🏖 7 Small, Nostalgic Beach Towns for a Relaxing Vacation (AARP Article)

[SummerOnTheWay1]

FROM THE ARTICLE.

These quaint towns offer laid-back charm and smaller crowds for your next beach getaway.

By Gigi Ragland, AARP. Published August 01, 2025.

A visit to a small beach town in a beautiful location is a mood enhancer. Studies in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and Scientific Reports have shown that a simple beach walk can help reduce anxiety, which can lower your blood pressure and heart rate. Just being near the water is calming. According to the 2025 AARP Travel Trends survey, most travelers 50-plus agree that getting away is good for their health, with 47 percent looking to relax and rejuvenate on vacation.

USE THE LINK BELOW TO READ THE ARTICLE.

https://www.aarp.org/travel/vacation-ideas/nostalgic-beach-getaways.html

[SummerOnTheWay1]

📎  Anyone doing the beach?  🤔

Ocracoke Island, North Carolina from the article sounds like a spot I need to check out.

[papawofboo · Accepted solution]

It said it had a working lighthouse so you might run up on Dave.