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Jul 8, 2025, 16 tweets

15 beaches you won’t believe are real 🧵

1. Ipanema beach looks like it’s not even Earth

2. Cala Mariolu, Sardinia

Last year, this breathtaking slice of paradise was named the most beautiful beach in Europe and the second most beautiful beach in the world.

3. Diamond Beach

This ethereal Icelandic beach is a stretch of black volcanic sand where shimmering icebergs from the glacier lagoon come to rest.

4. Tottori Sand Dunes, Japan

Where the snow, sand and sea meet...

5. Hidden Beach, Mexico

6. Reynisfjara, Iceland

7. Italy is so beautiful even the cows go to the beach...

8. Vaadhoo, Maldives

Famous for its mesmerizing 'Sea of Stars' phenomenon, this beach glows with a luminous blue hue during bioluminescent seasons, thanks to the presence of phytoplankton.

9. Komodo Island’s pink sand beach

10. Arcomagno beach, Italy

11. Los Roques, Venezuela

12. Shell Beach, Western Australia

13. Pig Beach, Bahamas

This gorgeous beach is located on the uninhabited island of Big Major Cay, in Exuma, which is populated only by a colony of feral pigs.

14. The Beach of the Cathedrals, Spain

Also known as the "Beach of the Holy Waters," it is located on the Cantabrian coast in Lugo, Galicia, about ten kilometers west of Ribadeo.

It's famous for its dramatic cliffs and it has been declared a Natural Monument.

15. Sugar Beach Viceroy, St. Lucia

The volcanic spires of this stunning island will always amaze me...

The Pitons, Gros and Petit, are two volcanic plugs linked by the Piton Mitan ridge, standing 798 m and 743 m tall.

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