Tripadvisor’s best beaches for 2021: Australia’s # 1 Whitehaven Beach overall, Bournemouth 20th.

TOP BEACHES IN THE WORLD

1. Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, Australia

2. Santa Maria Beach, Cayo Santa Maria, Cuba

3. Baia do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

4. Grace Bay Beach, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands

5. Saint Pete Beach, Florida

6. Turquoise Bay, Exmouth, Western Australia

7. Eagle Beach, Aruba

8. Spiaggia dei Conigli, Lampedusa, Italy

9. Ka’anapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii

10. Baía dos Golfinhos, Brazil

11. Playa de Cofete, Fuerteventura

12. Varadero Beach, Cuba

13. Praia de Falesia, Albufeira, Portugal

14. Maho Bay Beach, St. John, US Virgin Islands

15. Seven Mile Beach, Jamaica

16. La Concha Beach, San Sebastian, Spain

17. Playa Norte, Mexico

18. Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

19. Bavaro Beach, Dominican Republic

20. Bournemouth Beach, Dorset

21. Balos Lagoon, Crete

22. Playa Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

23. Nungwi Beach, Zanzibar Island

24. Elafonissi Beach, Crete

25. Plage de Santa Giulia, Corsica

TOP BEACHES IN EUROPE

1. Spiaggia dei Conigli, Lampedusa, Italy

2. Playa de Cofete, Fuerteventura

3. Praia da Falésia, Albufeira, Portugal

4. La Concha Beach, San Sebastian, Spain

5. Bournemouth Beach, Dorset

6. Balos Lagoon, Crete

7. Elafonissi Beach, Crete

8. Plage de Santa Giulia, Corsica

9. Kleftiko Beach, Milos, Greece

10. Porthminster Beach, St. Ives, Cornwall

11. Diamond Beach, Iceland

12. Playa de Ses Illetes, Formentera, Spain

13. Sarakiniko Beach, Milos, Greece

14. Reynisfjara Beach, Iceland

15. Sotavento Beach, Fuerteventura

16. Perranporth Beach, Cornwall

17. Fig Tree Bay, Protaras, Cyprus

18. Filey Beach, Yorkshire

19. Plage du Sillon, Saint-Malo, France

20. Spiaggia di Sansone, Elba Island, Italy

21. Nissi Beach, Ayia Napa, Cyprus

22. Kleopatra Beach, Alanya, Turkey

23. Tropea Beach, Italy

24. Plage de Palombaggia, Corsica

25. Spiaggia La Cinta, Sardinia