World's best beaches named by TripAdvisor Grace Bay in the Turks and Caicos Islands also made the best beaches list. Holiday favourite: Rabbit Beach in Italy. WITH crystal clear water, white sand and a "unique setting," this is the ultimate beach destination, and you've probably never heard of it. Rabbit Beach in Lampedusa, Italy, has been voted the world's best beach by travel site TripAdvisor, based on the reviews of millions of travellers. The European holiday spot is also famed for its marine life with loggerhead turtles going there to lay their eggs. Click here to find out which beaches are the world's best Coming in at second place in the top 10 list was Grace Bay at Providenciales, Turks and Caicos islands. Australia's Whitehaven Beach in the Whitsundays made the number three spot and was described as a "piece of heaven" for its pristine condition. TripAdvisor also released a separate list of Australia's top 10 beaches, with Cable Beach in Broome, WA, Manly Beach, NSW and Cottesloe Beach in Perth making the cut.