Greece’s Elafonissi Seashore Named the Greatest Seashore within the World

• Elafonissi Seashore in Crete, Greece, was simply named the most effective seashore on this 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 checklist.

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 a couple of concepts of the place it is best to go subsequent. 

On Tuesday, the journey firm shared its 2025 version of the Vacationers’ Selection Awards: Better of the Greatest Seashores. This 12 months’s checklist spans six continents, 50 international locations, and over 100 seashores to showcase the most effective coastal hotspots on this planet. Moreover, the corporate based mostly its picks on a “complete evaluation of worldwide seashore opinions on Tripadvisor during the last 12 months.” That is proper; the report was created completely by your globe-trotting friends, guaranteeing it’s very unbiased.

“Tripadvisor’s Vacationers’ Selection Awards uniquely mirror the voices of tens of millions of worldwide vacationers and assist information folks to plan their finest 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 variety of this 12 months’s winners actually showcases all the pieces {that a} seashore journey can provide.”

After analyzing the opinions, Tripadvisor named Elafonissi Seashore, positioned on the island of Crete in Greece, the most effective seashore on this planet. Remarkably, that is the primary time the vacation spot made the checklist 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 most effective occasions to go to are in Might and September, which supply “heat, sunny climate with considerably fewer crowds in comparison with the height summer time months of June, July, and August.”

As for what reviewers beloved, many referred to as out its beautiful 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 you probably have arthritis, imagine me … You may stroll in about 15 ft 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 checklist 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 gorgeous 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 stated.