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The best beaches in Central America on both oceans: black volcanic sand on the Pacific and coral reef on the Caribbean.
Surf City 2: El Cuco, Las Flores and eastern El Salvador
If El Tunco feels too busy, the answer is three and a half hours east. The stretch El…
El Tunco: a guide to El Salvador’s best-known beach
El Tunco is a village of two dirt streets, black sand and a rock in the water shaped…
Surf City El Salvador: a complete guide to the surf coast
Surf City is the name El Salvador gave its coastline in 2019, when the country decided to build…
San Pedro and Ambergris Caye: a guide to Belize’s largest island
Ambergris Caye is Belize’s big island and San Pedro, its only town, the most visited place in the…
Caye Caulker: a guide to the “go slow” island in Belize
There are no cars on Caye Caulker, no hurry and not a great deal to do. That is…
Bocas del Toro: a guide to the Panamanian Caribbean, island by island
Wooden houses on stilts, turquoise water between the boards, bicycles, reggae in the background and a mix of…
San Blas (Guna Yala): a guide to Panama’s 365 islands
Islands the size of a football pitch, four palm trees, sand like flour and water so clear you…
Guanacaste and Costa Rica’s Pacific beaches
Guanacaste, the sunniest province in Costa Rica, is the country’s beach heartland. With more than 300 days of…
Manuel Antonio: beaches and wildlife in Costa Rica’s busiest park
Manuel Antonio is the most visited national park in Costa Rica and one of the most photographed places…
San Juan del Sur: beaches, surf and nightlife in Nicaragua
San Juan del Sur is the best-known beach destination in Nicaragua. This former fishing town has become a…