Riviera

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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<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Florida Riviera, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
• Florida Riviera, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida
• Irish Riviera, Scituate, Massachusetts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 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.<ref name="news article">Template:Cite news</ref>
• Thai Riviera, stretching from Phetchaburi to Chumphon<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Europe

Western

• English Riviera, Torbay<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Thames Riviera, an area of London, United Kingdom that includes Tagg's Island
• French Riviera ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), the southeastern coast of France
• Italian Riviera ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), the coast of Liguria, northwestern Italy
• Portuguese Riviera ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} or {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), along Estoril to the west of Lisbon
• Spanish Riviera ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), in Andalusia, southern Spain
• Swiss Riviera, on Lake Geneva, also known as Riviera vaudoise

Eastern

• Bulgarian Black Sea Coast, also known as the Bulgarian Riviera, formerly part of the Red Riviera.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 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
• Makarska Riviera, in Croatia
• Slovene Riviera
• Turkish Riviera

Former

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