Most romantic beaches of the Mediterranean

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Cleopatra and Marc Antony. Helen of Troy and Paris. Jay-Z and Beyonce. Pamela Anderson and Kid Rock. These are just a few of the many romantic liaisons that have found footing, however fleetingly, on Mediterranean terrain.

As long as humans have had romance, the Med has reigned as one of the world's most reliable destinations for making lovers swoon. "The white-washed villages and blue, blue water are a very Mediterranean thing," says Judy Nussbaum, a luxury travel consultant with Unique Travel of Palm Beach in Delray, Fla. "And it's definitely romantic — it's just the nature of that part of the world."

Like love, however, the romance offers itself in various manifestations. For some lovers, the definitive beach tryst begs for only a few aesthetic ingredients — blinding white beaches and water clear enough to reflect the light in your besotted's eye, perhaps. For others, the cocktail is less cliché. Everyone has a different idea of how a particular travel destination should set the old heart aflutter. And when it comes to diverse cultural offerings that blend seamlessly with that universal seaside ethos — beach culture — few locales on the planet can seduce like the Mediterranean.

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• 07/03/08
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