The best beaches in the world chosen by 主要な travel 専門家s (you'll never guess Richard Branson's 選ぶ!)
What makes a 広大な／多数の／重要な beach is 高度に subjective. For some it’s all about the 質 of the sand: the finer and whiter the better. Others may just 捜し出す peace, 静かな and seclusion.
Or you may be in search of a perfect little rum shack or beach cafe by 宙返り／暴落するing dunes ― a rustic 退却／保養地.
We’ve asked the world’s travel 専門家s and 産業 insiders for their かつてない favourites ― and how best to enjoy them.
Oludeniz's Blue Lagoon in Turkey is the beach of choice for Jet2 boss Steve Heapy
TURQUOISE TURKEY
The area around Dalaman in Turkey has been dubbed the Turquoise Coast, and it’s 平易な to see why when you feast your 注目する，もくろむ s on its pristine azure waters. There’s an 豊富 of beaches to enjoy, but one that really stands out for me is the Blue Lagoon at Oludeniz.
It sits in an emerald green 国家の park and its wide bay, white sands, vibrant blue waters and 山地の 背景 make it the perfect place to unwind.
CHOSEN BY: Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at Jade 住居, a boutique ten-room hotel, cost from £116 B&B (jade-住居.com).
EXOTIC MALAYSIA
The best beach has got to be the Datai in Langkawi. While the world has lots of gorgeous beaches, there are few sitting in rainforests with ?monkeys, exotic birds and colourful バタフライs. And the 見解（をとる） is more than just a line where the sea 会合，会うs the sky. You’re looking out に向かって a ぱらぱら雨ing of green islands on the southern tip of Thailand.
CHOSEN BY: Peter Stephens, 創立者 of DialAFlight.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at 最高の-luxurious The Datai Langkawi hotel cost from £402 (thedatai.com).
There are few beaches sitting in rainforests like?the Datai Bay in Langkawi, Malaysia
CHILLY DIP IN IRELAND
I have taken part in a charity swim by the beach in Youghal in 郡 Cork every year on Christmas Day since I was a 十代の少年少女. With sea 気温s typically at a chilly 8C or 9C, you don’t stay in the water long, but you feel 広大な／多数の／重要な afterwards.
CHOSEN BY: Sean Doyle, British 航空路s chairman and CEO.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at Abbey 見解（をとる） House, a guest house in Youghal, cost from £89 B&B (abbeyviewtownhouse.com).
SOUTH AFRICAN SURPRISE
You're ありそうもない to see anyone else on Walker Bay beach, just east of Hermanus on the southern coast of South Africa. It’s a wild stretch running for about ten miles, and is not somewhere to sit with a cocktail, but rather a place for strolling. You can look out to 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 鯨s between June and December.
CHOSEN BY: Nikki Tinto, 創立者 of i-escape.com.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at the Coot Club, by the beach, cost from £140 (cootclub.com).
CORNISH DELIGHT?
A few palm-fringed, 熱帯の 場所s spring to mind, but I do love Harlyn Bay in Cornwall. It’s a perfect arc of sand, でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れるd by rocky outcrops. While I don’t surf, I love to see the 調印（する）-like surfers from summer to winter.
I may be biased ― with one of my Pig Hotels の近くに by ― but it’s the ideal English family beach for walkers, 走者s, families and toddlers, who can all enjoy this 広大な stretch of sand together.
CHOSEN BY: コマドリ Hutson, The Pig Hotels chairman.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス from £285 at The Pig ― at Harlyn Bay (thepighotel.com).
Boutique hotel?The Pig 近づく Harlyn Bay, which is a family-friendly beach in Cornwall
PERFECT IN PORTUGAL
CARVALHAL beach by the village of Comporta stretches in both directions. No blots on the landscape. It has a sublime beach club, meaning you can have an excellent lunch of fresh oysters; clams with garlic, olive oil and coriander (the Portuguese way); or 取調べ／厳しく尋問するd octopus without l eaving the beach.
CHOSEN BY: Mary Lussiana, travel writer.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at the charming AlmaLusa designer hotel cost from £140 B&B (almalusahotels.com).
WHITE SAND PARADISE
Radhanagar beach on Havelock Island ― part of the Indian Ocean’s Andaman Islands ― is beautiful. You can walk along the white sand for miles, turning off into mango groves if you want shade. You’ll see very few people there, and you feel away from the world.
CHOSEN BY: Amrit Singh, co-創立者 of TransIndus.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at the luxurious Taj Exotica 訴える手段／行楽地 & Spa, Andamans, cost from £400 B&B (tajhotels.com).
