Top 10 Beaches In The World

Anse Source D’Argent. Located on La Digue island, it is one of the most photographed beaches in the world and featured in countless travel magazines.

Tulum. Lying on Mexico’s Caribbean coastline, Tulum is not only home to one of the country’s best-preserved Mayan ruins, but one of its best beaches too. It once served as the major port of the Mayan city of Coba.

Whitehaven Beach, in Queensland, Australia, regularly features among the most attractive beaches in the world, and it is easy to see why. Boasting some of the purest sand on Earth, it stretches some seven kilometers, with brilliant turquoise waters lying alongside its secluded coves and lagoons.

Maya Bay, in Thailand has been one of the most sought after beaches in the world. Such was its popularity, however, that Thai authorities had to shut the beach in 2018 and limit the number of visitors to 2,000 a day to help protect and preserve the environment

Trunk Bay, is a National Park beach on St. John in the United States Virgin Islands. Rated as one the world’s most beautiful beaches by the National Geographic Society it attracts hordes of cruise ship passengers. Amenities on the beach include a snack bar, showers and restrooms, a lifeguard, and, most famously, an underwater trail for snorkeling its coral reef.

Oludeniz, is an increasingly popular beach to visit as word spreads about its considerable charms. Meaning ‘dead sea,’ Oludeniz boasts some fantastic snorkeling and scuba diving due to its calm crystal clear waters and amazing marine life.

‘Golden Horn,’ Zlatni Rat juts into the Adriatic and changes shape and length depending on the current, tide, and wind. Located on the south coast of the Island of Brac, the white pebble beach can be found just a short distance away from the peaceful harbor town of Bol.

Tapuaetai, (One Foot Island) is a small islet in the Aitutaki atoll of the Cook Islands. It offers the visitor some great views of the Aitutaki lagoon and depending on the tide one is able to walk on a sandbank a decent distance away from Tapuaetai. The beach was awarded “Australasia’s Leading Beach” at the World Travel Awards held in Sydney in June 2008.

The Baths are situated at the southern tip of Virgin Gorda, the third largest island of the British Virgin Islands. Huge granite boulders lie in piles on the beach, forming spectacular tunnels and grottoes that are open to the sea and flood at high tide. The sandy beaches are lined with tropical palms, adding to the dramatic effect.

Navagio Beach, Located on the Ionian Island of Zakynthos, the gorgeous beach regularly features in travel magazines and is one of the most beautiful natural settings in the whole of Greece. Despite being nicknamed ‘Shipwreck Beach,’ due to the rusty remains of a shipwreck that lies upon its sands, Navagio Beach is ironically only accessible by boat.