Europe's Top 50+ Beaches
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Inkumu Beach // Turkey
B@ni Inkumu Beach is located near Amasra on Turkey's Black Sea coast. With around 3 kilometres of fine sand beach backed by wooded hillsides, this is possibly the finest on the coast.
During the summer Inkumu can be pretty busy, so it is possibly best to visit outside of peak season if you want to enjoy the natural beauty of this spot.
Being… read more »
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Side Beach // Turkey
© 123RF Side was once a little fishing village with a rich and ancient heritage. Pronounced "sea-day", which incidentally translates as pomegranate, Side exists on the site of what was an ancient Pamphylian city. The old town is set on a headland with ancient walls; beaches stretch out in both directions and the area is home to a wealth of archealogical treasures.
Things… read more »
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Alanya Beach // Turkey
kallerna With wide expanses of golden sands reaching into the inviting blue Mediterranean, Alanya's East beach is also the longest in town running from old Alanya harbour to neighbouring Oba Beach. Located just over the headland from Kleopatra beach the beach here receives less attention and acclaim, but is equally good.
Being more sheltered it is often calmer than next… read more »
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Den Permanente // Denmark
Kenny Arne Lang Antonsen Located in the city of Aarhus on Denmark's east coast is the man made Den Permanente beach. Designated a Blue Flag Beach in 2018 it is just a 10-minute bike ride to the city center which makes it one the most popular beach in the area.
Den Permanente is a beach but it is also a "sea bath" - a… read more »
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Orrestranden // Norway
L.C. Nøttaasen Orre Beach (Orrestranden) is one of Norway's longest beaches. A three kilometre stretch of fine golden sand backed by dunes, this is a wonderfully wild and beautiful, unspoilt part of the west coast.
Located around 20 km south of Stavanger the beach here is pretty easy to find. It is a Blue Flag beach, largely on account of the pristine surrounds,… read more »
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Kalamitsi // Greece
George Terezakis Kalamitsi is one of the oldest villages on the island, located just 20 kilometers west of Lefkada Town. It sits atop the steeply sloping coast surrounded by hills and olive groves, with incredible views of the blue sea on all sides. There are many little whitewashed churches, and the hills are home to a number of traditional windmills. This is… read more »
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Nidri Beach // Greece
Alan Lam Nidri Beach is located on the north side of the popular resort village of the same name. You can follow a path from the village down to the beach, where you will see a busy beach with plenty of amenities and things to do. The sea here is shallow and very warm, although the sea bed is coarse sand and… read more »
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Milocer // Montenegro
Raymond Zoller So fine a location that the great and the good will pay up to €3,000 a night to be accommodated in the Villa Milocer that overlooks the beach, Milocer also goes by the name of King's Beach. The reason is that the villa and surrounding 18 hectares of manicured parkland were once the summer residence of none other than the… read more »
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Bečići // Montenegro
Natalia Semenova Bečići Beach was recognised for its beauty as far back as 1935, when it won the Grand Prix in Paris as the most beautiful in all of Europe. More recently, it has been visited by such A-listers as the Rolling Stones, Madonna, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie, cementing the fantastically alliterative Becici Beach as a tremendous family resort close to… read more »
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Pržno // Montenegro
Сергей Наруков Przno Beach (look out for signs reading Pržno Plaža) is situated within a small fishing village that couldn't be more Mediterranean in style if it tried. Part of the Budva Riviera, the village remains quiet and largely traditional, with artisan fishing boats still moored in the harbour formed by the bay, protected from both wind and waves.
This protection is equally… read more »
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Queen's beach // Montenegro
BokicaK Known by its English moniker as much as any other, Queen's Beach (or Kralijčina Praža to give it its true name) takes its title from the fact the penultimate Queen Consort of Yugoslavia, Marija, had a summer palace here.
Surrounded by thick forest and well-maintained parkland, the white sand and drinking-water clear waters of Queen's Beach are shaded for much of… read more »
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Buljarica // Montenegro
Sea Dance Festival Located a stone's throw from the pleasant little resort town of Petrovac is Buljarica beach. One of the longest beaches in all Montenegro, it stretches for nearly 2.5 kilometres.
With so much space it should in theory be easy enough to find a patch of sand to throw down your towel. Whilst this is true it does mean heading towards… read more »
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Sudersand // Sweden
neekoh.fi Sudersand beach is located on the little island of Fårö which sits off the end of Gotaland in the Baltic Sea, halfway between Sweden and the Balkans. The beach here is a long crescent of near white sand which stretches across a wide bay.
Beyond the beach are low grassy dunes which quickly give way to pine forest. Sudersand manages to… read more »
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Smedsuddsbadet // Sweden
Jane Mejdahl The popular lakeside swimming beach of Smedsuddsbadet is located within easy reach of downtown Stocholm, Sweden's capital city. The beach has a sandy foreshore and is backed by the well-kept lawns of Ralambshov Park, ideal for picnicing and sunbathing.
During the summer it gets pretty busy here - it's only a small beach and serves a major city. It is also… read more »
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Långholmsbadet // Sweden
Holger.Ellgaard For a city in Scandinavia that isn't even on the coast Stockholm has some surprisingly good beaches within a stone's throw of the city centre. Chief among these is Långholmsbadet, a modest strip of sand backed by the lawns and parkland of Långholmen island.
The beach is just a short walk from the trendy district of Hornstull with its hipster bars… read more »
