. How come? Well, Spring and Summer in California is pretty marvelous. Hotels and other venues there wait to help guests get fit, fed, and entertained, so Argo Travel News offers this slight preview.

Tags: Arcata Bay, Arcata Bay Oyster Festival, Baja, beaches, Cabo beaches, Cabo San Lucas, California, California oysters, California resorts, California spas, California travel, Craft beer, FitExpo, fitness, Montage Laguna Beach, Odd Haugen’s, Oyster Fest, Park Hyatt in Carlsbad

Cyprus and Croatia Lead In EU Bathing Water Quality

2011-06-17 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Sparkling seas off Girne, Cyprus

For those of you searching for the best places to dip into the ocean in Europe, a new report covers almost all the bodies of water on the continent. This year’s report reveals Cyprus and Croatia as having the cleanest bathing waters, followed closely by Malta, Greece, and Ireland.

Tags: beaches, Envrionmental concerns, EU Environmental, EU swimmers, EU vacations, EU-27, Europe swimming, Europe's beaches, Europe's lakes, European commission, European Environment Agency, Jacqueline McGlade, Janez Potocnik, lakes, ocean, swim Europe, Swimming, Swimming water, travel Europe, water pollution, water quality

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