Tripadvisor Travelers' Choice 2026 · the top 10
World's Best Beaches
The ten beaches travellers rated the world's best in 2026, from Isla Pasión in Cozumel to Sydney's Manly.
- Stops
- 10
- Straight-line distance
- ≈ 39,564 km
- Style
- Island Hopper
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The stops
- 1
La Jolla Cove
La Jolla Cove, San Diego, California (No. 7)
La Jolla Cove, San Diego
Airliner · 3,297 km - 2
Isla Pasión
Isla Pasión, Cozumel, Mexico (No. 1)
Turquoise Caribbean sea off Cozumel's west coast
Airliner · 2,001 km - 3
Eagle Beach
Eagle Beach, Aruba (No. 4)
Fofoti tree on Eagle Beach, Aruba
Airliner · 6,687 km - 4
Praia da Falésia
Praia da Falésia, Algarve, Portugal (No. 5)
Red cliffs above Praia da Falésia, Algarve
Airliner · 1,477 km - 5
La Pelosa
La Pelosa, Stintino, Sardinia (No. 8)
Torre della Pelosa and the clear water of La Pelosa beach
Airliner · 1,480 km - 6
Elafonissi
Elafonissi Beach, Crete (No. 2)
Elafonissi's pink sand and turquoise water
4×4 · 35 km - 7
Balos Lagoon
Balos Lagoon, Kissamos, Crete (No. 3)
Balos Lagoon and Cape Tigani, Crete
Airliner · 7,777 km - 8
Boulders Beach
Boulders Beach penguin colony, Simon's Town, South Africa (No. 10)
African penguins on Boulders Beach, Simon's Town
Airliner · 9,576 km - 9
Banana Beach
Banana Beach, Ko He (Coral Island), Phuket, Thailand (No. 6)
White-sand beach on Coral Island (Ko He), Phuket
Airliner · 7,235 km - 10
Manly Beach
Manly Beach, Sydney, Australia (No. 9)
Surf rolling in at Manly Beach, Sydney
Photo credits
From Wikimedia Commons, resized and cropped. Each credit also shows in the corner of the video while its photo is on screen.
- La Jolla Cove, San Diego by Stephen Bay, https://stephenbayphotography.com · CC BY 4.0 · source
- Turquoise Caribbean sea off Cozumel's west coast by dronepicr · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Fofoti tree on Eagle Beach, Aruba by Serge Melki · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Red cliffs above Praia da Falésia, Algarve by PortoBay Hotels & Resorts · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Torre della Pelosa and the clear water of La Pelosa beach by Iaznavi78 · Public domain · source
- Elafonissi's pink sand and turquoise water by Pavel Špindler · CC BY 3.0 · source
- Balos Lagoon and Cape Tigani, Crete by Pavel Špindler · CC BY 3.0 · source
- African penguins on Boulders Beach, Simon's Town by Raita Futo · CC BY 2.0 · source
- White-sand beach on Coral Island (Ko He), Phuket by Kevin Poh · CC BY 2.0 · source
- Surf rolling in at Manly Beach, Sydney by Erdenyang · CC0 · source
