White-sand beaches in Europe

Europe's whitest shores — 146 beaches of fine white sand and pale, sea-smoothed pebbles, from the Balearics and Sardinia to the Greek islands and the Baltic. Ranked by fame and mapped.

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  Navagio (Shipwreck) Beach

  Zakynthos, Greece
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  Balos Lagoon

  Crete, Greece
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  Blue Lagoon

  Comino, Malta
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  Cala Formentor

  Pollenca, Mallorca, Spain
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  Cala Goloritzé

  Sardinia, Italy
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  Cala Macarella

  Ciutadella, Menorca, Spain
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  Cala Macarelleta

  Menorca, Spain
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  Cala Mariolu

  Baunei, Gulf of Orosei, Italy
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  Egremni Beach

  Lefkada, Ionian, Greece
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  Grandes Playas de Corralejo

  Corralejo, Fuerteventura, Spain
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  Haukland Beach

  Lofoten, Norway
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  Kleftiko

  Milos, Cyclades, Greece
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  Ksamil Beaches

  Ksamil, Albanian Riviera, Albania
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  La Pelosa Beach

  Sardinia, Italy
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  Luskentyre Sands

  Isle of Harris, United Kingdom
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  Mondello

  Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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  Myrtos Beach

  Kefalonia, Greece
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  Nissi Beach

  Ayia Napa, Cyprus, Cyprus
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  Ölüdeniz (Blue Lagoon)

  Fethiye, Türkiye
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  Petra tou Romiou

  Kouklia, Paphos, Cyprus
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  Playa de Ses Illetes

  Formentera, Spain
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  Praia da Comporta

  Comporta, Alentejo, Portugal
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  Punta Rata

  Brela, Makarska Riviera, Croatia
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  Rodas Beach

  Cíes Islands, Spain
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  Sarakiniko Beach

  Milos, Greece
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  Spiaggia dei Conigli

  Lampedusa, Italy
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  Spiaggia della Rotonda

  Tropea, Calabria, Italy
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  Westerland Beach

  Sylt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
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  Zlatni Rat

  Brač, Croatia
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  Agios Prokopios

  Naxos, Greece
• Amager Strandpark

  Copenhagen, Denmark
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  Antisamos Beach

  Sami, Kefalonia, Greece
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  Apella Beach

  Karpathos, Dodecanese, Greece
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  Baia dei Turchi

  Otranto, Salento, Italy
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  Baia delle Zagare

  Mattinata, Gargano, Italy
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  Binz Beach

  Rugen, Germany
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  Blåvand Beach

  Blåvand, Jutland, Denmark
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  Cala Brandinchi

  San Teodoro, Sardinia, Italy
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  Cala Comte

  Ibiza, Spain
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  Cala del Moraig

  Benitatxell, Costa Blanca, Spain
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  Cala Galdana

  Ferreries, Menorca, Spain
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  Cala Granadella

  Jávea, Costa Blanca, Spain
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  Cala Mitjana

  Ferreries, Menorca, Spain
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  Cala Mondrago

  Santanyi, Mallorca, Spain
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  Cala Rossa

  Favignana, Egadi Islands, Italy
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  Cala Turqueta

  Menorca, Balearics, Spain
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  Cala Violina

  Scarlino, Maremma, Italy
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  Calanque d'En-Vau

  Cassis, France
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  Caló des Moro

  Mallorca, Balearics, Spain
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  Cleopatra Beach (Sedir Island)

  Sedir Island, Gulf of Gokova, Türkiye
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  Costa Rei

  Muravera, Sardinia, Italy
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  Dhërmi Beach

  Albanian Riviera, Albania
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  Drymades Beach

  near Dhërmi, Albanian Riviera, Albania
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  Dueodde

  Bornholm, Denmark
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  Es Trenc

  Mallorca, Balearics, Spain
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  Étretat Beach

  Normandy, France
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  Falsterbo Beach

  Falsterbo, Skåne, Sweden
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  Gjipe Beach

  Between Dhermi and Himare, Albania
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  Ilha de Tavira

  Tavira, Algarve, Portugal
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  Ilica Beach

  Cesme, Izmir, Türkiye
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  Juodkrantė Beach

  Curonian Spit, Neringa, Lithuania
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  Jurmala Beach

  Jurmala, near Riga, Latvia
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  Kavourotrypes

  Sithonia, Halkidiki, Greece
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  Keem Bay

  Achill Island, County Mayo, Ireland
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  Lalaria Beach

  Skiathos, Sporades, Greece
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  Mikri Vigla

  Naxos, Cyclades, Greece
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  Nida Beach

  Curonian Spit, Lithuania
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  Parnu Beach

  Parnu, Estonia
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  Pescoluse (Maldive del Salento)

  Salve, Salento, Italy
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  Petani Beach

  Paliki, Kefalonia, Greece
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  Plage de Rondinara

  Bonifacio, Corsica, France
• Plage de Saint-Nicolas

  Îles Glénan, Finistère, France
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  Plage de Santa Giulia

