Category: beach

6 French Beaches to Visit This Summer

Planning a summer getaway to France? While Paris and Provence might be at the top of your list, French beaches are not to be overlooked! From the French Riviera to the Bay of Biscay, France is scattered with picturesque shorelines and coastal towns. Can’t choose a destination? Below are our six favorite French beaches, which…


Sun-Drenched Vacation Spots of Your Dreams

Lynn O’Rourke Hayes FamilyTravel.com Create warm family memories in a sun-drenched and relaxing destination. These five ideas will encourage you to begin planning now. St. Martin & Anguilla Gift yourselves a double dose of sunshine. A unique package makes it possible to experience a dual island treat: the dazzling beachside luxury at Belmond La Samanna…


Beachbound in Dog-Friendly Delaware’s Off Season

Ella and I strolled the boardwalk, enjoying the wind-in-our-hair freedom of ocean breezes and the lack of crowds on a mild spring weekend at Rehoboth Beach in dog-friendly Delaware. Gulls called, waves lapped the shore and we could taste salt in the air. All was serene until my 90-pound, 1-year-old Newfoundland caught the aroma of…


Woman Pleads Guilty in Deaths of Pair Buried on Texas Beach

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—One of two Utah residents charged with capital murder for killing a New Hampshire couple found buried on a South Texas beach in 2019 pleaded guilty Tuesday to a lesser murder charge. Amanda Noverr, 34, of Logan, Utah, was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple felonies, including murder,…


Indians Account for Highest Proportion of Australian Beach Drownings

A study has found migrants make up nearly half of drownings on Australian beaches in the past 17 years, with Indians accounting for the highest number between 2009-2019. In the first multicultural examination of beach safety among a particular community, the University of New South Wales’s (UNSW) Sydney Beach Safety Research Group found that migrants…


Photographer Captures Otherworldly Sand Pillars Sculpted by the Wind on Shores of Lake Michigan—And the Shots Are Surreal

Confronted by an army of tiny, slanted pillars of frozen sand, carved by the harsh winds on the shores of Lake Michigan, nature photographer Joshua Nowicki knew he had spotted something extraordinary. The marketing photographer, who snaps landscapes for a living, heads down to the lake almost every night in search of opportunity. This particular…


Aussie Teens’ Rescued after Shark Attack Southwest of Melbourne

Two teenagers have a family to thank for their lives after being attacked by a shark at Ocean Grove Beach, 113 km southwest of Melbourne on Monday evening. The Hobbs family, Peter, Dianne, Ella, and James, were in the surf having fun at around 7 p.m. on Monday when they noticed a commotion with two…


Lifeguards Escort 95-Year-Old Who Couldn’t Walk to Beach and Back Every Day of Her Vacation

A team of Alabama lifeguards went above and beyond the call of their duty for a 95-year-old holidaymaker, unable to walk on the sandy beach, by escorting her to and from the seafront every single day of her week-long trip. Dottie Schneider was visiting Orange Beach on Alabama’s Gulf Coast with her family in October….


2 Beached Humpback Whales Spotted on Argentinian Coast—But Rescuers Save the Day With Backhoe

Rescuers came to the aid of two stranded humpback whales on the province of Buenos Aires’s coastline in Argentina, saving both whales within 48 hours. The first whale, a juvenile female humpback weighing approximately 8 tons and measuring 32 feet long, ran aground on Sunday, Oct. 3, according to the Mundo Marino Foundation, near the beaches of Nueva Atlantis….


Stranded Killer Whale Survives With the Help of Humans

How awesome it is to witness these kind people coming together to save an animal life. Humans should be caretakers of the earth, not destroyers of it.