Elephants on the white sand of Radhanagar beach on Havelock Island,?Andaman Islands
CORKER IN MALLORCA
Son Bunyola has 水晶-（疑いを）晴らす waters and authentic Mallorcan charm ― in fact, I bought the Son Bunyola 広い地所. It’s positioned on the island’s north-west coast in the みごたえのある UNESCO World 遺産-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d Tramuntana Mountains. Only reached by boat, or by 引き上げ（る）ing downhill, the coastline sweeps for three miles, with 見解（をとる）s out to the island’s famous Sa Foradada 激しく揺する 形式. The seclusion and tranquillity 輸送（する）s you to a world far 除去するd from the everyday.
CHOSEN BY: Sir Richard Branson, 創立者 of the Virgin Group.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at Son Bunyola cost from £555 B&B (virginlimited 版.com).
BARBADOS BEAUTY
I have fond memories of holidays at the 珊瑚 暗礁 Club 近づく Folkestone beach, and while I’m not one to talk about swaying palm trees, white sands and 水晶 blue waters, that’s what anyone ?visiting Barbados can 推定する／予想する.
CHOSEN BY: Sir マイク Gooley CBE, 創立者 and (n)役員／(a)執行力のある chairman of Trailfinders.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at the 珊瑚 暗礁 Club cost from £231 B&B (coralreef barbados.com).
A 二塁打 room at 珊瑚 暗礁 Club?近づく Folkestone beach on Barbados
KENYA CLASSIC
Shela beach, just outside Lamu Town on the island of Lamu, is a quintessential Robinson Crusoe-esque 砂漠d 立ち往生させる 延長するing in a glorious seven-mile 三日月. Here, sand dunes 合併する with the sky and spray from the breakers.
Nowhere on earth compares with the 激しい 楽しみ of 工場／植物ing one 明らかにする foot in 前線 of the other as the 季節風-blown sea washes over you.
CHOSEN BY: Richard Trillo, East Africa 経営者／支配人 at 専門家 Africa and author of The Rough Guide To Kenya.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at Peponi Hotel cost from £180 (peponi hotel.com).
ASIAN MIRACLE
Ngapali beach 近づく Thandwe in Myanmar (Burma) is on the Bay of Bengal and the sea has the 気温 and colour of the Indian Ocean, but the temperament of the 大西洋. The beach is one of 厚い, white, powdery sand that ― miraculously ― neither sticks to your suntan lotion nor blows around in the God-given 微風.
CHOSEN BY: Teresa Levonian Cole, travel writer.
WHERE TO STAY: For now, the Foreign Office advises against travel to Myanmar 予定 to political 不安 and volatile 安全.
Women selling baskets of fruit on?Ngapali beach 近づく Thandwe in Burma
A BORDERS BELTER
No point pretending this is the Caribbean, as the を締めるing North Sea rolls in and out of Coldingham Bay in the Scottish 国境s. But it’s a glorious 三日月 of beach with all the hallmarks of the British seaside: a 列／漕ぐ／騒動 of beach huts; a cafe (which opens sporadically); 激しく揺する pools (perfect for crabbing) and enough wave 活動／戦闘 for surfing. I played here as a child, as did my children. The beauty is mixed in with the memories.
CHOSEN BY: 示す Palmer, Daily Mail Travel Editor.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at the 高級な Schloss Roxburghe in Kelso cost from £157 (schlosshotel-roxburghe.com).
TOP TIP FOR OZ
It's not hard to find beaches in Australia with miles of pale sand, turquoise-blue waters and 衝突，墜落ing surf ― and no people. Ca barita Beach, or ‘Caba’, in northern New South むちの跡s, has all that, but also 誇るs the southern 半球’s coolest motel ― Halcyon House.
CHOSEN BY: 示す Jones, former editor of BA’s High Life magazine.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス from £450 at 最高の-悪賢い Halycon House (halcyon house.com.au).
MALDIVIAN MAGIC
I was lucky enough to have celebrated an 周年記念日 in Landaa Giraavaru in the Maldives with those who mean the most to me in the world. Landaa Giraavaru is home to Blu beach, where everything is idyllic, from the warmest white sand, the bluest ocean and the most captivating sunsets I have ever seen.
CHOSEN BY: Simon Cooper, 創立者 of On The Beach.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at the plush Four Seasons 訴える手段／行楽地 Maldives at Landaa ?Giraavaru cost from £2,529pp B&B (fourseasons.com).
