25 of the World's Most Beautiful Beaches

6. Hidden Beach, Islas Marietas, Mexico.

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Playa del Amor, also known as the Hidden Beach, is a feature of the Marieta Islands, which are located about 22 nautical miles west of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, at the mouth of Banderas Bay. A wide, sandy cavern with the blue waters of the Pacific rushing in looks like something out of a fantasy novel. The Marieta Islands are an uninhabited group of islands formed by underwater volcanic eruptions. They are natural wonders, but the burrowed beach was discovered by means other than volcanic activity.