A British Crown Colony located 650 miles off the coast of South Carolina, the islands of Bermuda are graced with resplendent beaches. The South Shore of Bermuda is a great place for walking along interconnected beaches at any time of day.  

Swimming with dolphins is a popular activity in Bermuda. It's conducted at the Bermuda Maritime Museum in Dockyards, an unusual and historic setting that provides an ideal environment for the aquatic encounters.  

Although tiny Bermuda is intensely developed, with a relatively high square-mile per-capita population, the network road is well-maintained and suited for cycling.  

Many of the beaches of Bermuda are, indeed, blushing pink in color. The pink hue is caused by tiny red single-cell animals that grow on offshore coral reefs. As their skeletons erode and become mixed with white shells of clams and snails, Bermuda's trademark pink sands are created and eventually wash ashore.  

The beaches along the South Shore of Bermuda are fine for swimming, as they're protected from the roiled Atlantic by a ring of coral reefs surrounding the islands.  

An unusual hotel option in Bermuda is 9 Beaches, where 84 tent cottages dapple a small peninsula on the remote west coast. Some of the units are perched over the ocean, with a Plexiglass window in the floor for watching the action below.  

One of Bermuda's many beautiful beaches is Christian Bay, which tucks into a cove below the hotel The Reefs, offering relative privacy for its guests.  

Horseback riding is a fine activity in Bermuda, especially for couples who saddle up for a ride through the dune grass and coral bluffs of South Shore Park.  

Dating to 1612, St. George's was Bermuda's first settlement. In fact, it's the earliest continuously inhabited British settlement outside Great Britain, World Heritage listed for its fortifications and well preserved Colonial architecture. The town's charming St. Peter's Church is successor to the first Anglican church in the Western Hemisphere.  

Bermuda has been a top wedding and honeymoon destination for decades. Guests and couples alike enjoy the destination's superb diving, its panoply of fine golf courses, and, of course, dozens of beaches that are primed for smooching.