Whatever your requirements (an infinity pool with butler service?

A water park for the kids?

A room with a view or within walking distance of city attractions?

Three photos from Thailand with the words Destination of the Year overlaid on top

), there’s a beach hotel to fulfill them.

Hotels + Resorts

Pair of photos from the Ovo Patagonia hotel in Argentina

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A colorful illustration referencing retirement themes

Coastal view with sailboats in a harbor, tropical vegetation, and buildings on a hillside

A private plane flying to Cabo

Aerial view of private beach at Fowl Cay

Wedding setting at Wild Dunes

A family on the edge of the water at Four Seasons Resort Hualalai

Aerial view of the Four Season Resort and Residences Anguilla

Pair of photos from Costa Rica, one showing a woman rinsing off with a surfboard in an outdoor shower, and one showing a woman sipping a pink fruit juice

Aerial view of an irregularly shaped swimming pool at a hotel resort

Kapolei, Hawaii on the west coast of Oahu, Hawaii, and its resorts and lagoons

Bungalows Key Largo resort

Terrace dining with palm trees at sunset and yacht charter boat at Le Meridien Lav Split

Green lounge chairs next to pool over looking the ocean

Rendering of a waterslide at Island Waterpark at Showboat

View from inside the “Executive Zebra” Suite at the Pelican Hotel in South Beach

Cheval Blanc St-Barth Isle de France

The entrance to Jumeriah Bali

Outdoor courtyard at Daunt’s Albatross in Montauk

Photo: Courtesy of Annie Archer

Arerial view of a luxury hotel on a cliff above the Pacific Ocean, on the coast of California

Mansita Beach at JW Marriott Guanacaste Resort & Spa

Exterior view of from golf course of The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, Florida

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Aerial view of Alila Marea Beach Resort Encinitas

The Aston at the Whaler exterior

The view from the accommodations at Soho House Canouan

Pink umbrellas on the beach at the Mandarin Oriental, Canouan

View of The Henderson and beach from the water

large pool with daybeds

Resort at Pedregal

Property of Zadun in Cabo

Interior and exterior of Playa Viva’s treehouse and pool lounge

Oceanfront Reef House Two Bedroom Suite View at Alaia Belize

Aerial view of the pool at the Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club

A heterosexual couple in the pool at Le Blanc Cancun

Sunset Key Cottages, resort pool, Key West, Florida

Best Resort in the Caribbean, including Secret Bay, Dominica, with villas perched on a lush hillside

Deer Path Inn guest room, Lake Forest, Illinois

Best Bungalows in Mexico

Aerial view of Margaritaville Island Reserve Cap Cana

Newburyport

Exterior of the beach-facing Palmaia, the House of AIA resort in Mexico

Aerial view of the event lawn at Baha Bay

View of The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel on the cliff over the beach

Cala de Mar Resort & Spa

Front entrance of The Surf Lodge

A woman reads a book on the terrace of a home in Kardamyli, Greece, overlooking the sea

Casona Sforza, boutique hotel in Oaxaca, Mexico

A pool by the sea, surrounded by white deck chairs and umbrellas

Sandals Halcyon swim-up suite and lagoon to pool bar

Aerial view of the private beach at The WILD

Aerial view of Etéreo, Auberge Resorts Collection

La Valise Tulum’s suite can have the bed moved to the terrace

Moxy South Beach Pool Aerial Shot

Eclipse Half Moon Jamaica Luxury Hotel

Danzante Bay Resort with crystal clear blue water

Hodges Bay Resort & Spa

Turtle Island Fiji

Sofitel Barú Calablanca Beach Resort

Mauna Lani Resort

Aerial view of the beach at Kamalame Cay resort in the Bahamas, with white sand and turquoise water