  Corsica, France
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  Plaka Beach

  Naxos, Cyclades, Greece
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  Platja de Migjorn

  Formentera, Balearics, Spain
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  Playa de Bolonia

  Tarifa, Costa de la Luz, Spain
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  Playa de Gulpiyuri

  Llanes, Asturias, Spain
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  Playa de los Muertos

  Carboneras, Almería, Spain
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  Playa del Silencio

  Cudillero, Asturias, Spain
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  Porthcurno

  Cornwall, United Kingdom
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  Porto Giunco

  Villasimius, Sardinia, Italy
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  Porto Katsiki

  Lefkada, Greece
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  Praia da Falesia

  Olhos de Agua, Algarve, Portugal
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  Praia da Lanzada

  O Grove, Galicia, Spain
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  Punta Prosciutto

  Porto Cesareo, Puglia, Italy
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  Sakarun

  Dugi Otok, Zadar, Croatia
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  Saliara (Marble) Beach

  Thassos, Greece
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  San Vito Lo Capo

  Sicily, Italy
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  Sandhammaren

  Skane, southern Sweden, Sweden
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  Scala dei Turchi

  Sicily, Italy
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  Simos Beach

  Elafonisos, Peloponnese, Greece
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  Sommarøy

  Tromsø, Norway
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  Sopot Beach

  Sopot, near Gdansk, Poland
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  Spiaggia delle Due Sorelle

  Sirolo, Marche, Italy
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  Spiaggia di Grotticelle

  Capo Vaticano, Calabria, Italy
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  Spiaggia di Pizzomunno

  Vieste, Puglia, Italy
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  Spiaggia di Sansone

  Portoferraio, Elba, Italy
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  St Ninian's Isle Tombolo

  Bigton, Shetland, United Kingdom
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  Stiniva Cove

  Vis, Croatia
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  Sveti Ivan Beach

  Lubenice, Cres, Croatia
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  Tuerredda

  Teulada, Sardinia, Italy
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  Uttakleiv Beach

  Lofoten, Norway
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  Voutoumi Beach

  Antipaxos, Ionian, Greece
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  Zrće Beach

  Novalja, Pag, Croatia
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  Achmelvich Beach

  Assynt, Scotland, United Kingdom
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  Agiofili Beach

  Vasiliki, Lefkada, Greece
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  Åkrasanden

  Karmøy, Rogaland, Norway
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  Alnes Beach

  Godøy, Ålesund, Norway
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  Berchida

  Siniscola, Sardinia, Italy
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  Cala Sinzias

  Castiadas, Sardinia, Italy
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  Dębki Beach

  Kashubian Coast, Pomerania, Poland
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  Divna Beach

  Pelješac Peninsula, Croatia
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  Dog's Bay

  Roundstone, Connemara, Ireland
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  Dubovica

  Hvar Island, Croatia
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  Fontane Bianche

  Siracusa, Sicily, Italy
• Governor's Beach

  Limassol, Cyprus
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  Grotlesanden

  Bremanger, Norway
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  Hawaii Beach (Havajke)

  Verudela, Pula, Istria, Croatia
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  Hel Peninsula Beach

  Hel, Pomerania, Poland
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  Hornbæk Beach

  North Zealand, Denmark
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  Jale Beach

  near Himarë, Albania
• Järve Beach

  Saaremaa, Estonia
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  Kakome Bay

  near Sarandë, Albania
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  Łeba Beach

  Słowiński Coast, Poland
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  Liepāja Beach

  Liepāja, Courland, Latvia
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  Livadhi Beach

  Himarë, Albania
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  Narva-Jõesuu Beach

  Ida-Viru, Estonia
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  Norderney Weststrand

  East Frisian Islands, Germany
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  Nugal Beach

  Makarska Riviera, Croatia
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  Palamutbükü

  Datça, Muğla, Türkiye
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  Palasë Beach

  Palasë, Albanian Riviera, Albania
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  Plage d'Argent

  Porquerolles, Provence, France
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  Plage de Saleccia

  Desert des Agriates, Saint-Florent, Corsica, France
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  Praia de Cacela Velha

  Cacela Velha, Algarve, Portugal
• Proizd

  near Vela Luka, Korčula, Croatia
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  Ramberg Beach

  Flakstadøya, Lofoten, Norway
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  Refviksanden

  Vågsøy, Norway
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  Seychelles Beach

  Ikaria, North Aegean, Greece
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  Sjosanden

  Mandal, Southern Norway, Norway
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  Smiltynė Beach

  Curonian Spit, Klaipėda, Lithuania
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  Srebrna Beach

  Rukavac, Vis, Croatia
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  Suluada

  Adrasan, Antalya, Türkiye
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  Šventoji Beach

  Šventoji, Palanga, Lithuania
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  Ventspils Beach

  Ventspils, Courland, Latvia
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  White Dune Beach

  Saulkrasti, Gulf of Riga, Latvia
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  Whiterocks Beach

  Portrush, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom