2 Best Sights in St. Vincent and the Grenadines

This beach at the northwestern tip of Mayreau takes top honors—it's an exquisite, 2½-mile-long (4-km-long) crescent of powdery white sand shaded by perfectly spaced palms, sea grape trees, and flowering bushes. It's a popular anchorage for the yachting crowd, as well as for day trips en route to or from the Tobago Cays. Amenities: none. Best for: snorkeling; swimming.

This beautiful 1-mile (1½-km) crescent of pure white sand on the southwestern coast of Mayreau has no facilities, but you can walk up the hill to Dennis' Hideaway for lunch or drinks. The adjacent dock is where the ferry that travels between St. Vincent and Union Island ties up, and small cruise ships occasionally anchor offshore to give passengers a beach break. Amenities: none. Best for: swimming.