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SOUTH Walton in the Florida Panhandle region has the best quality sand in the world. That’s the claim from boffins at a Maryland university, who’ve clambered down from their ivory towers to evaluate beaches around the globe. After years of in-depth research they’ve told the locals what they already knew: that the 26 miles of white sand on this Gulf of Mexico coast are hard to beat. Education’s never wasted.
HOLIDAY INFO: Stay at the Courtyard Sandestin at Grand Boulevard where a room in May for two costs about £32.25pp per night – go to www.marriott.com. BA Holidays have a seven- night fly/drive to Orlando from Gatwick from £379 next month. Call 0844 493 0758.
OPRAH has a house here. John Travolta acts as an unpaid tour guide for visiting friends and you’re likely to spot Brad and Angelina sharing a wheatgrass sundae in a beach bar. Forget Hollywood – the real A-listers are crowded into this beachside town of just 100,000 chilled Californians. Stay at the Spanish-style Harbour View Inn, just across the road from Stearns Wharf and the beach and near dozens of restaurants (organic, calorie-controlled menus, of course).
HOLIDAY INFO: A week at the Harbour View Inn from £1,275pp and £595 kids including car hire and Virgin flights to San Francisco early July. Go to www.virginholidays.com
TAKE advantage of the cheap dollar rate this year to travel further afield to South Carolina. This is where you’ll find some of the finest beaches in the United States, less developed than much of Florida or California. Take the kids to family-friendly Myrtle Beach, part of a 60-mile stretch of white sand near championship golf courses and theme parks such as the Grand Strand and Hard Rock Park.
HOLIDAY INFO: A week in June at the Colonial Green Condominiums – five minutes from Myrtle Beach – costs £699 per adult (twin share) and £549 per child (two-11), rising to £849 per adult (£674 per child) in July and August. Prices include flights from Manchester or Gatwick, car hire and two-bed self-catering accommodation. Go to www.bon-voyage.co.uk

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