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

• Elafonissi Seaside 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 Seaside in Thailand, Eagle Seaside in Aruba, Siesta Seaside in Florida, and Praia da Falésia in Portugal additionally made the listing.

We’re within the throes of winter—and meaning 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 you must 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 listing spans six continents, 50 international locations, and over 100 seashores to showcase the very best coastal hotspots on the planet. Moreover, the corporate based mostly its choices on a “complete evaluation of world seashore critiques on Tripadvisor during the last 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 mirror the voices of tens of millions of world vacationers and assist information individuals 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 wish to get out and discover! The variety of this 12 months’s winners actually showcases every little thing {that a} seashore journey can supply.”

After analyzing the critiques, Tripadvisor named Elafonissi Seaside, 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 listing since 2021, and it climbed 23 locations from its final rating to shoot to the very high.

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

As for what reviewers cherished, 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 in case you have arthritis, consider me … You may stroll in about 15 toes and nonetheless be as much as your hip in water. The street is kind of good for driving. Go for it.”

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

“Whether or not it is strolling the gorgeous pink sand seashores of our world winner, Elafonissi Seaside 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.