Travel Channel's Best Beach Awards 2013
Check out the full list of 2013 nominees.
This year the winners were determined entirely by you. After 9,439 votes, Travel Channel viewers named these beaches the best of the best. Check out the full list of 2013 winners and nominees below.

YanLev
Ibiza, Spain
Haad Rin Beach, Koh Phangan, Thailand
South Beach, Miami, Florida (Winner)

Thomas Barwick
Paradise Island, Bahamas
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Brand New Images
Maui, Hawaii
Little Palm Island, Florida
Matira Beach, Bora Bora, Tahiti (Winner)

M.M. Sweet
St. Tropez, France
Mantangi Island, Fiji
Ipanema Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Winner)

Manfred Steinbach
Nikki Beach Bar, South Beach, Miami
Tropicana Beach Bar, Mykonos, Greece
Seacrets, Ocean City, Maryland

Robert Harding Productions

Comstock
Wreck Diving in Brioni Islands, Croatia
Snorkeling in Hanauma Bay, Oahu (Winner)
Surfing in Playa Grande, Costa Rica

rusm
Boracay, Phillipines
Mustique, St. Vincent and the Grenadines (Winner)
Canggu, Bali

Christian Kober

Martin Valigursky
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