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Favorite Places to Swim
You have purchased a Brazil Beach Kids swimsuit. Now where can your children go swimming? Besides playing with a hose in the back yard, you can go to the local swimming pool, nearby lakes and water parks, or take a vacation to a beach or resort. Here are a few ideas:
World’s best beaches (according to the Travel Channel)
Anse Source d’Argent, La Digue, Seychelles
Cancun, Mexico
Clifton Beach, Cape Town, South Africa
Copacabana, Brazil
Crete, Greece
Datai Beach, Langkawi, Malaysia
Fraser Island, Australia
Grand Cul-de-Sac, St. Bart's
Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kuta Bali, Indonesia
Larvotto Beach, Monte Carlo, Monaco
The Maldives Islands
Maroma Beach, Mexico
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Natadola Beach, Fiji
Negril, Jamaica
Paradise Beach, Mykonos Island, Greece
Paradise Island, Bahamas
Patong Beach, Phuket Island, Thailand
Phi Phi Island, Langkawi, Thailand
Pink Sands, Bahamas
Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii
South Beach, Fla.
Surfers Paradise, Australia
Tenerife, Canary Islands
Waikiki, Hawaii
America’s best beaches (according to the Travel Channel)
Cannon Beach, Ore.
Cape May, N.J.
Coronado Beach, Calif.
Culebra Island, Puerto Rico
Duck, N.C.
East Hampton, N.Y.
Hermosa Beach, Calif.
Hilton Head, S.C.
Island of St. John, U.S.V.I.
Kapalua, Hawaii
Kiawah Island, S.C.
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Moshup Beach, Martha's Vineyard, Mass.
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Nantucket Island, Mass.
Newport Beach, Calif.
Palm Beach, Fla.
Panama City Beach, Fla.
Poipu Beach, Kauai, Hawaii
Provincetown, Mass.
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Shi Shi Beach, Wash.
Siesta Key, Fla.
South Beach, Fla.
South Padre Island, Texas
Southampton, N.Y.
Venice Beach, Calif.
Waikiki, Hawaii
Wailea Beach, Hawaii
America’s 10 best beaches (according to National Geographic)
T.H. Stone Memorial St. Joseph Peninsula State Park, FL
Hanalei Beach, Kauai, HI (& Lumahai)
Ka`anapali, Maui, HI
Fort De Soto Park, FL
Caladesi Island State Park, FL
Ocracoke Island, NC
Hamoa Beach, Maui, HI
East Hampton Main Beach, NY
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park, FL
Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve, Oahu, HI
America’s best family beaches (according to National Geographic)
Cannon Beach, OR
Carpinteria State Beach, CA
Coast Guard Beach, MA
Long Beach Island, NJ
Rehoboth Beach, DE
Other great American beaches: Clearwater beach, Cocoa beach, Daytona Beach, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Miami Beach, Newport Beach, Pismo beach, Sunset beach, Virginia Beach
WATER PARKS
America’s 10 best water parks (according to the Travel Channel)
Disney’s Blizzard Beach, Florida
Noah’s Ark, Wisconsin
Raging Waters, California
Schlitterbahn Waterpark, Texas
Six Flags White Water, Georgia
Soak City, California
Splish Splash, New York
Water Country USA, Virginia
Water World, Colorado
Wet’n Wild, Las Vegas
Other great American water parks: Wisconsin Dells, Rapids Water Park (Florida), Grand Rios, Kalahari, Caribbean Cove
Best Theme Parks for Children in America (according to the Travel Channel)
Legoland, California
Sesame Place, Pennsylvania
Six Flags, Locations Vary
Walt Disney World, Florida
Water Country USA, Virginia
RESORTS
America’s 10 best family resorts (according to the Travel Channel)
Atlantis Resort and Casino
Circus Circus
Club Med Ixtapa
Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge
Hilton Waikoloa Village
Kingsmill Resort
La Costa Resort and Spa
Out ‘n’ About Treesort
Snowbird Ski and Summer Resort
Tanque Verde Ranch
America’s 10 best family resorts of 2004 (according to Forbes and MSNBC)
Atlantis Paradise Island: Bahamas
Buccaneer: St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
Disney’s Vero Beach Resort: Vero Beach, Fla.
Four Seasons Resort: Hualalai Ka’upulehu, Hawaii
Jekyll Island Club Hotel: Georgia
La Jolla de Mismaloya: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Palmetto Dunes: Hilton Head, S.C.
Paradise Point: San Diego, Calif.
The Broadmoor: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Weekapaug Inn: Weekapaug, R.I.
Wyndam El Conquistador Resort & Country Club: Las Croabas, Puerto Rico
Top 10 Mexican Beach Resorts (according to the Travel Channel)
Camino Real Las Hadas
Casa Del Mar Golf Resort & Spa
Fairmont Acapulco Princess
Fiesta Americana Grand Coral Beach
Isla Navidad Golf Course, Marina & Resort
La Jolla de Mismaloya
Le Meridien Cancùn Resort & Spa
Melia Cabo Real Beach & Golf Resort
Westin Regina Golf & Beach Resort Los Cabos
Westin Regina Puerto Vallarta
Florida Family-Friendly Resorts (according to About.com)
Amelia Island: Ritz-Carlton
Boca Raton Resort and Club
Club Med Sandpiper
Cocoa Beach: Beach Island Resort
Disney World: Animal Kingdom Lodge; Grand Floridian; Caribbean Beach; Port Orleans -Riverside; All-Star Sports Fort Wilderness Camping Resort.
Disney’s Vero Beach Resort
Flamingo Lodge, in The Everglades
Hard Rock Hotel - Universal Orlando
Hawks Cay Resort -Florida Keys
Holiday Inn Family Suites - Orlando
Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress
MeriStar Resorts
NickHotel - Nickelodeon Holiday Inn Family Suites
Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort
Sanibel Island
Sonesta Key Biscayne: Miami Florida
The Breakers, Palm Beach
The Colony Beach & Tennis Resort
Westin Innisbrook Resort
Family-Friendly Caribbean Resort Chains (according to About.com)
Allegro Caribbean Resorts
Barcelo Caribbean Resorts
Beaches Caribbean Resorts, Jamaica, Turks and Caicos. Beaches Negril, Beaches Boscobel.
Club Med Caribbean Resorts - Club Med Punta Cana
Coral by Hilton - Caribbean Resorts
Divi Resorts - St. Croix, USVI, St. Maarten, Barbados, Cayman Brac, and Bonaire. Franklyn D. Resort, FDR Pebbles
Hilton Caribbean Resorts - Coral by Hilton
Holiday Inn- SunSpree at Jamaica's Montego Bay, Sunspree on Paradise Island, Bahamas
Hyatt - Caribbean Resorts
Riu Resorts
Sol Melia -Caribbean Resorts
Superclubs Caribbean Resorts (Starfish Resorts; Breezes Resorts)
Viva Wyndham Resorts
Wyndham Resorts
FAMILY VACATIONS
Best Family Vacation Spots (according to About.com)
Paris With Kids
Walt Disney World
Family Adventure in Yellowstone National Park
Franklyn D. Resort, Jamaica
Best Family Vacation Spots: US Virgin Islands
Amelia Island, Florida
Whistler-Blackcomb Ski Resort (BC, Canada)
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