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Even if you've been everywhere on the continent, these dreamy locales (AKA your new bucket list) will inspire serious wanderlust. Order your 2015 Islands wall calendar for a mini vacation every month.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Dominican Republic
Every week, about 50,000 people visit Punta Cana, the DR's all-inclusive hub. Sanctuary Cap Cana stands out because it's removed from the others.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Motu Teta, Tahiti
If this doesn't make you want to pack your bags, we don't know what will.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Grenadines
By boat is the only way to reach Chatam Bay, an epic snorkeling spot that stretches along the west coast of Union Island.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Seychelles
On Mahe Island (the largest among the Seychelles), views like this one at the Constance Ephelia Resort are among the best in the Indian Ocean.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Kauai
The Na Pali flyover never gets old, even for locals who say views of the 17-mile-long coast and 3,000-foot cliffs still bring them to tears.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Zanzibar
The hotel is the Blue Oyster in Jambiani, but what stands out here is the octopus curry... and yeah, that view.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Peter Island, BVI
Check out the space at this private island resort: six beaches, 1,800 acres and just 52 rooms.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | New Zealand
Behind those rocks is an actual working farm called Mount Nicholas Station. Stay overnight, then take the sheep-shearing class in the morning.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Bali
The rice terraces around Sidemen Valley are dug by hand. Each small rice stalk is parted the same way — by hand.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Greece
Aboard Southern Cross Timer is the idle way to see the Greek Isles. Here in Kalymnos, spotting a sponge diver is likely.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Oahu
The Byodo-In Temple, featured as a stand-in for Korea in the TV series Lost, was buil to honor the 100-year anniversary of the Japanese immigrants to Hawaii.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Tasmania
Claiming to have the world's freshest air, this island off Southern Australia has a rugged coast that's a magnet for whales from October to December.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Panama
On the mainland and on its islands, Panama is thought to have more bird species than the U.S. and Canada combined.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Tahiti
Bora Bora's first overwater bungalows were built in the early 1970s. Overwater bungalows are still the no. 1 reason people travel to Tahiti.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Fiji
Is it any wonder that Fijians are considered the most contented people in the world?
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | St. Lucia
The towering Pitons flank the private hillside villas at Sugar Beach.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Langford Island, Australia
The sands of the Whitsunday Islands are often hailed as the cleanest and squeakiest on the planet.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Tahiti
Tahiti's first overwater bungalows were built in 1968. They are now the ultimate South Pacific escape.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | New Caledonia
Of the 100,000 annual visitors to New Caledonia, only 12,000 make it out to the archipelago's Loyalty Islands.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Maine
The Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse on Mount Desert Island is a photographer's dream. It's also home to a family.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Panama
The 16 islands in the Islas Secas archipelago remain as pure as the snorkleing haven around them.
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Travel Inspiration | Where to Go Next | Island Photos | Hawaii
Mist emerges from lava rock at Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Park on the always active Big Island.
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Sicily
Castello di Venere takes in the last glimpse of daylight high above the Province of Trapani.
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Seychelles
The island of La Digue is best known for gigantic boulders on the beach and enormous tortoises in the bush.
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Jamaica
A daybed at the Geejam Hotel straddles the foothills of the Blue Mountainsand the Caribbean Sea.
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Kauai, Hawaii
The Na Pali coast is named for the "high cliffs" that keep the beach almost inaccessible.
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Belize
This hut serves as a real-estate office in the only Central American country where English is the official language.
Book your ticket; we've got 14 islands that you need to see.
Even if you've been everywhere on the continent, these dreamy locales (AKA your new bucket list) will inspire serious wanderlust. Order your 2015 Islands wall calendar for a mini vacation every month.
Easy & Affordable Caribbean Vacations | Best Islands to Live On | 5 Exotic Escapes Close to Home