With a thousand endemic and unique species, such as the ring-tailed lemur, and striking African beaches, it is for everyone.
Part of the debate surrounds the signage on the recreation ground which prohibited striking golf balls, motorcycling, beach casting and horse riding.
Let the kids explore while you sample some of the best oysters in England and take in the picturesque pebble beach and striking fishing boats.
In architecture, the point is made well in Percival Goodman's striking drawing for a beach house that superimposes geometric decking over forceful organic curves pierced by a row of circular porthole windows.
This summer she is touting designs in black sapphires and rubies or turquoise and sapphires, very large rings, stainless-steel ankle bracelets with 18-karat gold accents for the beach and striking necklaces that go from neck to cleavage to wear with flip-flops and sundresses.
Standing alone on a hill overlooking the village of Abbotsbury, the 14th-century chapel of St Catherine offers striking views over Chesil beach, which curves away eastward, a thin strip of shingle bank that separates salt water sea from fresh water lagoon.
On Sylt, Kampen beach has striking red cliffs and the white sand Westerland is dotted with striped strandkorb (basket-like beach lounges).
While white- and golden-sand beaches are commonplace, when is the last time you laid out on a beach of striking pink sand?
Yet the lonely scenes McEwan describes on a desolate, cold beach are striking in that you can feel the horror of the characters' emotions and the setting.
These are the beaches with striking bluffs rising behind them.
