Every year TripAdvisor ratings the best islands in the world. It did not exception this year. Moreover, it is worth noting that this rating is not based on traditional "expert" estimates of the editorial staff, but on the basis of recommendations and reviews of visitors of this interesting portal.

This year, the rating was headed by the island of Providenciales in the Caribbean, and only two representatives of past winners remained in the top ten - Thai Tau and the famous Bora Bora. And this fact should not surprise anyone, since the tourist market is difficult to forecast and simply impossible to predict what direction will be popular this year.

Coral Paradise - Providenciales Island

This largest island of the Caribbean archipelago is part of such a few famous state such as Turks and Caicos. The state is a continuation of the Bahamas, so it is not surprising that its islands are characterized by the same features for a luxurious rest - white sandy beaches, a mild climate, allowing to rest all year round, turquoise water and magnificent nature, creating beautiful scenery for walking.

However, the main reason for the frequent ingress of the island in various ratings is not at all commonly familiar to all snow-white beaches, but a variety of recreation. Vacationers will be able to have a great attachment, doing yachting, windsurfing and snorkelling. And the main and most popular entertainment here is diving. This is facilitated by both warm sea water and picturesque coral reefs, which can be easily easily accessible from the shore.

Maui Island in Hawaii

Hawaiian Islands for a long time are the canons of a good rest. And if the most popular in the cohort of the islands were Hawaii and Oahu, now the Maui Island, which is more accessible to tourists, is now on the leading position.

First of all, when they talk about holidays on the harves, then immediately imply surfing and windsurfing. After all, the Hawaiian Islands are Mecca for fans swim on the board. In addition, it is on Maui with his small population that can fully enjoy nature. The raging waterfalls of the Haleaka National Park and the delightful bamboo forest, not to mention the traditional warm sandy beaches, attract many tourists. Therefore, the second place in the island ranking is rightfully.

Roatan - Paradise on the Caribbean

How often we hear the words - "not the country called Honduras" in the negative sense, expressed in relation to their country. However, if you carefully look at the latter, then Honduras is just a good comparison. Especially if you look at holiday on the island of Roatan, belonging to Honduras.

The island is surrounded by coral reefs and covered with magnificent beaches, which makes it just an ideal place of rest, both for the usual beach pastime and for all lovers of underwater dives. Here was an ideal place for Ecotourism lovers (Carambola's Botanical Garden of Sovned by his tropical park of exotic birds) and for all sorts of entertainment - from marine fishing to all water sports.

Calm and romance in Santorin

Cyclades are striking all their amazing natural beauty. The most mysterious and beautiful in this archipelago is Santorini, who is obliged to volcanic lava.

This island is often called romantic, but unlike the majority of the "paradise" ocean islands that received their title thanks to wildlife and snow-white beaches, Santorini received this title thanks to the houses carved in the rocks, which their snow-white facades and bright blue roofs attract tourists from all over the world .

Unlike most of the islands of the list in Santorini, they come not for diving or extreme entertainment, but to incite the real fire in loving hearts. And most of the tourists are newlyweds, whom the island pleases with his unforgettable romance and positive.

Bright diving on Tao Island in Thailand

The water of the Siamese bay was sheltered autonated with palm trees The cozy island of Tao or "Turtle Island". The island received its name through the numerous colonies of sea turtles, who chose his snow-white sandy beaches. Once the island was uninhabited and only the turtles were the only inhabitants. White sand and azure transparent water around the island cannot do not admire tourists, who are also the majestic reptiles many centuries ago, they have been chosen by these beaches.

However, not one snow-white sandy hills and sunny 300 days a year, allowing lazily to sunbathe on the beach, this resort island is famous. However, the majority of tourists are the island of manitis with their underwater beauties.

It is diving on to Tao that is the most popular view of an active holiday. Coral reefs are rich in marine life, more than 30 dive sites of various categories of complexity, including sunken ships and a short distance to dive sites - all this is the island of Southeast Asia, Tao "Mecca Daiving".

