palm-fringed beaches

Coconut-tree-lined coasts

Palm-fringed beaches are shorelines bordered by palm trees, the quintessential image of tropical paradise.

The phrase appears constantly in travel writing and tourism marketing: The resort overlooks palm-fringed beaches and turquoise waters.

It has become something of a cliché, signaling idyllic vacation destinations in the Caribbean, South Pacific, or Southeast Asia.

Related

paradise · marine life · Maldives · shoreline · ocean breeze · Hawaii · escape · Tahiti · lagoons · coral reefs · mangrove forests · sea turtles · sea breeze · hammocks · sustainable tourism · Seychelles · waves · Bali

Opposites
coastal landscape type

palm-fringed beachesfjords

Glacially carved coastal inlets

sea cliffs · pebble beaches · basalt columns · rocky coasts · rocky shores

travel/vacation destination character

palm-fringed beachesNorwegian fjords

Glacially carved coastal inlets

Family

palm, palms, palmy, palmate, fringe, fringes, fringed, fringing, fringy

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G