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a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline
a secluded cove that smugglers once used
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Recent Examples of coves
On the North Island, explore craggy coves and cliffside beaches along the Coromandel Peninsula, located across the gulf from Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city.
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Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
Guests are encouraged to join excursions, both by boat to see the island’s beaches and coves, and by land to explore that primeval rain forest.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Long before its golden sands and rocky coves became reality TV-famous, Laguna Beach was known as an enclave for artists, eccentrics, surfers, and bohemians.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
Here, guests can rent a private boat to travel around the island, visiting some of the hidden coves and beaches that are only reachable by water and make up Ios's coastlines.
—Alessandra Amodio, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
This mountainous island boasts stunning landscape diversity, including dramatic coastlines with hidden coves, lush green valleys, and snowcapped peaks.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2024
Visitors can laze on its sandy beaches, a rarity on the rocky Costa Brava shoreline, or explore its secret coves, which is best done by Llaüt, a traditional fishing boat, or on foot along the Cami de Ronda, a gorgeous coastal trail.
—Kelley Manley, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2024
There are rolling and rocky hills, tall pine forests, coves, bays, olive groves and beaches — five of them.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
Guests are encouraged to join excursions, both by boat to see the island’s beaches and coves, and by land to explore that primeval rain forest.
—Ann Abel, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Long before its golden sands and rocky coves became reality TV-famous, Laguna Beach was known as an enclave for artists, eccentrics, surfers, and bohemians.
—Christina Pérez, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
Here, guests can rent a private boat to travel around the island, visiting some of the hidden coves and beaches that are only reachable by water and make up Ios's coastlines.
—Alessandra Amodio, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
This mountainous island boasts stunning landscape diversity, including dramatic coastlines with hidden coves, lush green valleys, and snowcapped peaks.
—Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2024
Visitors can laze on its sandy beaches, a rarity on the rocky Costa Brava shoreline, or explore its secret coves, which is best done by Llaüt, a traditional fishing boat, or on foot along the Cami de Ronda, a gorgeous coastal trail.
—Kelley Manley, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2024
There are rolling and rocky hills, tall pine forests, coves, bays, olive groves and beaches — five of them.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Coves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coves. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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