Tripadvisor's best beaches for 2022: Turks and Caicos' Grace Bay is No1, Luskentyre is top in the UK

TOP BEACHES IN THE WORLD

1. Grace Bay Beach, Turks and Caicos

2. Varadero Beach, Cuba

3. Turquoise Bay, Exmouth, Australia

4. Quarta Praia, Morro de Sao Paulo, Brazil

5. Eagle Beach, Aruba

6. Radhanagar Beach, Havelock Island, India

7. Baia do Sancho, Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

8. Trunk Bay Beach, St John, Virgin Islands

9. Baía dos Golfinhos, Praia da Pipa, Brazil

10. Spiaggia dei Conigli, Lampedusa, Italy

11. Cable Beach, Broome, Australia

12. Praia da Falésia, Olhos de Agua, Portugal

13. Hapuna Beach State Recreation Area, Hawaii

14. Siesta Beach, Siesta Key, Florida

15. Maho Bay Beach, St John, Virgin Islands

16. Poipu Beach Park, Hawaii

17. Playa de Muro Beach, Majorca, Spain

18. Playa Manuel Antonio, Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

19. Playa Norte, Isla Mujeres, Mexico

20. Nungwi Beach, Zanzibar, Tanzania

21. Magens Bay, St Thomas, Virgin Islands

22. Nissi Beach, Ayia Napa, Cyprus

23. Bavaro Beach, Dominican Republic

24. Balos Lagoon, Crete, Greece

25. Yonaha Maehama Beach, Miyakojima, Japan

TOP BEACHES IN EUROPE

1. Spiaggia dei Conigli, Lampedusa, Italy

2. Praia da Falésia, Olhos de Agua, Portugal

3. Playa de Muro Beach, Majorca, Spain

4. Nissi Beach, Cyprus

5. Balos Lagoon, Crete, Greece

6. Kleftiko Beach, Milos, Greece

7. Luskentyre, Isle of Harris, Scotland

8. Bamburgh Beach, Northumberland, United Kingdom

9. Sotavento Beach, Fuerteventura, Spain

10. Spiaggia di Cala Rossa, Isola di Favignana, Italy

11. Porthminster Beach, United Kingdom

12. Playa de Ses Illetes, Formentera, Spain

13. Reynisfjara Beach, Iceland

14. Praia Da Rocha, Portugal

15. Playa de Las Canteras, Gran Canaria, Spain

16. Sarakiniko Beach, Milos, Greece

17. Plage du Sillon, Saint-Malo, France

18. Lu Impostu Beach, Sardinia, Italy

19. Weymouth Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom

20. Kaputas Beach, Kas, Turkey

21. Falassarna Beach, Crete, Greece

22. Fig Tree Bay, Protaras, Cyprus

23. Tropea Beach, Italy

24. Plage de Palombaggia, Corsica, France

25. Kleopatra Beach, Alanya, Turkey

source: express.co.uk