Countries With The Most Beaches

10 Countries With The Most Beaches

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The long-awaited summer has come and everyone wants to go to the sea and the best beaches in the world, swim, sunbathe, take a break from city life.

Bask in the sun under a palm tree leaning over turquoise water and look into the endless distance, where the sea turns blue on the horizon, and a gentle breeze caresses your skin.

Where can you find these beaches with white sand, coconut palms or steep cliffs and amazing coves?

Where are these lonely places for Robinsons or harsh life?

Everyone has a slightly different taste, which beach is the best or the most beautiful.

However, in this review, every sea lover will definitely choose what he likes the most.

10 Countries With The Most Beaches
10 Countries With The Most Beaches

Countries With The Most Beaches with Blue Flags

The countries with the highest number of Blue Flags Beaches have been named.

The Blue Flag is an award that is given to the cleanest, most environmentally friendly and safe beaches around the world, as well as to marina’s and ships.

To get it, the beach must meet 32 criteria, including high water quality, cleanliness, accessibility for people with disabilities, and others.

Awarded Blue Flag certifications by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), which is a non-profit, non-governmental organization.

This year 4212 beaches, 710 marinas and 120 tourist boats in 52 countries received Blue Flag.

The leaders of the world ranking in 2023 are the destinations of the Mediterranean.

1.Turkey

As the study showed, the most clean and safe beaches are located in Antalya.

The Turkish resort of Antalya has set a record for the number of clean and safe beaches awarded with the prestigious Blue Flag award.

Every year, an international commission assigns the Blue Flags to the cleanest and safest beaches in the world.

In 2023, Antalya in Turkey became the leader in their number among the resort regions.

202 beaches received the prestigious award there.

2.Greece

In second place in the world is Greece, in which 617 beaches have been awarded the prestigious award.

For the first time in history, the number of “beach” Blue Flags in Greece exceeded 600 (last year there were 581).

Most Blue Flag certified beaches are in Chalkidiki (94), Rhodes (57) and Crete (48).

3.Spain

Since 1994, Spain has been the leading country with the most beaches.

Spain received 729 Blue Flags in 2023, including 627 beaches.

Valencia (153) leads in terms of the number of Blue Flags, followed by Andalusia (148), Galicia (125) and Catalonia (120).

4.Italy

Italy has become the fourth in the world: 458 beaches in this country have been awarded the Blue Flag status.

Most of them are in Liguria (34), followed by Apulia (22), Tuscany, Campania and Calabria (each of these regions – 19).

5.France

France closes the world TOP 5 in the world in terms of the number of Blue Flags (406 beaches).

The beaches of Occitania have the most Blue Flag certificates (108).

As for different continents:

6.Mexico( 103 beaches)

7.Canada (32 beaches)

8.South Africa (61)

9.Israel (56)

10 Brazil (28)

Have the most Blue Flags.

Countries With The Most Beaches
Countries With The Most Beaches

Which Country Has Most Beautiful Beaches?

I present you the most popular beach destinations with the best beaches in the world.

Many of the them have been awarded the highest award – the blue flag, which speaks not only of the purity of the water and the softness of the sand, but also of the developed infrastructure.

1.Anse lacio beach (Anse Lazio), Seychelles

Located in the northern part of Praslin Island, Seychelles.


This beach has been repeatedly recognized as not only the best beach in the Seychelles, but also one of the best beaches in the world.

The most beautiful beach along the northernmost coast of the island.

Bay closed from big waves and fantastic color water.

2.Baths Beach on Virgin Gorda Island, British Virgin Islands

The beach got its name (Baths) due to the fact that natural shallow pools with warm water formed among the huge granite rocks and boulders.

This natural wonder is one of the top tourist attractions in the British Virgin Islands.

The baths are located on Virgin Gorda, the easternmost large island of the archipelago.

3.Whitehaven Beach, Australia

The incredibly beautiful 4.

3 miles beach is located on Whitsunday Island off the east coast of Australia.

Clear turquoise water and the main feature of the beach is white sand.

4.Tulum beach. Mexico

Tulum is located on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, in the Riviera Maya resort area.

Here are the best beaches on the entire coast.

White sand, clear turquoise water, rich underwater world.

5.White Beach. Philippines

This is the most popular beach on the Philippine tropical island of Boracay.

The 3 miles coastline of the White Beach is striking in its beauty.

Boracay has become a popular resort, but despite the large number of visitors, you can still find a secluded place here and admire the beauties of nature.

