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Technically Cancún, but 30 minutes north and a different sea: calmer water and far less sargassum. Eight resorts, nearly all built after 2018.

Fifth Avenue, the cenotes and the fastest ferry over to Cozumel. We don't have a full destination ranking here yet — what we do have is an in-depth review of Hotel Xcaret Arte.

Mexico's Pacific coast, from Nuevo Vallarta to Punta Mita. Sunsets over the water instead of sunrises, mountains meeting the beach, and zero sargassum.

Where the Baja desert runs into the sea. Worth knowing before you book: much of this shoreline isn't swimmable because of the current, and we flag it resort by resort.

A gated community inside Punta Cana with its own marina and a Jack Nicklaus golf course. From family all-inclusive to pure à la carte luxury — one price tier above the rest of Punta Cana.

The stretch of Dominican coastline that only opened to tourism a few years ago. Five resorts, no twenty-story towers, and beaches where the word "empty" still applies.

Outside the hurricane belt, with near-guaranteed sun twelve months a year. One detail that changes the budget: all-inclusive is the minority here, most properties run on a European plan.

Painted facades in Willemstad, 35-plus pocket beaches tucked between cliffs, and the best shore diving in the region. Mostly boutique, not all-inclusive towers.

Our first South American destination. Colonial houses turned boutique stays inside the walled city, or oceanfront in Bocagrande — and we explain why the beach isn't the reason to come.

Turkey's Mediterranean coast, where all-inclusive operates at a scale the Caribbean never attempts: on-site water parks, twenty restaurants per resort, championship golf.