Top 100 Beaches in the World

1.Anse Source d'Argent

La Digue, Seychelles

The most photographed beach on Earth: pink-tinged sand threading between sculpted granite boulders and shallow, glass-clear lagoon water sheltered by an offshore reef.

2.Whitehaven Beach

Whitsundays, Australia

Lonely Planet's reigning number-one beach: 7km of pure silica sand so white it stays cool underfoot, swirling into Hill Inlet's mesmerizing turquoise sandbars.

3.Navagio Beach

Zakynthos, Greece

Greece's most famous shore: a rusting smuggler's wreck on blinding white sand in a cove of electric blue, walled by sheer cliffs, boat-access only.

4.Grace Bay

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands

The Caribbean benchmark: twelve miles of powder-soft white sand and impossibly clear turquoise water protected by a barrier reef, perennially topping global rankings.

5.Maya Bay

Ko Phi Phi Leh, Thailand

Immortalized by 'The Beach,' this cliff-ringed emerald cove reopened with strict caps after conservation closure, still Thailand's most iconic stretch of sand.

6.Cala Goloritzé

Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia

Crowned World's Best Beach 2025: a protected natural monument of white pebbles beneath a 143m limestone pinnacle, reachable only by hike or boat swim.

7.Baía do Sancho

Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

Repeatedly named the world's best: reached by ladders down a cliff to a protected jungle-backed cove of clear water teeming with turtles and rays.

8.Balos Lagoon

Gramvousa Peninsula, Crete

A surreal shallow lagoon of white and pink-tinged sand where turquoise water glows over a sandbar linking Crete to a tiny islet.

9.Elafonissi Beach

Crete, Greece

A protected pink-sand lagoon on Crete's wild southwest tip, repeatedly Tripadvisor's number-one, with shallow warm water wading out to a nature-reserve islet.

10.Pink Sands Beach

Harbour Island, Bahamas

Three miles of famously blush-pink sand, tinted by crushed coral, fronting calm reef-protected water in one of the Bahamas' most photographed settings.

11.Matira Beach

Bora Bora, French Polynesia

Bora Bora's only public beach: a long white-sand point reaching into a multi-shade lagoon, with the jagged silhouette of Mount Otemanu looming beyond.

12.Kelingking Beach

Nusa Penida, Indonesia

The T-rex cliff: a jaw-dropping limestone headland plunging to a remote white-sand cove and brilliant blue water, Indonesia's most viral coastal view.

13.Anse Lazio

Praslin, Seychelles

Often called Seychelles' finest: a broad arc of soft white sand bookended by granite boulders and takamaka palms, with superb swimming and snorkeling.

14.Railay Beach

Krabi, Thailand

A boat-only peninsula hemmed by towering limestone cliffs beloved by rock climbers, with white sand and emerald water in a jungle amphitheater.

15.Reynisfjara Beach

Vík, Iceland

Iceland's dramatic black-sand shore of basalt columns, sea stacks and roaring Atlantic surf, a raw volcanic icon unlike any tropical beach.

16.Waikiki Beach

Honolulu, United States

The birthplace of modern surfing: a famous golden strand beneath Diamond Head, the most recognizable beach in the Pacific.

17.Ipanema Beach

Rio de Janeiro

The most famous urban beach on Earth: golden sand, surf, and posto culture immortalized in song, framed by the Dois Irmãos peaks.

18.Bondi Beach

Sydney, Australia

The world's most famous city beach: a golden surf arc with its coastal walk and lifeguard culture defining Australian beach life.

19.Copacabana Beach

Rio de Janeiro

Four kilometers of golden sand and its black-and-white wave-pattern promenade, the pulsing heart of Rio and a global beach icon.

20.Turquoise Bay

Exmouth, Australia

Drift-snorkel paradise where Ningaloo's reef meets shore: brilliant white sand and water so vividly turquoise you swim with reef fish steps from the beach.

21.Entalula Beach

El Nido, Palawan

Voted Asia's best and second worldwide: a boat-only crescent of white sand framed by towering karst cliffs and coral reefs in the Bacuit Archipelago.

22.Seven Mile Beach

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

A flawless coral-sand crescent of calm, clear Caribbean water, consistently rated among the world's best and the soul of Grand Cayman tourism.

23.Eagle Beach

Aruba

Wide white sand, gentle surf and Aruba's iconic wind-bent fofoti trees, consistently ranked among the Caribbean's and world's top beaches.

24.The Baths

Virgin Gorda

Giant granite boulders form sea-flooded grottoes, tidal pools and tunnels along a white-sand shore, the Caribbean's most distinctive natural beach playground.

25.Nosy Iranja

Nosy Be, Madagascar

Twin islands joined by a sandbar that surfaces at low tide: blinding white sand, turtle-nesting shores and clear Indian Ocean water off northwest Madagascar.

26.Wineglass Bay

Freycinet, Tasmania

A perfect curve of white sand and sapphire water framed by the pink-granite Hazards peaks, earned via a forest lookout climb in Freycinet National Park.

