Lonely Planet Best Beaches: 100 of the World’s Most Incredible Beaches

“Best Beaches by Lonely Planet is the perfect coffee table book to dip into when the mood takes you” - The West Australian

From dazzling coves with sprawling coastlines to mystical shores with azure waters, Lonely Planet's experts present 100 of the most incredible beaches in the world plus the reasons why each is so unique and special.

Explore our planet's most exceptional and unexpected beaches through an impeccable combination of aerial and ground photography. Discover essential information on how to reach each utopia, and find handy 'top 5' themed lists detailing the best beaches for wildlife, sunsets, people watching, and more.

Inside Lonely Planet's Best Beaches:

100 extraordinary beaches around the world including the location of each beach and how to get there

Stunning photography throughout that captures the extreme beauty and scenery of each place

Expert knowledge and insider tips so you can make the most of your adventure

'Top 5 beaches' lists including: best family-friendly beaches; best beaches to snorkel; most remote beaches; most unexpected best beaches; beaches worth the crowd; best beaches to see nature

Featuring beaches from: Oceania: Fiji, Samoa, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, New Zealand, Australia; Africa: South Africa, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Madagascar, Seychelles; Asia: India, Maldives, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Japan; Middle East: Qatar, Egypt, Yemen; Europe: Croatia, Wales, Iceland, France, Spain, Germany, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Norway, England, Ireland, Denmark Portugal, Scotland, Turkiye, Americas: Brazil, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Antarctica, Colombia, Jamaica, St Lucia, Panama, Barbados, Canada, USA, Puerto Rico

This definitive guide to our planet's best beaches is the perfect gift for adventurers, armchair travellers, and beach photography collectors. Use this sublime compendium to inspire an out-of-this-world trip or to simply relax and unwind as you marvel at our world's many natural wonders.

MEDIA REVIEWS

Touching grass is great, but when it comes to reconnecting with nature, one of the finest ways has to be feeling the sand between your toes. Travel behemoth Lonely Planet’s new guide to the world’s “Best Beaches” includes blockbuster spots such as Rio de Janeiro’s Ipanema and Thailand’s Ao Maya, as well as private resort paradises such as Zanzibar’s Mnemba Island - CNN Travel

Best Beaches by Lonely Planet is the perfect coffee table book to dip into when the mood takes you - The West Australian

It’s an armchair journey to the world’s top 100 beaches and Australia is very well represented - The West Australian

a list of the absolute best beaches from across the globe - 9 Honey

Lonely Planet's new book contains such a huge mixture of beaches from all over the world. - Time Out