While the Costa Smeralda in the northeast gets the celebrity attention, the mile-long stretch of sand at Chia at the opposite end of Sardinia is a jaw-dropper of a beach without the mark-up.

BBC: Ten weekends in Europe's great outdoors

The events in Fort Walton Beach this week will mark the end.

CNN: A final toast for the Doolittle Raiders

Shoreline: intersection of a specific water height with the shore or beach, e.g. the high water shoreline is the intersection of the high water mark with the shore or beach.

UNESCO: L O S S A R Y

Fittingly, in a country where beach restaurants tend to raise prices rather than mark them down in the slow season, the amateur investors reckoned to be one in four adults are more enthusiastic than financially savvy.

ECONOMIST: Med sea bubble

Mark Donohue, whose father owns an oceanfront house in Mantoloking, supports the beach protection project.

WSJ: Dunes vs. property rights in storm-battered NJ

The Big Sandcastle Build, organised to mark the 21st anniversary of the Big Issue Magazine, was held on Bournemouth beach on Saturday.

BBC: Dorset

The Big Sandcastle Build, organised to mark the 21st anniversary of the Big Issue Magazine, will begin on Bournemouth beach at 10:30 BST.

BBC: Bournemouth beach