For a church visit like no other, head to Ribeiro, on Spain’s northwest Galician coast, where wave-carved, hundred-foot rock arches resembling flying buttresses of Gothic cathedrals line the sand. Walk among them at low tide, but beware, when the Bay of Biscay rises, the beach quickly succumbs to the surf.

   As Cathedrals beach translates as ‘Beach of the Cathedrals’. It is the touristic name of Praia de Augas Santa's. The Spanish beach is located in the Ribeiro municipality, in the province of Lugo, on the Cantabran coast, and it lies about ten kilometers to the west from the town of Ribeiro.  It's name is derived from the formations of its cliffs.

It has been declared a Natural Monument by the regional Ministry for the Environment of the junta de Galicia.

   The place’s more characteristic features are its natural arches and caves, which can be seen only in low tide. During high tide, the beach appears quite small, but is still suitable to go for a swim. High tide is an interesting time to visit the place and wander over the top of the cliffs, from West to East, heading to the stereo Beach. During low tide, you can appreciate the size of its magnificent cliffs and the picturesque sea caves, which go from small cracks in the rock to big caves whose roofs collapse due to the erosion of the waves. Also, during low tide you can gain access to a sand deposit delimited by a rocky wall made from slate and schist of strange and complex forms: more than 30-meters-tall arches which remind of cathedral flying buttresses, dozen-meters-long caves, sand corridors between rocky blocks and many other curiosities. When low tide is lower than usual, you can access the nearby beaches through the sand extension. However, it is advisable to be back before the water starts to cover the beach again, which happens very quickly, since the coast stretch is almost horizontal.

   Anse Source d’Argent, La Digue, Seychelles

   With sun-dappled giant boulders, calm turquoise waters, snow-white sand, and palm trees and jungle for greenery, this Indian Ocean beach seems created by a Hollywood set designer. It’s no wonder that it is often ranked as the most photographed beach in the world.

  La Dighe is the third-largest inhabited island of the Seychelles in terms of population, lying east of Praslin and west of Felicity Island. In terms of size it is the fourth-largest granitic island of Seychelles after Mahé, Praline and Silhouette Island. It has a population of 2,800 people, who mostly live in the West Coast villages of La Passe and La Réunion. There is no airport on La Digue, so to get there from a foreign country, one has to fly to Victoria and continue by ferry, usually via Praline. It has an area of 10.08 km2, which makes it relatively easy to travel around by bike or on foot.

     La Digue was named after a ship in the fleet of French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresno, who visited the Seychelles in 1768.

    The Seychelles in general have warm temperatures throughout the year. Thanks to their location near the equator, they get frequent and sometimes heavy rainfall. On La Digue, rainfall can be very heavy, but it usually lasts for one hour or less. The day temperature on La Digue normally stays between 24 °C (75 °F) and 32 °C (90 °F) and the nights do not get too much colder than that. There is most rainfall from October to March, with a monthly precipitation of 402.6 mm (15.85 in) in January. There is the least precipitation in July, with only 76.6 mm (3.02 in) of rain.