The famous TripAdvisor travel website has just unveiled its long -term classification of the most beautiful beaches in the world for the year 2025. Discover the top -20 of these dream destinations that make travelers from all over the world fantasize.
The TripAdvisor website, a real reference in the field of tourism, publishes its record of the most beautiful beaches on the planet every year. This highly expected classification, called ‘Travelers’ Choice Awards: Best of the Best Beaches, is based on an advanced analysis of the notes and remarks that millions of travelers left.
For 2025, it was the excellent Elafonissi beach, on the Greek island of Crete, which took first place. With its crystal clear waters and pink sand, this little corner of Paradise made a spectacular leap with 23 places compared to last year’s rankings. Tourists are under the game of this unique terrain, also surrounded by majestic cedar bushes, perfect for beautiful hikes.
The rest of the world Top 5 takes us to the four corners of the world. So we find the second position the beach of Banana Beach on the Thai Island Phuket, followed by Eagle Beach on Caribbean Islands Aruba (3rd), Siesta Beach in Florida (4th) and Praia da Falésia in Algarve in Portugal (5th ).
Here is the full ranking of the World Top 20 2025 according to TripAdvisor:
- Elafonissi Beach, Crete, Greece
- Banana Beach, Phuket, Thailand
- Eagle Beach, Oranjestad, Aruba
- Siesta Beach, Siesta Key, Florida
- Praia da Falésia, Algarve, Portugal
- Varadero Playa, Varadero, Cuba
- Bavaro Beach, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- Playa de Muro Beach, Mallorca, Spain
- Concerning Beach, Nusa Penida, Indonésie
- Myrtos Beach, Island or Cephalonia, Greece
- Rabbit Beach, Italy
- Maspalomas Beach, Espagne
- Ipanema Beach, Brazil
- Poipu Beach Park, United States
- Manly Beach, Sydney, Australia
- Delfines Beach, Mexican
- Plage de Palace, Corsica, France
- Anse Lazio, Seychelles
- North Beach, Mexican
- Tropea beach, italy
If the European beaches are well proposed with Greece, Portugal and Spain, we also note the presence of more and exotic destinations such as Indonesia, Cuba or the Dominican Republic. Enough to make travelers dream in search of a change of scenery and escape.
Surprisingly, Australia, which is often honored for its spectacular coastlines, is not in the top -10 this year. The best classified beach, Manly Beach in Sydney, finds her in 15th place in the world as it was 7th last year! In the end, France should not be exceeded with the famous Palombaggia beach that is regularly awarded and which is in 17th place this year.