Greece’s Elafonissi Beach Named the Best Beach in the World

• Elafonissi Seashore in Crete, Greece, was simply named the very best seashore on the planet by Tripadvisor.
• Guests love this coastal vacation spot for its calm, clear water and picture-perfect pink sands.
• Banana Seashore in Thailand, Eagle Seashore in Aruba, Siesta Seashore in Florida, and Praia da Falésia in Portugal additionally made the record.

We’re within the throes of winter—and which means it is excessive time to both take a heat climate trip or begin planning a future beachside getaway. Fortunately, Tripadvisor has just a few concepts of the place it is best to go subsequent. 

On Tuesday, the journey firm shared its 2025 version of the Travelers’ Choice Awards: Best of the Best Beaches. This 12 months’s record spans six continents, 50 nations, and over 100 seashores to showcase the very best coastal hotspots on the planet. Moreover, the corporate primarily based its alternatives on a “complete evaluation of world seashore critiques on Tripadvisor over the past 12 months.” That is proper; the report was created totally by your globe-trotting friends, making certain it’s very unbiased.

“Tripadvisor’s Vacationers’ Selection Awards uniquely replicate the voices of tens of millions of world vacationers and assist information folks to plan their greatest journey but,” Kristen Dalton, president of the Tripadvisor core enterprise, shared in a press release with Journey + Leisure. “In my household, seashores aren’t only for sunbathing—we prefer to get out and discover! The range of this 12 months’s winners actually showcases the whole lot {that a} seashore journey can provide.”

After analyzing the critiques, Tripadvisor named Elafonissi Beach, positioned on the island of Crete in Greece, the very best seashore on the planet. Remarkably, that is the primary time the vacation spot made the record since 2021, and it climbed 23 locations from its final rating to shoot to the very prime.

In its report, Tripadvisor praised Elafonissi Seashore’s “turquoise waters,” pink sands, climbing trails, and plentiful sunbathing house. It additionally famous that the very best instances to go to are in Might and September, which provide “heat, sunny climate with considerably fewer crowds in comparison with the height summer time months of June, July, and August.”

As for what reviewers liked, many referred to as out its gorgeous surroundings, shallow waters, and distant location.

“It is an expertise like no different. You appear to be on the Pacific Rim however really in Crete, Greece,” one reviewer wrote. “The clear, pale blue, salty sea works wonders in case you have arthritis, consider me … You possibly can stroll in about 15 toes and nonetheless be as much as your hip in water. The street is sort of good for driving. Go for it.”

Different seashores that made the highest of the record embrace Banana Seashore in Phuket, Thailand, adopted by Eagle Seashore in Aruba, Siesta Seashore in Florida, and Praia da Falésia in Portugal.

“Whether or not it is strolling the attractive pink sand seashores of our world winner, Elafonissi Seashore in Greece, experiencing breathtaking vistas in Indonesia, whale watching in Hawaii, or diving in magical bioluminescent waters in Thailand—there actually is one thing for everybody,” Tripadvisor mentioned.