From the people who have been delivering trustworthy guidebooks to every destination in the world for 40 years,Lonely Planet's50 Beaches To Blow Your Mindhelps you discover the planet's most pristine, jaw-dropping, wild and wonderful sandy spots. This pocket-sized book is the perfect gift for any sun-worshipper or beach-lover and is the ultimate guide to the world's best beaches.A beach always feels like the ultimate escape, with the sound of the waves lapping against the shore, which science says has a calming effect on our brain activity. And then there's the guaranteed hit of vitamin D our exposed skin absorbs.Whether you're looking for black-sand beaches, high-octane watersport hotspots, secret bays or the finest palm-fringed tropical paradises, Lonely Planet shows you where and how to find them. So pack your beach towel and hit the sands.Includes:Bliss // Tropical desert island paradisesCabbage Beach // Nassau, BahamasCrane Beach // BarbadosFlamenco Beach // Culebra, Puerto RicoGreen Island Beach // Green Island, Antigua & BarbudaHanalei Beach // Hawaii, USANalaguraidhoo Beach // South Ari Atoll, MaldivesDrama // Wild & unusual beachesBowling Ball Beach // Mendocino, California, USGiant's Causeway // County Antrim, Northern IrelandGulpiyuri Beach // near Llanes, SpainHidden Beach // Puerta Vallarta, Marieta Islands, MexicoAction // Surfing & diving meccasBells Beach // Great Ocean Road, Victoria, AustraliaBiarritz Beach // Biarritz, FranceBondi Beach // Sydney, AustraliaEhukai Beach // Hawaii, USADiscovery // Beaches for combing & exploringCharmouth Beach // Dorset, UKConche des Baleines // Ile de Re, FranceNavagio Beach // Zakynthos, GreeceSqueaky Beach // Wilson's Promontory, AustraliaParties // Social & nightlife beachesBacvice Beach // Split, CroatiaCopacabana // Rio de Janeiro, BrazilGulf Shore Beach // Alabama, USAParadise Beach // Mykonos, GreeceEncounters // Wildlife & conservation hotspotsAgonda Beach // Goa, IndiaDiani Beach // Mombasa, KenyaEspiguette Beach // Le Grau du Roi, FranceManuel Antonio Beach // Puntarenas, Costa RicaFamily // Calm, safe all-rounders for all comersBrandinchi Cove // Sardinia, ItalyKoh Kood (Koh Kut) // Trat Province, ThailandPorthcurno // Cornwall, UKPraia de Mira // Mira, PortugalWill Rogers State Beach // Malibu, California, USAAbout Lonely Planet:Started in 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel guide publisher with guidebooks to every destination on the planet, as well as an award-winning website, a suite of mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet's mission is to enable curious travellers to experience the world and to truly get to the heart of the places they find themselves in.TripAdvisor Travelers' Choice Awards 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 winner in Favorite Travel Guide category'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)