These are the most beautiful beaches for 2024 and the best thing about it - some of them are quite close to us.
The most beautiful beaches for 2024 as selected Lonely Planet. This year's list of the world's best beaches includes tropical sand dunes, coastal strips in Scotland and remote Japanese islands.
Who doesn't love beaches? In winter, we dream about them or look for suitable tickets that would take us for a few weeks to a tropical paradise and under palm trees on sandy beaches. In the summer, if we are lucky enough, we can enjoy them in the immediate vicinity. The list of 'The best beaches in the world for 2024' compiled by Lonely Planet has something for every taste. From Africa's Camps Bay in Cape Town, behind which a mountain range rises, to the dreamy Philippine beach of Maremegmeg. There are a few more beaches on the list with of the Middle East, and a series of paradise beaches from Oceania and Australia. European beaches are also widely represented.
The most beautiful beaches in the world for 2024 according to Lonely Planet
Africa - the most beautiful beaches
- Camps Bay Beach, Cape Town, South Africa
- Mnemba Island, Zanzibar
- Le Morne Beach, Mauritius
- Nosy Iranja, Madagascar
- Anse Source d'Argent, Seychelles
Asia - the most beautiful beaches
- Radhanagar, Swaraj Deep, Andaman Islands, India
- Palolem Beach, Goa, India
- Papanasham Beach, Varkala, Kerala, India
- White sand beach, Fulhadoo Island, Northern Atolls, Maldives
- Pink Beach, Padar Island, Komodo National Park, Indonesia
- Diamond Beach, Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia
- Titop Beach, Halong Bay, Quang Ninh, Vietnam
- Pacifico Beach, Siargao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines
- Maremegmeg Beach, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
- Secret Beach, Mirissa, Sri Lanka
- Hat Tham Phra Nang, Railay, Krabi, Thailand
- Ao Maya, Ko Phi-Phi Leh, Krabi, Thailand
- Secret Beach, Ko Kradan, Trang Islands, Trang, Thailand
- Sunayama Beach, Miyakojima Island, Okinawa, Japan
Europe - the most beautiful beaches
- Zlatni Rat beach, Bol, Brač, Croatia
- Punta Rata Beach, Brela, Makarska Riviera, Croatia
- Rhossili Bay, Gower, Wales
- Rauðasandur, Westfjords, Iceland
- Calanque d'En-Vau, Cassis, Provence, France
- Plage des Poulains, Belle-Île-en-Mer, Brittany, France
- Plage de Palombaggia, Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, France
- Playa de Torimbia, Llanes, Asturias, Spain
- Illetes Beach, Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain
- Playa de Famara, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
- Paralia Tis Grias to Pidima, Andros, Cyclades, Greece
- Cala Estreta, Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain
- Punta Paloma, Tarifa, Cádiz, Spain
- Sylt, North Frisian Islands, Germany
- Kokkinokastro, Alonnisos, Sporades, Greece
- Elafonisi, Hania, Crete, Greece
- Myrtos Beach, Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece
- Sarakiniko, Milos, Cyclades, Greece
- Baia di Ieranto, Nerano, Amalfi Coast, Italy
- Cala Goloritzé, Golfo di Orosei, Sardinia, Italy
- Cala Capreria, Riserva Naturale dello Zingaro, Sicily, Italy
- Sveti Stefan Beach, Budva, Montenegro
- Haukland Beach, Vestvågøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway
- Durdle Door Beach, Lulworth, Dorset, England
- Kynance Cove, Lizard, Cornwall, England
- Keem Bay Beach, Keel, County Mayo, Ireland
- Dueodde, Nexø, Bornholm, Denmark
- Praia do Camilo, Lagos, Algarve, Portugal
- West Beach, Berneray, Scotland
- Kabak Beach, Muğla, Turkey
The Middle East - the most beautiful beaches
- Fuwairit Kite Beach, Al Shamal, Qatar
- Mahmya Island, Giftun Islands, Egypt
- Qalansiyah Beach, Qalansiyah, Socotra, Yemen
North and South America - the most beautiful beaches
- Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Baía dos Porcos, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Brazil
- Gardner Bay, Isla Española, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
- Playa Manuel Antonio, Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
- Bahía de las Águilas, Pedernales, Dominican Republic
- Playa Holbox, Isla Holbox, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Tulum, Yucatán Peninsula, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Playa Balandra, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
- Playa Norte, Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico
- Máncora Beach, Máncora, Piura, Peru
- St Andrews Bay, South Georgia, Antarctica
- Cabo San Juan del Guía, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona, Colombia
- Frenchman's Cove, Portland, Jamaica
- Sugar Beach, Soufrière, St Lucia
- Red Frog Beach, Isla Bastimentos, Bocas del Toro, Panama
- Bottom Bay, Saint Philip, Barbados
- Chesterman Beach, Tofino, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Stanhope Beach, Prince Edward Island National Park, Canada
- Driftwood Beach, Golden Isles, Georgia, USA
- Grayton Beach, Grayton Beach State Park, Florida, USA
- South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
- Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA
- El Matador State Beach, Malibu, California, USA
- Pfeiffer Beach, Big Sur, California, USA
- Cannon Beach, Oregon, USA
- Sand Harbor, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA
- Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland & Virginia, USA
- Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA
- Oneloa Beach/Big Beach, Maui, Hawaii, USA
- Ruby Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
- Playa Tortuga/Turtle Beach, Isla Culebrita, Puerto Rico
- Trunk Bay, St John, US Virgin Islands, USA
Oceania - the most beautiful beaches
- Blue Lagoon Beach, Nanuya Lailai, Yasawa Islands, Fiji
- Lalomanu Beach, Upolu, Samoa
- Tapuaeta'i Beach/One Foot Island, Aitutaki, Cook Islands
- Ta'ahiamanu Beach, Mo'orea, French Polynesia
- Cathedral Cove, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand
- Awaroa Beach, Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand
- The Pass, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
- Bells Beach, Surf Coast, Victoria, Australia
- Cable Beach/Walmanyjun, Broome, Western Australia, Australia
- Wineglass Bay, Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia
- Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Lucky Bay/Kepa Kurl, Cape Le Grand National Park/Mandoowernup, Western Australia, Australia
- Squeaky Beach, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
- Tangalooma Beach, Moreton Island/Moorgumpin, Queensland, Australia
- Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays, Queensland, Australia
