Beach holidays often revolve around finding pristine, white-sand shores. A recent study by the travel agency CV Villas highlights the 30 beaches with the whitest sand globally. Notably, six Spanish beaches are featured in this ranking, including Playa de Muro in Palma de Mallorca, which ranks fourth, and Cala Pluma in Ibiza, which is sixth.
How to find the whitest beaches
To conduct their research, CV Villas captured raw screenshots from Google Maps of over 200 beaches worldwide and used a tool to determine the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) code of the sand at each location. They then compared these codes to the purest shade of white (RGB: 255, 255, 255) and, using the colormine.org calculator, identified which beach had the whitest sand.
Where are the world's whitest beaches?
The research revealed that Tulum Beach in Mexico topped the list, with sand just 1.4 points away from the purest shade of white. Situated on the Caribbean coast, this breathtaking beach features vibrant blue waves and near-immaculate white shores.
In second place is Anse Source d'Argent in the Seychelles, which recorded a colour difference of 4.3 points from the purest shade of white. It is the only beach on the African continent to make it into the top 30.
European beaches are prominent, claiming 15 of the top 30 spots worldwide. Marmari Beach in Kos, Greece, ranks third globally, with a sand colour difference of just 6.5 points from pure white. It is followed closely by Tropea Beach in southern Italy, which shares the fourth spot with Playa de Muro on the Alcudia coast in Mallorca.
Six Spanish beaches among the 30 whitest
Spain is the most represented country, with six beaches making the ranking.
In fourth place is Playa de Muro in Palma de Mallorca, with a sand colour difference of 6.9 points from the purest white. Close behind, in sixth place, is Cala Pluma in Ibiza, with a difference of 7.7 points. The list continues with Playa de los Lances (11.2 points) in Tarifa (Cádiz), Playa de las Salinas (11.9 points) in Almería, Puerto de Sóller (11.9 points) in Mallorca, and finally, Playa de Son Xoriguer (12.9 points) in Menorca, which ranks 30th.
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