27.Zlatni Rat

Bol, Brač Island

The 'Golden Horn': a shape-shifting white-pebble spit jutting into the Adriatic, Croatia's most iconic and photographed beach.

28.Le Morne Beach

Le Morne, Mauritius

White sand and a turquoise lagoon beneath the UNESCO-listed Le Morne mountain, a kitesurfing mecca famous for its offshore 'underwater waterfall' illusion.

29.Spiaggia dei Conigli

Lampedusa, Italy

A turtle-nesting marine reserve where pale sand meets impossibly clear shallow water, repeatedly voted Europe's and the world's best beach.

30.Cala Macarella

Menorca, Spain

A postcard Balearic cove of pale sand and luminous turquoise water cradled by pine-clad cliffs, reached on foot through fragrant Mediterranean forest.

31.Praia da Marinha

Algarve, Portugal

The Algarve's signature beach: golden cliffs and sea-stack arches above clear water, one of Europe's most photographed coastal landscapes.

32.Myrtos Beach

Kefalonia

A mile-and-a-half arc of dazzling white pebbles below towering limestone cliffs, the deep-blue Ionian contrast making it Greece's most photographed mainland-island beach.

33.Trunk Bay

St. John, United States Virgin Islands

A national-park gem with a marked underwater snorkel trail, framed by lush hills and clear Caribbean water over a powdery white-sand crescent.

34.Playa de Ses Illetes

Formentera, Spain

A Caribbean-like sandbar in the Balearics with shallow translucent water on both sides, repeatedly Europe's top-rated beach.

35.Shoal Bay East

Anguilla

Two miles of blindingly white powder sand and tranquil turquoise water, widely regarded as the Caribbean's most perfect classic beach.

36.Boulders Beach

Cape Town, South Africa

A sheltered cove of granite boulders home to a colony of African penguins you can swim beside, one of the world's most unusual beaches.

37.Anse Georgette

Praslin Island

A secluded, granite-framed cove of pristine white sand and clear water inside a resort estate, ranked among Seychelles' and the world's finest.

38.Pink Beach

Komodo, Flores

Rosy coral-tinted sand against vivid blue water in Komodo National Park, one of only a handful of true pink beaches worldwide.

39.White Beach (Boracay)

Boracay, Philippines

The Philippines' most celebrated strand: four kilometers of powder-fine white sand and calm turquoise water on Boracay's west coast, thronged at sunset by paraw sailboats and repeatedly voted the world's best island beach.

40.Horseshoe Bay

Bermuda

Bermuda's signature beach: a pink-tinged sand crescent dotted with limestone formations and tidal pools, framed by turquoise Atlantic water.

41.Wharton Beach

Esperance, Western Australia

Squeaky-white sand and electric turquoise water on Australia's remote southern coast, repeatedly ranked among the world's most pristine beaches.

42.Playa Balandra

La Paz, Mexico

A serene Sea of Cortez bay of shallow, mirror-clear water over white sand, ringed by desert mountains and famed for its mushroom rock.

43.One Foot Island

Aitutaki

A tiny motu in Aitutaki's vast turquoise lagoon, white sand and waist-deep clear water consistently ranked among the South Pacific's finest.

44.Playa de Rodas

Cíes Islands, Galicia, Spain

A crescent of white sand and cold clear Atlantic water in a protected island national park, once named the world's best beach.

45.Cala Mariolu

Gulf of Orosei, Sardinia

White pebbles and pink-tinged sand over astonishingly clear blue water in a cliff-walled Sardinian cove reached only by boat or rugged trail.

46.Flamenco Beach

Culebra, Puerto Rico

A horseshoe of soft white sand and calm turquoise water on car-free Culebra, regularly ranked among the world's and Caribbean's finest beaches.

47.Playa Ruinas

Tulum Archaeological Zone, Quintana Roo, Mexico

A pocket of white Caribbean sand directly below Tulum's cliff-top Maya ruins, combining a named natural beach with one of Mexico's most recognizable historic settings.

48.Cathedral Cove

Coromandel, New Zealand

A vast natural rock archway connects two white-sand coves below pohutukawa cliffs, one of New Zealand's most photographed and beloved shores.

49.Nacpan Beach

El Nido, Philippines

A four-kilometer sweep of golden sand and rolling surf backed by palms, a laid-back contrast to El Nido's island-hopping karst lagoons.

50.Radhanagar Beach

Havelock Island, Andaman

Asia's celebrated white-sand sweep backed by rainforest, with calm clear water and spectacular sunsets, the jewel of India's Andaman Islands.

51.Crane Beach

Barbados

Pink-tinged sand and rolling Atlantic surf below a clifftop hotel, long celebrated as one of Barbados' and the Caribbean's most beautiful beaches.

52.La Pelosa Beach

Stintino, Sardinia, Italy

Shallow Caribbean-clear water over white sand beneath an old watchtower, repeatedly ranked among Italy's and Europe's most beautiful beaches.

