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Top 10 Best Beaches in the World

Rita Putatunda
Relaxing at the beach can be a beautiful getaway from a busy lifestyle and is also one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world. If you enjoy lazing in the sand, or surfing, or gazing at the endless stretch of water, then here are ten of the most exotic and beautiful beaches of the world.
Waves of the azure sea kissing your feet, warm silky sand trickling through your fingers and toes, cool breeze blowing across your body as you languidly soak up the warm, yellow sun - a holiday by the beach is definitely, an ultimate therapeutic vacation to improve one's mental and physical health.

Top 10 Beaches in the World

Lopes Mendes Beach, Ilha Grande

Location : Brazil
Best Time to Visit : December - March
If it is paradise you are looking for, then head to Lopes Mendes in Brazil. It has all the elements you need for your dream beach holiday. From breathtaking scenery, golden sands to shallow azure-blue waters accompanied by all sorts of modern amenities.

Horseshoe Bay Beach, Southampton Parish

Location : Bermuda
Best Time to Visit : Year-round

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Featuring opalescent, aquamarine seas, powdery pink soft sands, crystal clear turquoise colored waters, and amazing limestone rock formations, Horseshoe Bay beach stands apart from the rest of the beaches. Another of its highlights is the underwater trails which makes it highly popular amongst snorkeling aficionados.

Rhossili Bay, Swansea

Location : Wales, United Kingdom
Best Time to Visit : May - September

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Rhossili Bay beach is known for its picture perfect landscape and a great place to bring your whole family. Here, you will get to enjoy the best of both worlds - the old mumbles lighthouse offers a panoramic view of the surrounding coastal country and all those who love paragliding or surfboarding, this is the place to be.

Eagle Beach, Aruba

Location : The Caribbean Sea
Best Time to Visit : Year-round

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Eagle beach is known for its clean air, soft white sand, perfect climate and numerous fine restaurants. It is a personal favorite of the rich and famous, because of its alluring combination of pure white sand, magnificent turquoise blue waters, beach barbecues and midnight cocktail parties.

Rabbit Beach, Lampedusa

Location : Italy
Best Time to Visit : May - September
Rabbit beach is famous for its narrow cove in the side of a cliff, and aquatic wildlife from the sea, ranging from turtles and mantas to dolphins. The residents of Lampedusa island are very keen on maintaining its natural beauty, and protecting the endangered loggerhead sea turtles that nest and lay eggs on the southern coast of this pristine island.

Playa de las Catedrales, Ribadeo

Location : Spain
Best Time to Visit : July - August
Playa de las Catedrales is one of those beaches that is brimming with the exquisite beauty, which nature has bestowed upon it abundantly. Here, you will get to enjoy lazy and long beach stretches with the sea whispering on the shores, a picture-perfect location and one of the most romantic places to propose or get married.

Flamenco Beach, Culebra

Location : Puerto Rico
Best Time to Visit : Year-round

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Swaying coconut palms, sunny weather all year-round, cool breeze, and cerulean waters where you can snorkel and swim to your heart's content. This is why Flamenco beach is considered ideal to relax and explore some exotic flora and fauna.

Baia do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha

Location : Brazil
Best Time to Visit : Year-round
If you like exploring, fishing, hiking, watching the sunrise or the sunset and want to experience the freshness and joy of living close to nature, surrounded by beautiful waterfowl and sea turtles, then this is the place to be.

Whitehaven Beach

Location : Australia
Best Time to Visit : Year-round

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Whitehaven beach is known for its white sand and is one of the most pristine and iconic beaches in Australia. It also offers a beautiful view of the surrounding Great Barrier Reef and is a fabulous opportunity to snorkel or scuba dive to meet 1500+ species of fish, 400+ hard corals and 130+ species of sharks and rays.

Grace Bay, Providenciales

Location : Turks and Caicos Islands
Best Time to Visit : Year-round

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Apart from being a quiet, sunny and peaceful beach, this lovely island is also renowned as a retirement home. It has remained an unspoiled island, untouched by the modern hustle-bustle and is well-known for its spectacular coral reefs, humpback whales, turquoise blue waters, and diverse waterfowl.

Other Recommendations

  • Fort De Soto Park, Florida
  • Akumal Beach, Mexico
  • White Beach, Philippines
  • Clifton Beach, South Africa
  • Paradise Beach, Mykonos
  • Tulum Beach, Mexico
  • Woolacombe Beach, UK
  • Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman
  • Turquoise Bay Exmouth, Australia
  • Anse Lazio, Seychelles
  • Ogunquit Beach, Maine
  • Playa Paraiso Beach, Cuba
  • Playa de ses Illetes, Spain
  • Chesterman Beach, Canada
  • Siesta Key Public Beach, Florida
  • St. Bart's, Caribbean
  • Langkawi Beach, Malaysia
  • Kauna'oa Bay, Hawaii
  • Angaga Beach, Maldives
  • Bias Tugal Beach, Bali
  • Matira Beach, Bora Bora, France
  • Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
  • Fraser Island, Australia
  • Miami Beach, Florida
Sandy toes and sun-tanned bodies beckon, so which beach waves are calling out to you? Is it Hawaii, or the Caribbean? Hope this information motivates you to get down to business and start planning your next beach vacation, after all everybody deserve some beach therapy.