It preceded, among others, Sharm el-Sheikh, Miami or the Dominican Bavaro.

Beaches were generally ranked based on fine sand and azure sea. However, the selection of London's BeachAtlas took into account partying opportunities, social life, natural diversity, and last but not least the role of the bathing place in the life of the given country, in addition to traditional values, Index wrote .

The pearl of French Polynesia, Bora Bora, topped the list, followed by Boulders Beach near Cape Town in South Africa, famous for its penguins, and Waikiki near Honolulu in Hawaii.

– the beaches at the top of the ranking were published.

The best European beach was only ranked 13th: Cap d'Agde does not extend into the Mediterranean on the Riviera, on the Cote d'Azur, but south of Montepellier, towards the Spanish border.

Among the Adriatic beaches that are also popular in Hungary, Bačvice in Croatia is 21st on the list.

The 60th-ranked Lake Balaton, the "Hungarian sea" is a popular summer vacation spot for locals, offering exciting bathing opportunities

- wrote the London beach portal, which also reminds us that "during the Cold War, Lake Balaton enabled rare encounters between East and West Germans.

Even today, many German tourists and vacationers visit the largest lake in Central Europe, whose shallow, warm water makes Lake Balaton family-friendly and suitable for relaxation.

In this ranking, the Hungarian sea ticked off among the others the Egyptian one, the 69th-ranked Sharm el-Sheikh, the 75th-ranked picturesque Slovenian Bled, where there is a small island in the middle of the lake, the 81st-ranked Eagle Beach in Aruba, the 82 ., South Miami, Sunny Beach, Bulgaria, Varadero, Cuba, Zell am See, Austria, #94, and Bavaro, Dominica, #99. Love Beach in the Bahamas is the last member of the list, in the hundredth place.

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