Quiet harbor of travelers - Madeira Island

The Portuguese Island of Madeira has been serving with all travelers who rushed to the conquest of the Atlantic for long centuries. This paradise in the midst of the Atlantic Ocean is already six centuries due to its soft and moderate climate, it serves as a place of rest not only to sailors, but also a rich European elite.

At the same time, most tourists come here not to not sleep on the beaches, as they are simply not here, but for active pastime. On the island, the real expanse for lovers of hunting and fishing, diving and windsurfing, and green tourism. The main attractions of the island are the Madeira National Reserve and his Botanical Gardens. It is here that you can see all that the worldwide variety of flora, which the Portuguese collected their over the sea for the three centuries.

"Island of the Gods" - Bali

In Indonesia, a cozy picturesque corner is located between the two largest islands of Lombok and Java, which traveled tourists with its majestic volcanoes of Gunung Angung and Kintamini, prioritized by tropical forests and blue lagoons.

The island's shores hide the amazing temple complexes and the sacred monkey forest, in which naughty primates will give tourists a little charge of cheerfulness in exchange for small sweets for them. In addition, Bali is a kind of Indian enclave in the middle of Muslim Indonesia and it is here that you can safely relax on the coast, strengthening your spirit in yoga classes.

Despite the fact that the main bait of the island is its snow-white beaches together with coral landscapes located around it, with all over the world, on the island of Bali there are some more mandatory to visit places. One of them is a Barat National Park spread over 20,000. It is in it that can be seen without lattices and enclosures. All sorts of combinations of flora and fauna in the pristine wild world.

Sandy paradise of the fascinating Mauritius

Mauritius has been included in the cohort of the most beautiful places to relax. This tropical paradise, which is sometimes also called the "key to the Indian Ocean", despite its modest sizes, has more than a hundred kilometers of snow-white beaches.

It was the bright combination of turquoise waters of the lagoon, coral reefs and bizarre mountains and the reason that rest on the island ranked to the highest category. Moreover, on local beaches, it is often possible to see famous artists and billionaires, which are attracted here a high level of comfort and individual rest of the highest discharge. Local authorities try to make the resort not just the usual place of mass pilgrimage. Therefore, on the island, you will not often meet the usual budget tourist, and hitting here you will be completely confident that you will have a higher class rest in the Luxe category.

Mauritius is almost fully surrounded by reefs, so it is an ideal place to class diving and fishing. It is here that you can see and catch the very fishery that every fisherman dreams to get into your trophies - various types of marliners, a fish-sailboat and bright representatives of the family of the sharl.

Bora-Bora - Island of Lovers of Romantics

Bora Bora is the largest island among the 118 islands of French Polynesia. He carries the status of the informal capital of romantics and newlyweds and is considered a romantic and exotic place on the planet. The island, like most of his neighbors, was formed after the volcanic eruption chain and now is a mountain range with three peaks, piercing the sky over a dazzling blue lagoon.

Despite its miniature sizes (it can be driven in an hour per car), nature so generously gave the island with its beauty that he rightly proudly wears the title "Emerald in a turquoise frame with a pearl necklace - this is how it can be described, looking at him from above.
There are many entertainment on Bora-Bor - from expeditions to the "coral garden" and visiting the majestic mountains to extreme underwater swimming and diving. And one of the most interesting entertainment is feeding from the hands of local rods and sharks.

Paradise vacation on the beaches of Fernando di Norona

Fernanda Di-Noronaya The name of the archipelago, located near Brazil, and consisting of more than twenty islands. However, inhabited and accordingly, the most popular of this cohort is the largest island, which is manitis of all beach holiday lovers. In addition, these archipelago already fifteen years later in the list of UNESCO cultural heritage. Since large populations of dolphins, sea turtles and cetaceans live in its waters.

It is here that the beach of Baia Do Sancho is located, which became a real Mecca for all lovers of a seafood and firmly entered the list of the best beaches of the world. This famous crescent beach is surrounded by cliffs from all sides and in order to get to it need to go down the seventieth meters. However, this is worth it - the bay around the beach is a real natural treasure. The bay is a natural pool surrounded by frozen lava, which is always crystal clear water.