53.Manuel Antonio Beach

Quepos, Costa Rica

Soft white sand and calm clear water inside Costa Rica's most beloved national park, with monkeys and sloths in the rainforest fringe.

54.Ofu Beach

Ofu Island

A remote South Pacific national-park beach of white sand and coral reef beneath jagged volcanic peaks, among the planet's least-crowded paradises.

55.Cayo de Agua

Los Roques

A pristine sandbar in Venezuela's Los Roques archipelago, white sand bridging two cays with shallow turquoise water on either side.

56.Canto de la Playa

Saona Island

The Caribbean's top-voted beach: a remote palm-lined cove of soft white sand and serene clear water on protected Saona Island.

57.Champagne Beach

Espiritu Santo

A crescent of fine white sand and crystal water with effervescent volcanic springs, one of the South Pacific's most pristine and remote beaches.

58.Porto Katsiki

Lefkada

Dazzling white pebbles below sheer white cliffs plunging into deep electric-blue Ionian water, one of Greece's most spectacular beaches.

59.Maundays Bay

Anguilla

A flawless crescent of soft white sand and calm clear water, long celebrated as one of the Caribbean's most beautiful and refined beaches.

60.Pampelonne Beach

Saint-Tropez, France

The glamorous five-kilometer Riviera strand of Saint-Tropez, golden sand and chic beach clubs that defined Mediterranean jet-set beach culture.

61.Palombaggia Beach

Corsica, France

Corsica's signature beach: pale sand and clear shallow water framed by red rocks and umbrella pines, a Mediterranean classic.

62.Nudey Beach

Fitzroy Island, Queensland

A coral-rubble and white-sand beach fringing the Great Barrier Reef, repeatedly named Australia's best for its clear snorkeling water.

63.Grand Anse Beach

Grenada, Grenada

Two miles of soft golden sand and calm clear water with views to St. George's harbor, Grenada's flagship beach.

64.Nungwi Beach

Zanzibar, Tanzania

Powder-white sand and warm turquoise water on Zanzibar's northern tip, with dhow sunsets and minimal tidal retreat making it the island's premier beach.

65.La Cinta Beach

San Teodoro, Sardinia, Italy

A five-kilometer ribbon of fine white sand backed by a flamingo lagoon and clear turquoise sea, one of Sardinia's most beloved beaches.

66.Bahía de las Águilas

Pedernales

An eight-kilometer wild, undeveloped white-sand bay inside a national park, the Dominican Republic's most pristine and remote beach.

67.Cabo San Juan del Guía

Tayrona National Park

Twin golden coves split by a palm-topped rock hut where jungle meets the Caribbean, the iconic image of Colombia's Tayrona National Park.

68.Playa Norte

Isla Mujeres, Mexico

Shallow, bathtub-calm turquoise water over white sand at the island's tip, regularly ranked among Mexico's and the world's top beaches.

69.Ksamil Beach

Ksamil, Albania

Tiny islets, white sand and clear Ionian water made the Albanian Riviera Europe's value paradise, a fast-rising Mediterranean favorite.

70.Hyams Beach

Jervis Bay, New South Wales

Famed for some of the whitest sand on Earth, with calm clear water in Jervis Bay's protected marine setting south of Sydney.

71.Hanalei Bay

Kauai, United States

A two-mile golden crescent ringed by jagged green mountains and waterfalls, Kauai's most beautiful bay and a quintessential Hawaiian landscape.

72.Lanikai Beach

Oahu, United States

"Heavenly sea" in Hawaiian: powdery white sand and calm turquoise water facing the twin Mokulua islets, a perennial best-beach and sunrise favorite.

73.Praia de Jericoacoara

Ceará

Wind-sculpted dunes, lagoons and a sunset-dune ritual on Brazil's remote northeast coast, a kitesurfing and bohemian beach legend.

74.Varadero Beach

Varadero, Cuba

Over 20 kilometers of fine white sand and clear turquoise water on Cuba's Hicacos Peninsula, the Caribbean's largest celebrated beach.

75.Maho Beach

Sint Maarten, Sint Maarten

The airplane beach: jets roar feet overhead as they land at the adjacent runway, an utterly unique and globally recognizable spectacle.

76.Clifton 4th Beach

Cape Town, South Africa

White sand and granite boulders below the Twelve Apostles, Cape Town's most glamorous beach with dramatic Atlantic-meets-mountain scenery.

77.Magens Bay

St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands

A sheltered mile-long heart-shaped bay of white sand and calm clear water between green ridges, the classic Virgin Islands beach.

78.Lopes Mendes Beach

Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A three-kilometer Atlantic-forest beach of fine white sand and clear green water on car-free Ilha Grande, often called Brazil's most beautiful.

79.Praia da Falésia

Albufeira, Algarve

A long golden strand below striking ochre-and-red cliffs and pines, repeatedly voted Europe's number-one beach by travelers.

80.Praia do Camilo

Lagos, Algarve, Portugal

A small golden cove reached by a wooden staircase, ringed by dramatic sculpted cliffs and sea stacks, an Algarve postcard icon.