The world's most beautiful beaches for 2024: from Europe, Asia and the Americas to Africa, the Middle East and Australia

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

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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