6.Lanikai Beach Hawaii, USA

Many of the most beautiful beaches are located in the center of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of the island of Oahu, which is part of the Hawaiian archipelago.

Of particular note is Lanikai Beach in the suburbs of Kailua, fenced off from the surf by coral reefs.

Sparkling white sand, palm trees, sun.

Real exotic.

7.Katana Beach Kata-Noi-Beach Thailand

Kata Noi Beach is a quiet, small and very beautiful and quiet beach on Phuket.

Soft white sand, impeccably clear water and bright green jungle on the hill.

This is what you need to relax and enjoy your holiday.

8.Clearwater Beach Florida

White sand beach near Tampa, Florida.

Clear water, warm sun and a lot of hospitality.

9.Flamenco Beach (Playa Flamenco) Puerto Rico

One of the most beautiful beaches in the entire Caribbean region.

The sea with turquoise water and white sand.

10.Hanauma Bay, Hawaii

This beach is part of the Oahu nature reserve of the same name, which is densely surrounded by extinct volcanoes.

The nature here has remained almost untouched, and tourists are allowed to swim with the underwater inhabitants.

Countries With The Most Beaches
Countries With The Most Beaches

What Are the 5 longest Beaches in the World?

1.The longest natural beach in the world is Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh.

The 149 miles-long beach off the coast of Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar region is one of the most pleasant places in this poor and dirty country.

If you first go to some metropolis, then Cox’s Bazar, covered with the purest soft sand, will then seem like a real paradise to you.

Especially famous is its middle part – Humchari, where you can admire several picturesque waterfalls.

2.Praia Do Cassino, Rio Grande, Brazil

Praia Do Cassino is considered the longest beach in the world, stretching for more than 155 miles along the coast of Brazil.

It is the oldest resort in this country – Rio Grande.

However, do not think that the entire beach is covered with hotels, bars and all kinds of entertainment venues.

This coast is quite deserted.

From time to time, the monotonous landscape is diversified by huge boulders, the remains of some abandoned and now almost covered with white hot sand buildings, or the wreck of a ship that has long since run aground from the water.

3. Padre Island beach, Padre Island, USA

On the southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico is an island that biologists know as a place where large sea turtles lay their eggs and many species of rare birds nest.

And to everyone else, Padre Island is known as a great vacation spot: the 124 miles beach is covered with white sand dunes slightly overgrown with grass.

4.Playa Novillero, Tekuala, Mexico

This beach is also included in the Guinness Book of Records among the longest: officially its length is 51 miles.

The beach is located on a beautiful island overgrown with coconut palms and mangrove bushes.

Tourists can not only swim, sunbathe and surf, but also visit ancient churches and an art museum.

The air temperature in these places during the year ranges from 64 to 78 degrees F. – almost an ideal place to relax.

5.Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA

This 31 miles beach stretch of coastline is famous for its amount of entertainment.

The coast is built up with hotels, cafes and restaurants, clubs and beach equipment rentals.

In addition, the city of Virginia Beach is considered one of the most densely populated cities in the United States...

Countries With The Most Beaches
Countries With The Most Beaches

FAQs

What is The Top 1 Beach in the World?

Of course, the beaches of the Maldives have won the title of the best beach resorts in the world, where the whitest sand and turquoise water in the sea.

The Seychelles are on a par with them – for example, Anse Source D’Argent beach – the most photographed beach in the world with granite rocks and white sand, the Bahamas and the unusual Pink Sands Beach with pink sand, as well as Tahiti and the island of Bora Bora with the most beautiful beach in the world as in the pictures – Matira beach.

The best beaches in the world are almost always located closer to the equator and in the tropics, that is, far away.

And it takes quite a long time to get there by plane.

But it is definitely worth spending both money and time, because a trip to the sea always renews a person.

Having visited many parts of our planet and having traveled to various countries, I realized that any trip should end with a good beach holiday.

Which Country Has the Highest Number of Beaches?

Definately Austalia.

There are a total of 10,685 beaches on mainland Australia, and there are 800 more beaches on the large 30 uninhabited islands around Australia, while on the smaller islands, the number of beaches and cozy sandy coves is innumerable.

Which Country Has More Than 10000 Beaches?

Australia stretches for almost 31068.

56 miles and is linked by more than 10,000 beaches – more than any other country in the world.

Over 85 per cent of Australians live within 31 miles of the coast, making it an integral part of Australian laid-back lifestyle.


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