Miami, USA

Miami, USA

Miami offers an impressive array of beaches to spend your vacations, among which the most popular is South Beach as it gathers a number of conditions that all tourists are deeply attracted to enjoy on their vacations. 

South Beach has a boardwalk that runs along the beach, in which walking and skating is very popular, with many bars and restaurants to relax and enjoy a good meal or a nice drink. The traffic never stops here. During the day, everyone enjoys the beach, with clear water, ideal for families as it has little depth, the sand is fine and white. Topless is practiced and there are areas for gays and lesbians. 

At night, to see from the beach the city lights is a wonderful experience, and it's enjoyable to stroll through the street with many restaurants, cafes and nightclubs, the characteristic bustle of American beaches. 

South Beach is surrounded by beautifully cared for architectural constructions that make up the Art Deco District, here you will feel like you are in the past, in the 30s, the pastel colors offer a tasteful historical jewel, becoming one of the great attractions of this place. 

The most common water sports are windsurfing, skiing, kayaking or canoeing. All sports are welcome on the beaches of Miami where you can play soccer, basketball, volleyball, golf, tennis, cycling, skating, etc. 

There are also very enticing parties hosted by the different hotels close to the shore that go right up to the beach. 

South Beach is just half an hour from the Miami Airport, where planes arrive from around the world and the route to get there is excellent. 

The summer in Miami is from June to August, it's hot and humid and temperatures range from 24ºC to 31ºC, August being the most humid, therefore the hottest. The winter is drier and the temperature are about 20ºC.

Rhode Island, North America

Rhode Island, USA 

With Rhode Island's 411 miles of rugged coastline and stunning beaches it makes perfect sense to call the place the 'Ocean State'. 

South County [the southern part of the state] has fine sandy beaches, many of them with protective dunes, as well as the stony and rocky kind shores that are the province of walkers.

Some of Rhode Island's best beaches are: Misquamicut State Beach in Westerly, with half a mile of soft sand; Napatree Point with grassy dunes and the Victorian resort of Watch Hill in Washington; the local's favourite swimming spot East Matunuck State Beach, has a glorious view over the dunes of the Succotash Salt Marsh at South Kingstown in Washington; the Ninigret Conservation Area in Charlestown with 1,700-acre saltwater pond is great for both swimming and walking.

Getting there: Drive via Interstate 95, the main east coast major highway from Maine to Florida. Interstate Routes 95 and 195 offer access to most of Rhode Island's major cities from Westerly to Providence to Pawtucket to East Providence.