Found on the island of Bora Bora (also known as the Romantic Island) this isolated beach lies in a protected lagoon and offers some of the whitest sand in the South Pacific.To get here you can either take a boat or descend along a steep path leading down the side of the cliff in the background. Although the island of Santorini isn’t really popular for its beaches, this one is too unique to disappoint.This untamed and partially deserted beach would undoubtedly be suffocated by tourist resorts if it were located in a country with a “better” tourist industry.Whenever somebody mentions a Spanish beach people will often think of the Mediterranean but the truth is that the Atlantic coast has just as much to offer. Take for example Las Islas Cies. This former pirate hideout is just off the coast and with its pristine water the locals refer to it as their “Caribbean beach”.Although Maya Bay (#25) may be where Alex Garland and Leonardo DiCaprio filmed The Beach, El Nido would be where they got most of their inspiration. Unlike Thailand, most islands in the Philippines are relatively devoid of tourists and Palawan (where El Nido is located) is no exception.Found on the Greek island of Corfu, some of this beaches most recognizable landmarks are the unusual cliff formations known as the canal d amour (channel of love). According to legend if a couple swims together in the surrounding water they’ll be together forever.With 87 resort islands straddling the equator the crystal clear water of the Maldives is about as far from the real world as you can get.With half a mile of tropical plants, sparkling sand, and intensely blue green water this beach is known for being postcard-perfect.
Quite possibly one the most photographed beaches in the world, you’ll find the looming boulders of this surreal paradise on the island of La Digue in the Seychelles. It’s surrounded by shallow turquoise water and protected from the ocean’s waves by a coral reef.Famous for having its international airport right next to the beach, the planes get so close to the sand that sometimes the jet blast even blows people into the water.1 2
Hawaii has the best beaches in my opinion, because of the beautiful landscape, and it has so much to offer. There are some flat white sand beaches with calm, clear waters like Florida, there’s some beaches with darker water because of huge waves, with golden sand like California, there’s pink sand beaches like in the Caribbean, and also red, black and even green sand beaches that nowhere else really has. SO much to offer! And the water is always between 77-82F, just right. My favorite beach is Kailua-Lanikai. SO PRETTY!
I think Grace Bay in TCI, Siesta Key in Florida, Coronado in California and also Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic deserved somewhere on this list. Coronado has fine white sands and you can watch the Navy doing exercises in the sea and on land. Siesta Key has the nicest sand in the world, with warm and calm emerald waters. Grace Bay has calm clear water with white sands-so pretty. And Punta Cana is lined on the beach with hundreds of Coconut Palms bent over the calm periwinkle sea, with soft white sands.
I love St. MARTEEN. Casablanca & admiral’s lounge. 2for1 drinks all day. Beautiful women,casinos scenery.
You have to have Cape Town in South Africa
Maho Beach is No.1! Called it!
Not as well known, but Panama City, Florida has pure white sand, crystal waters and is rarely as crowded as most of the beaches named here. I have been to many of them and Waikiki in Hawaii shouldn’t even have received and honorable mention. Copacabana in Rio is nice, but Leblon beach, a few blocks from it is less crowded, safer, and just as good.
I can’t believe Cancun is not even considered in these ranking!!! It has by far the best sand in the world!!
yee! el nido philippines!
Panama City, Florida has the most pure white sand beach I have even seen, even more than the one in Hawaii. I lived there for several years and couldn’t get enough of it.
Now, I live in João Pessoa, Brazil and the beach here, while not pure white is one of the best swimming beaches in the world. The surf is never very high and being about 450 miles south of the equator, the water is fine any time of the year. Never being crowded is also a big plus.