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The Beaches of ATLANTIC CITY, VENTNOR, MARGATE & LONGPORT For many years, Atlantic City was America's premier beach resort. That was before there were casinos. It was a time when people came to Atlantic City for the beach. Today, as then, the beach still stretches for miles however a large portion is backed up by casinos and the heavily travelled boardwalk. The Main Atlantic City beach is a setting to itself. The main beach runs along the boardwalk and the casino strip and is divided every several blocks by huge piers that jut into the ocean. You can stroll along the beach under the...

Several islands lay claim to their own “Bali Hai,” but it was on Vanuatu’s largest island, Espiritu Santo, that James Michener, gazing over the blue Pacific toward a nearby island during WWII, found his original South Pacific inspiration. Like Fiji, Vanuatu is not actually an island but rather a chain of islands. Once known as the New Hebrides, the archipelago is an endless chain of fine beaches, amazing diving, volcanoes, the scent of frangipani in the air…in other words, all the stage settings for a few classic tales of the South Pacific. On the main island, Efate, the capital of Port Vi...

Look around at the elegant resort hotels, golf courses, casino, marinas, and shopping malls of Freeport/Lucaya – and you may find it hard to believe that none of this existed when JFK was president. Faster-paced than Nassau, this cosmopolitan "second city" of the Bahamas is really only four decades old, a monument to modern tourism. But what makes Grand Bahama special is the fact that while you can play, shop, gamble, and boogie the night away to your heart's content in American-style comfort, much of the island remains as it was before the resort revolution. That includes miles of uncr...

In the 1930s and 1940s Catalina, just 22 miles from Los Angeles, was a romantic getaway for couples who ferried to Avalon for an evening of dancing to big bands in the harborside Art-Deco Grand Casino Ballroom. And by Southern California standards, remarkably little has changed since then. Today's ferries are faster, but the small village of Avalon, surrounded by an amphitheater-like backdrop of steep hills, has never outgrown its charm. There are still the tight clusters of quaint old cottages on the handful of streets; the beachfront shops and restaurants; and the landmark Chimes Tower, ...