The village of Oia on the northern tip of the island offers excellent, unobstructed sunset viewing and the east side of the island has black-sand beaches at popular resorts such as Kamari and Perissa.

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There are seafaring excursions such as sunset cruises and trips to Bird Island, so called for its abundance of red-footed boobies and brown noddies.

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For the romantic adventurer, Portland Kayak Company offers guided sunset and moonlight tours of Ross Island, the biggest of the four forested Willamette River islands.

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But all rooms have the jaw dropping view of jagged Skaros rock straight ahead and due to the curve of the island, of the famous sunset, which guests can see without leaving their decks.

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Another escape from the old-money Hamptons can be found at Sunset Beach, a bar, restaurant and hotel on Shelter Island, which lies between the north and south forks.

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The home has views of the sunset over the mountains in the west, all the way south to Long Beach and Catalina Island as well as of the city lights of downtown Los Angeles and easterly views of the sunrise over the San Gabriel Mountains.

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