The best all inclusive vacations are made up of sun, sea and sand. Especially the sand. A prime location can always be made better by an impressive beach.
All Inclusive Resorts with a GREAT Beach
Close your eyes and make a wish
Let’s start with your wish-list. What do YOU want in a dream beach? We guess that depends on what type of holiday you’re searching for. Are you a watersports fanatic? Do you look for resorts where the surf’s up, with wild waves? An Instagram influencer seeking gorgeous views? Are you vacationing with young children who love to build sand-castles all day long? Perhaps you’re the original sun-worshipper, who just longs to lay on some soft, white sand.
Do you love scuba diving and snorkeling? Then choose a beach with calm and clear waters. Decide on what type of sandy escape you want, and let us help you, with these suggestions of our best all-inclusives, with the best beaches.
Child’s play
Kids really just want one thing from a beach vacation. They want sand that makes perfectly formed sand-castles. Hours of fun can be had by them, as you lie back and relax, murmuring the odd word of approval when necessary. Safe and shallow waters are also required for water-babies, and if there’s a great kid’s club, or organised activities, the vacation rates even higher on the perfection scale.
The Check PricesOasis Palm Beach in Cancun is a kid’s paradise. The themed bedrooms and super kid’s club are only surpassed by the beach, made for sandcastles, turrets and towers. The fine, white sand beach is matched with calm, shallow and safe waters, only a metre/four feet deep as far as the marked buoys. The thatched Palapas back on the beach provide safely shaded areas too, essential for younger children, babies, and tired moms.
Check PricesBeaches Ochos Rios in Jamaica has been voted into the Top 10 Best Beach Resorts by Parents magazine, and the tropical white sand beach is just one of the reasons. Child’s play is guaranteed, the Pirates Island Waterpark will have the kids thinking they really are Jack Sparrow. All helped by the stunning location, a private beach tucked into the cliffs on the north coast of Jamaica.Windsurfing and watersports
Check PricesEscape at Nonsuch Bay Resort (adult couples only) in Antigua is the windsurfing capital of the Caribbean. Right on the white sand beach you’ll find the 40 Knots Kitesurfing and Windsurfing School, which offers tuition for beginners, and experts will be happy with the choice of equipment available. While no guarantees are made about the waves, they’re generally highly cooperative (not to mention thrilling!).“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” Jimmy Dean.
Jamaica’s Check PricesCouples Tower Isle resort (also adult couples only) takes advantage of the steady trade winds and offers a variety of watersports to keep you active should you get bored of the soft sandy beach. It’s WWW all the way, with Water-ski, Wakeboard and Windsurf, as well as winding down and warming up back on the sand.
Long Walkers and Lounge lizards
Fine, white powdery sand. Swap the boring office commute for a few hours a day working out your leg muscles, or completely horizontal, topping up that tan. Remember a handful of sand makes a great exfoliant too, so a tan and a free treatment in one go. Sounds like heaven? Then consider these hand-picked all inclusive resorts for a relaxing, recharging holiday, on the best beaches around.
Check PricesCouples Swept Away is a lush, adults-only romantic paradise located on 7-mile beach in Jamaica…step from your room directly onto the gorgeous white sand – miles and miles of beautiful sand – to stroll on with your significant other, or by yourself if your partner is a Lounge Lizard or a fitness fanatic (Couples Swept Away also has the largest sports facility of all Couples Resorts). Check PricesZoetry Agua Puna Cana is a dream resort with a beach to match. We’re stretching out on the palm-studded white sands of the Dominican Republic, and loving the view. Dig your fingers deeply into the soft, white sand, and breathe. Book one of the Exquisite Suites, with stunning ocean and garden views from private terraces, palm-studded beach and two sparkling infinity pools…
The Check PricesHilton Playa del Carmen (formerly the Royal Playa del Carmen) is a special resort, with a swathe of sand that, quite simply, you’ll have a hard time leaving behind. Adults only, this AAA Four-Diamond resort boasts lavish all-suite accommodations, all with private balconies or terraces and whirlpool tubs, plus special options such as swim-up suites and beachfront walkouts.
What lies beneath
The adults-only Check PricesEl Dorado Maroma in Rivera Maya, located on the award-winning Maroma beach, is our choice if you want a baby-powder soft white-sand beach. Their overwater Check PricesPalafitos – on our list of Best All Inclusives with Overwater Bungalows – allow you to dive straight in, or watch ocean life through the floors of your accommodation. It a win/win for an outstanding beach and easy water exploration alike.
There’s unlimited scuba diving on offer at Check PricesBeaches Turks & Caicos. Some of the world’s most renowned reefs, walls and wrecks are found in these extraordinary waters, along with clear, warm turquoise water. Best of all, regulators, BCD’s, masks, snorkels, fins, and tanks and expert guidance is all included. Back on the white, soft and sandy shoreline, life’s a beach!
