The best beaches in the world (Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice 2025)
The top 3 according to 146 votes from people: Elafonissi Beach (Crete, Greece) · Banana Beach (Phuket, Thailand) · Eagle Beach (Aruba). (Updated Apr 24, 2025.)
The top 10 of Tripadvisor's Travelers' Choice Best of the Best Beaches 2025, based on a year of traveller reviews and ratings.
Top 10
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Elafonissi Beach (Crete, Greece)
Pink-tinged sand and shallow turquoise lagoons about 75 km southwest of Chania.
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Banana Beach (Phuket, Thailand)
Small secluded beach on Phuket's west coast, reached down a jungle path.
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Eagle Beach (Aruba)
Wide white-sand beach famous for its windswept fofoti trees.
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Praia da Falésia (Albufeira, Portugal)
Long Algarve beach beneath red and ochre cliffs.
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Bávaro Beach (Punta Cana, Dominican Republic)
Palm-lined Caribbean beach in front of the Punta Cana resorts.
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Siesta Beach (Siesta Key, Florida, USA)
The top US beach, with 99% quartz sand that stays cool underfoot.
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Varadero Beach (Cuba)
Some 20 km of white sand on the Hicacos Peninsula.
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Playa de Muro (Mallorca, Spain)
Shallow, family-friendly beach on the Bay of Alcúdia next to the S'Albufera wetlands.
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Myrtos Beach (Kefalonia, Greece)
White pebble beach between limestone cliffs on Kefalonia's northwest coast.
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Kelingking Beach (Nusa Penida, Indonesia)
Beach beneath the T-Rex-shaped headland, reached by a steep cliff path.
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Comments (7)
Siesta Key has the softest sand in the US, it's like flour 🏖️
Playa de Muro in Mallorca, shallow water perfect for kids
Myrtos from the viewpoint is unreal, that turquoise 💙
Elafonissi deserves it, the pink sand is real! Get there early before the buses.
These Tripadvisor lists always pick the same Caribbean beaches lol
Praia da Falésia with those red cliffs, beautiful long walks.
Kelingking Beach is gorgeous from above but the hike down is brutal, not for everyone