This is a selection of islands that are somehow unusual and are known. The list is built in random order, as each island is unique in its own way. Thus, this is really more like a grocery list than "countdown from ten to one" list. The listed islands were also chosen because of their low-fame, which explains why for example, the Easter Island is not in the list - everyone has already heard about him! So, the most unusual islands are waiting for you ...

Nihau Island

The most western of the eight main Hawaiian Islands, Niyhau (pronounced as "Nii-Ihhu") differs from other seven what is in private ownership. Being bought Elizabeth Sinclair from the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1864, this is one of the most unusual islands of the world. Visitors are rarely allowed to visit Niyhau, and therefore it is also called the "prohibited island." Although, in recent years, the island began to let a very limited flow of tourists participating in Safari. The population of NIIAU fluctuates around 130 people who speak their native Hawaiian.

Attra Island

And again the most western island, but this time the most western in the chains of the Aleutian islands in Alaska. Although the ATTU island is Western, it is actually in the eastern hemisphere. The population of the island is only twenty people who live and work at the Coast Guard Station of the United States Atti Loran. It is also the most extreme island in the Aleutian Islands chains of 1,900 kilometers long. The unusualness of the island is that this is the location of the only ground conflict on American land during the entire World War II.

Island Monurika

Monuriki is a small, uninhabited island in the Mamanuk Islands group on Fiji. He would not be remarkable for any particular reason if he had not been in the center of attention, as the main place of filming of the film Tom Hanks "Koja". The film is talking about the people who survived the aircraft crash, who lived on the island for four years. The island is completely isolated in the movie, although in reality within a few miles there are several other islands, including Tavoi with a population of approximately 2,400 people. Monuriki has now become a popular tourist destination, as one of the most isolated islands of the world.

Navassa Island

Navassa - Uninhabited Caribbean Island approximately thirty miles to the west of Haiti, and in ninety miles south of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Its coastline consists of steep cliffs, making landing on the boat is impossible. The United States took the island in 1857 and spent the following several decades, developing its extensive deposits Guano. The island is now classified as a reserve to visit the United States government resolution (which rarely provide). Navassa is also one of several controversial territories of the United States, which also claims Haiti.

Spitsbergen

Spitsbergen is the largest of the islands of Svalbard archipelago, north of Scandinavia. The Norwegian territory is the birthplace of Longyir, one of the largest permanent settlements in the north. Also, Svalbard contains a lot of "Northern Northern" - the northernmost church, the northern airport, and much more. Due to the danger of polar bears, while traveling by Svalbergen outside Longiir, every time you need to take a rifle with you. Spitsbergen was also chosen as the location of the global seed of Svalbard, where the seeds of all plants are stored for preservation. It is necessary to preserve biodiversity in the event of any large-scale disaster.

Atoll Palmyra

Palmyra is a collection of small islands, located about halfway between Hawaii and Samoa. The largest island of Cooper is in private property and is managed by the protection of nature. The rest belongs to the federal government of the United States and is managed by its fish guard service and wild animals. Palmyra is equipped with a small group of government scientists and nature conservation volunteers to preserve and study the island. In 1974, Palmyra was the location of the double murder, later detailed in the best-selling detective Vincent Buglyosi, "and the sea will reveal the mystery."

Island Houseland

Houland Island is halfway between Hawaii and Australia, approximately fifty miles north of the equator. Like most small Pacific Islands, it was used by the United States to mining Guano. An attempt was also attempting to colonize, interrupted by World War II, when Hauland was attacked by Japanese terrorists. It happened the day after the Bombing Pearl Harbor. All attempts to colonize stopped immediately after the war. Howleland is now a natural reserve, known primarily by the fact that it was supposed to become a place of stop during the circulation of Emily Erhart. Her plane disappeared somewhere in the area of \u200b\u200bthe island, and the details of the disappearance are not disclosed and so far.

Pitchern Island

Pitchern is the only inhabited island of four in the group of Pitcairn Islands. This is the last British overseas territory in the Pacific Ocean. The island with approximately fifty residents is the least densely populated and the most remote jurisdiction in the world (approximately 2100 kilometers west of Chile). All its inhabitants are the descendants of the rebels in the ranks of the UK's armed forces of generosity, as well as the Polynesians who accompanied them. The island is famous for the world's best honey, that even the queen praised his dignity. You can buy honey through the website, but prepare for a long expectation. Pitcherna has no airport, it is attended quite rarely, because postal shipments can go for months.

Bouw Island

Buva - a volcanic island of 19 square miles in the Southatic Ocean, approximately 2500 kilometers to the south-south-west of South Africa. The island is almost completely covered with ice. Most of the coastline consists of very steep rocks, making landing almost impossible. Bouwe was originally British territory, but the United Kingdom refused to own his own possession and gave way to Norway Island, which supports him today, as a nature reserve. Bouvet never inhabited and almost certainly will never be populated, but he has his own domain name of the highest level - .bv, which is not used. The reason for Bureva's fame is that it is the most distant island in the world. The closest land, the Land of the Queen mod in Antarctica, is approximately 1,750 kilometers south. Lovers of extreme travel and radio lovers really like to come here.

North Sentellensky Island

North Sentellel Island is approximately 32 kilometers to the west of Smith Island in Bengal Bay. This is approximately 72 square kilometers, completely planted by trees, except for the subtle bands of the beach surrounding it. In general, the island is quite ordinary, except that it is inhabited by one of several remaining fully isolated peoples of the world. The Xeninets Xeninophobic resist actually all contact attempts, often releasing the arrows in boats and helicopters, which come too close to the island (sometimes even killing "intruders"). Because of their active isolationism and the difficulty of observing the island of air, almost nothing is known about Steninelts. - their language, culture, and even an accurate assessment of their number is still unknown. North Island Sentinel is technically part of the Union of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, but in practice, the local authority said they intend to leave the island of its inhabitants, making him de facto Autonomous. Sentinel closes a list of the most unusual islands of the world.

Every year TripAdvisor ratings the best islands in the world. It did not exception this year. Moreover, it is worth noting that this rating is not based on traditional "expert" estimates of the editorial staff, but on the basis of recommendations and reviews of visitors of this interesting portal.

This year, the rating was headed by the island of Providenciales in the Caribbean, and only two representatives of past winners remained in the top ten - Thai Tau and the famous Bora Bora. And this fact should not surprise anyone, since the tourist market is difficult to forecast and simply impossible to predict what direction will be popular this year.

Coral Paradise - Providenciales Island

This largest island of the Caribbean archipelago is part of such a few famous state such as Turks and Caicos. The state is a continuation of the Bahamas, so it is not surprising that its islands are characterized by the same features for a luxurious rest - white sandy beaches, a mild climate, allowing to rest all year round, turquoise water and magnificent nature, creating beautiful scenery for walking.

However, the main reason for the frequent ingress of the island in various ratings is not at all commonly familiar to all snow-white beaches, but a variety of recreation. Vacationers will be able to have a great attachment, doing yachting, windsurfing and snorkelling. And the main and most popular entertainment here is diving. This is facilitated by both warm sea water and picturesque coral reefs, which can be easily easily accessible from the shore.

Maui Island in Hawaii

Hawaiian Islands for a long time are the canons of a good rest. And if the most popular in the cohort of the islands were Hawaii and Oahu, now the Maui Island, which is more accessible to tourists, is now on the leading position.

First of all, when they talk about holidays on the harves, then immediately imply surfing and windsurfing. After all, the Hawaiian Islands are Mecca for fans swim on the board. In addition, it is on Maui with his small population that can fully enjoy nature. The raging waterfalls of the Haleaka National Park and the delightful bamboo forest, not to mention the traditional warm sandy beaches, attract many tourists. Therefore, the second place in the island ranking is rightfully.

