Are you fantasizing about wearing a bikini under a sarong, holding a glass of your favourite cocktail, and sporting a large beach hat to protect yourself from the sun? Well, we’re excited to share that we’ve curated a list of stunning pink beaches around the globe to take your next vacation experience from zero to a hundred.

Pink beaches

Greece’s Elafonissi Beach: Elafonissi Beach is located on Crete Island in Greece. The beach features a soft, pink sand which is made up of small fragments and microorganisms. The sand blends so smoothly with a shallow water body making it pleasantly safe for families to visit.

Bahamas’ Pink Sands Beach: The Pink Sands Beach situated on Harbour Island in the Bahamas is made up of microorganisms, coral reefs, and foraminifera. The beach is famous for snorkelling and diving. Boasting a scenic view with hotels nearby is the bonus point of Pink Sands Beach.

Indonesia’s Komodo Island: Komodo Island is located on Padar Island, which is adjacent to Komodo National Park. If you enjoy interacting with water animals, corals Komodo Island will not disappoint you. The beach is known for snorkelling and diving. The sand of the beach appears a soft blush pink.

Bermuda’s Horseshoe Bay Beach: The Horseshoe Bay Beach in Bermuda is one of the famous pink sand beaches around the world. If you enjoy going out for an adventure Bermuda’s Horseshoe Bay Beach has small caves and tiny coves to go with your friends and family.

What makes a beach turn into pink colour?

Beaches get their colours from miniature creatures present in the sand. It is especially formed by Foraminifera - a single-celled organism - with red outer casings which produces a red pigment on the coral reefs.

The corals which are sent by the waves get mixed with white sand and thus produce the soft pink colour visible along the shoreline.