THIS YEAR'S Travellers' Choice Awards for TripAdvisor's top 25 beaches worldwide have just been revealed – and, unsurprisingly, Spain is in it.
A tropical beach in a Caribbean paradise…actually, no. It's in Spain (photo: Vorderstrasse)
With more blue-flagged beaches than any other country on earth, missing Spanish shores off the '25 best' would have been almost embarrassing – but when consulting some of the tropical paradise enclaves that make up the remaining 24, it's clear this is an élite list and competition was tough.
In its preamble to the line-up, TripAdvisor says: “This year, travellers went searching for places that look just like the postcard – and boy, did these sunny destinations deliver.”
We wouldn't expect anything else from Spain, of course.
“Here's where they found the most 'wish you were here' vibes,” the site continues.
A postcard-worthy beach scene which slotted in at number 17 in the world's top 25 on TripAdvisor (photo: Playademuro.net)
Spain beat the idyllic coastal enclaves of – in descending order – Manuel Antonio beach in Costa Rica; Playa Norte in eastern México's Isla Mujeres; Nungwi Beach in Tanzania; Magens Bay in St Thomas in the US Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, to the east of the island of Puerto Rico; Nissi Beach in Cyprus' party capital of Ayia Napa; Playa Bavaro, close to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic; Balos Lagoon in Kissamos, Greece; and the stunning turquoise-and-white Yonaha Maehama Beach in Miyakojima, Japan.
And it was only just pipped at the post by Poipu Beach Park in Poipu, Hawaii, which came in at number 16.
Spain's entry reached number 17 – Playa de Muro, in the village of Muro between Alcúdia Port and Can Picafort in the north-west of Mallorca.
Playa de Muro in a nutshell
Located along the less-touristy face of the largest of the Balearic Islands, the top review said: “[It] has a wonderful, sandy beach with a warm, clear turquoise sea. Ideal for children because of its gentle, shallow waters.”
TripAdvisor provides links to 30 hotels and 79 holiday lets.
A Mallorca lifestyle magazine describes it as 'a paradise beach with a Caribbean touch', with 5.2 kilometres of 'icing-sugar sand' which 'glistens like snow in the sun', which will 'make all your Christmas wishes come true'.
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