BEST OF BEQUIA
Palm trees fringe Princess Margaret Beach on Bequia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, a lovely 略章 of white sand. After a day lazing on the 静かな beach, swimming and snorkelling, you can 長，率いる to Jack’s Beach 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 for cocktails, where hummingbirds hover within arm’s reach. No wonder Princess Margaret would take a ヨット from nearby Mustique.
CHOSEN BY: Lesley Bellew, Daily Mail 巡航する 特派員.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at the elegant Bequia 農園 Hotel cost from £143 (bequiaplantationhotel.com).
KANGAROOS CALLING
Hyams beach in Jervis Bay, New South むちの跡s, Australia, is nearly three hours south of Sydney and has the whitest sandy beaches, surrounded by a 国家の park teeming with 野性生物. Kangaroos are often seen on the beach, 同様に as koalas, kookaburras and cockatoos. It’s ありふれた to see イルカs 同様に as 鯨s between May and November.
The beach is often 砂漠d and there are beautiful places to stay nearby, 同様に as some fabulous 地元の restaurants and cafes. My idea of heaven.
CHOSEN BY: Lisa Fitzell, managing director of Elegant 訴える手段／行楽地s.
WHERE TO STAY: Safari-style 高級な テントs at Paperbark （軍の）野営地，陣営 cost from £385 (paperbarkcamp.com.au).
HELLO JAMAICA
On the north-east coast of Jamaica, Frenchman’s Cove is a superb little arc of golden beach surrounded by 厚い ジャングル.
A freshwater stream flows from the Blue Mountains and enters into the sea here, creating an eddying 渦巻く of 冷静な／正味の and warm. There’s a good nearby 妨げる／法廷，弁護士業/取調べ／厳しく尋問する. Sheer joy.
CHOSEN BY: Tom Chesshyre, travel writer.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at Frenchman’s Cove 訴える手段／行楽地 cost from £140 (frenchmans cove.com).
NICE IN NICARAGUA
Playa 円形競技場s Blancas is a sandy beach 隣接するing Morgan’s 激しく揺する, a 4,000-acre eco-宿泊する in Nicaragua. It 直面するs west for incredible sunsets. Nesting 海がめs 定期的に visit and the surrounding ジャングル reserve is home to sloths, macaws and anteaters.
CHOSEN BY: Jonny Bealby, 創立者 of Wild Frontiers.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at Morgan’s 激しく揺する cost from £323 (morgansrock.com).
A vibrant Sunset at Morgan's 激しく揺する beach outsid e of San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua
DREAMY DOWN UNDER?
Johanna beach in Victoria, Australia, 申し込む／申し出s the most wild and violent seascape, where the surf from the Southern Ocean 殺到するs and 激突するs against the naked sand.
It’s a 苦痛 to get there: you must go through the dense redwoods and fern gullies of the 広大な／多数の／重要な Otway 国家の Park rainforest. Big skies open up, and the horizonless sea has surf so magnificent it’s there for watching, not swimming.
CHOSEN BY: Fiona McIntosh, travel writer.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス in one of the Johanna Seaside Cottages overlooking the ocean cost from £144 (johannaseaside.com.au).
MARVELLOUS MENORCA
Cala Macarelleta on Menorca is a small beach hidden away between the 激しく揺するs, with pristine, 罰金, white sand and 招待するing turquoise water.
接近 by car is 禁じるd during the summer months so you have a 20-minute approach on foot through the forest, meaning it stays pretty 井戸／弁護士席 保存するd.
CHOSEN BY: Michael Edwards, managing director of 調査する.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at the Artiem Audax hotel cost from £70 (artiemhotels.com).
BRAZILIAN DREAM
Praia Mole in Florianopolis on Santa Catarina island 連合させるs vibrant beach culture with natural beauty. The soft golden sands, surrounded by lush green hills and the rhythmic Atlant ic, make it a perfect blend of relaxing idyll and surfers’ 楽園.
CHOSEN BY: Geoffrey Kent, 創立者 of Abercrombie & Kent.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at Cabanas Praia Mole Florianopolis cost from £61 (praia-mole.hotelsantacatarina.com).
Praia Mole in Florianopolis on Santa Catarina island in Brazil
（テニスなどの）ダブルス at Caban as Praia Mole Florianopolis cost from £61
MAD FOR MAADHOO
The beaches on Maadhoo in the southern Male Atoll of the Maldives are fantastic. There’s a stretch where you invariably swim with (安全な) 暗礁 sharks. Snorkelling is wonderful, too.
CHOSEN BY: Andrew Dunn, 創立者 of Scott Dunn and chairman of The PC 機関.
WHERE TO STAY: （テニスなどの）ダブルス at Ozen Life Maadhoo cost from £933 all-inclusive (theozencollection.com).
