The World’s Best Beaches for 2018©

The people at Flightnetwork.com have polled travel writers and professionals from around the world to come up with what looks like a good list of the world's most wonderful beaches.

I was asked to be one of the judges/contributors to the list, and it was a pleasure to spend some time thinking about the great beaches of the world. I think our beautiful blue globe has too many beaches for any one list to include all the best, but this is an excellent list with a number of categories. Just click on the titles to check out each list.

World's Top 50 Beaches

FlightNetwork crafted The World’s Best Beaches for 2018©, that highlights the best beaches on almost all continents, by conferring with over 1200 journalists, editors, bloggers, and agencies, who possess endless travel wisdom. The insights we received helped us create a list of beaches that will help travelers access shores that will leave a magical and indelible imprint.

Peruse through the 411 beach collection with everything from red sand beaches in Crete, and dazzlingly clear waters in Micronesia, to Jurassic-like shore in Bali, and a lush, exquisitely unique aquatic world in Rio de Janeiro. Dive into this list and get the lowdown on locating the ultimate coastlines in Africa, Asia, Australia and the South Pacific, Central America and the Caribbean, Europe, North America, and South America.

World's Top 50 Untouched Beaches