A lone Australian beach has managed to crack TripAdvisor’s list of top international beaches, mixing it up with some of the world’s best summer tourist destinations.
Whitehaven Beach’s 7km stretch along Queensland’s Whitsunday Islands has polled as the ninth best beach according to the popular travel website’s 2015 Travellers’ Choice Awards, losing out to Brazil’s Baia do Sancho.
Based on TripAdvisor reviews, Whitehaven’s silky sand (which doesn’t retain heat!) is so fine that it is known to damage cameras while attracting over 1500 marriages at the location each year. The dog and cigarette-free beach was also named CNN’s top Eco Friendly Beach in 2010.
A pair of Western Australian beaches, Turquoise Bay and Cable Beach, battled it out at the top of the order for Australia’s best ocean side spots behind Whitehaven (full list below).
Other top 10 voted international beaches include Italy’s Rabbit Beach in Lampedusa, the Caribbean’s Playa Paraiso Beach, Playa de Ses Illetes in Spain, Anse Lazio in the Seychelles and Greek beach Elafonissi Beach. New Zealand’s Maunganui Beach slipped in at No.25.
TripAdvisor’s Top 10 Beaches In The World
- Baia do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
- Grace Bay, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
- Rabbit Beach, Lampedusa, Italy
- Playa Paraiso Beach, Cayo Largo, Caribbean
- Playa de ses Illetes, Formentera, Spain
- Anse Lazio, Praslin Island, Seychelles
- White Beach, Borocay, Philippines
- Flamenco Beach, Culebra, Puerto Rico
- Whitehaven Beach, Whitsundays, Australia
- Elafonissi Beach, Elafonissi, Greece
Australia’s Top 10 Beaches
- Whitehaven Beach, Whitsunday Island, QLD
- Turquoise Bay, Exmouth, WA
- Cable Beach, Broome, WA
- Burleigh Heads Beach, Burleigh Heads, QLD
- Manly Beach, Sydney, NSW
- Noosa Main Beach, Noosa, QLD
- Cottesloe Beach, Cottesloe, WA
- Four Mile Beach, Port Douglas, QLD
- Surfer’s Paradise Beach, Surfers Paradise, QLD
- Coolangatta Beach, Coolangatta, QLD
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