Riviera

Africa

• Kalk Bay Riviera (Riviera Kalk Bay or Coasta Kalk), to the west of Cape Town, South Africa
• Red Sea Riviera, the eastern shore of Egypt

North America

Mexico

• Riviera Maya, the Caribbean coast of the Yucatán Peninsula
• Mexican Riviera, the southwestern coast of Mexico, including Acapulco
• Riviera Nayarit, another part of Pacific coast of Mexico

United States

• California Riviera, Santa Barbara, California
• Florida Riviera, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Florida Riviera, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
• Irish Riviera, Scituate, Massachusetts
• the Hollywood Riviera region of Los Angeles, known for its coastal location where Hollywood elite would retreat to in the 1920’s.

Asia

• Bengali Riviera, coastal region in Cox's Bazar and St. Martin's Island in Bangladesh
• Chinese Riviera, coastal region in Zhuhai, China
• Philippine Riviera, often used to refer to northern coasts of Nasugbu, near Manila, including Punta Fuego and Hamilo Coast.
• Thai Riviera, stretching from Phetchaburi to Chumphon

Europe

Western

• English Riviera, Torbay
• Thames Riviera, an area of London, United Kingdom that includes Tagg's Island
• French Riviera (Côte d'Azur), the southeastern coast of France
• Swiss Riviera, on Lake Geneva, also known as Riviera vaudoise (Swiss Riviera may also refer to Quinten on the northern shore of Lake Walen)

Eastern

• Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, also known as the Bulgarian Riviera, formerly part of the Red Riviera.
• Caucasian Riviera, of Russia and Georgia
• Jurmala near Riga in Latvia, once known as the Baltic Riviera

Southern

• Albanian Riviera
• Athens Riviera, the Saronic Gulf coastline of Athens
• Budva Riviera, in Montenegro
• Italian Riviera (Riviera ligure), the coast of Liguria, northwestern Italy
• Makarska Riviera, in Croatia
• Portuguese Riviera (Riviera portuguesa, Costa do Sol or Costa do Estoril), along Estoril to the west of Lisbon
• Slovene Riviera
• Spanish Riviera (Costa del Sol), in Andalusia, southern Spain
• Turkish Riviera (Türk Rivierası), the southwestern coast of Turkey

Former

• Austrian Riviera, former term used for the coastline of the defunct Austrian Empire

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