For nearby accommodations, check out The Reefs Resort & Club. (Getty Images)| The Bahamas' 3-mile-long Pink Sand Beach gets its color from crushed pink and red shells of microscopic coral insects.

Towering granite boulders and palms dot the perimeter of this beautiful white-sand beach, and a nearby coral reef keeps the waters calm and ideal for wading. This stretch of sheltered beach on ...

(Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP) (Photo by YAMIL LAGE/AFP via Getty Images) Playa Varadero in Cuba offers golden sand, turquoise-blue water, and stunning sunsets. Bavaro Beach in the Domincan Republic ...