Crane Beach

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Often voted one of the world’s top ten beaches, though normally by glamour magazines whose journalists get freebies in the super deluxe resort here, which charges non-residents a beach fee. It’s a busy beach where you will hear accents ranging from Beverley Hills and the Upper East Side to Chelsea and Highgate – still, the outlying coral reef provides protection for gentle swimmers and the sunsets are often impressive.

Graniers Beach,France

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gorgeous little circle of crystal-green water hugged by a sickle of golden sand and a small rocky promontory, which protects it from choppy waves, Graniers Beach is a wonderful place off-season, but to get to it, you need only wander past a few hotels, a picturesque cemetery and the St Tropez citadel from the town centre – which takes less than ten minutes – so it is often jammed with swimmers and sunbathers in the Summer.