Roatan - Paradise on the Caribbean

How often we hear the words - "not the country called Honduras" in the negative sense, expressed in relation to their country. However, if you carefully look at the latter, then Honduras is just a good comparison. Especially if you look at holiday on the island of Roatan, belonging to Honduras.

The island is surrounded by coral reefs and covered with magnificent beaches, which makes it just an ideal place of rest, both for the usual beach pastime and for all lovers of underwater dives. Here was an ideal place for Ecotourism lovers (Carambola's Botanical Garden of Sovned by his tropical park of exotic birds) and for all sorts of entertainment - from marine fishing to all water sports.

Calm and romance in Santorin

Cyclades are striking all their amazing natural beauty. The most mysterious and beautiful in this archipelago is Santorini, who is obliged to volcanic lava.

This island is often called romantic, but unlike the majority of the "paradise" ocean islands that received their title thanks to wildlife and snow-white beaches, Santorini received this title thanks to the houses carved in the rocks, which their snow-white facades and bright blue roofs attract tourists from all over the world .

Unlike most of the islands of the list in Santorini, they come not for diving or extreme entertainment, but to incite the real fire in loving hearts. And most of the tourists are newlyweds, whom the island pleases with his unforgettable romance and positive.

Bright diving on Tao Island in Thailand

The water of the Siamese bay was sheltered autonated with palm trees The cozy island of Tao or "Turtle Island". The island received its name through the numerous colonies of sea turtles, who chose his snow-white sandy beaches. Once the island was uninhabited and only the turtles were the only inhabitants. White sand and azure transparent water around the island cannot do not admire tourists, who are also the majestic reptiles many centuries ago, they have been chosen by these beaches.

However, not one snow-white sandy hills and sunny 300 days a year, allowing lazily to sunbathe on the beach, this resort island is famous. However, the majority of tourists are the island of manitis with their underwater beauties.

It is diving on to Tao that is the most popular view of an active holiday. Coral reefs are rich in marine life, more than 30 dive sites of various categories of complexity, including sunken ships and a short distance to dive sites - all this is the island of Southeast Asia, Mekka Daiving.

Quiet harbor of travelers - Madeira Island

The Portuguese Island of Madeira has been serving with all travelers who rushed to the conquest of the Atlantic for long centuries. This paradise in the midst of the Atlantic Ocean is already six centuries due to its soft and moderate climate, it serves as a place of rest not only to sailors, but also a rich European elite.

At the same time, most tourists come here not to not sleep on the beaches, as they are simply not here, but for active pastime. On the island, the real expanse for lovers of hunting and fishing, diving and windsurfing, and green tourism. The main attractions of the island are the Madeira National Reserve and his Botanical Gardens. It is here that you can see all that the worldwide variety of flora, which the Portuguese collected their over the sea for the three centuries.

"Island of the Gods" - Bali

In Indonesia, a cozy picturesque corner is located between the two largest islands of Lombok and Java, which traveled tourists with its majestic volcanoes of Gunung Angung and Kintamini, prioritized by tropical forests and blue lagoons.

The island's shores hide the amazing temple complexes and the sacred monkey forest, in which naughty primates will give tourists a little charge of cheerfulness in exchange for small sweets for them. In addition, Bali is a kind of Indian enclave in the middle of Muslim Indonesia and it is here that you can safely relax on the coast, strengthening your spirit in yoga classes.

Despite the fact that the main bait of the island is its snow-white beaches together with coral landscapes located around it, with all over the world, on the island of Bali there are some more mandatory to visit places. One of them is a Barat National Park spread over 20,000. It is in it that can be seen without lattices and enclosures. All sorts of combinations of flora and fauna in the pristine wild world.

Sandy paradise of the fascinating Mauritius

Mauritius has been included in the cohort of the most beautiful places to relax. This tropical paradise, which is sometimes also called the "key to the Indian Ocean", despite its modest sizes, has more than a hundred kilometers of snow-white beaches.

It was the bright combination of turquoise waters of the lagoon, coral reefs and bizarre mountains and the reason that rest on the island ranked to the highest category. Moreover, on local beaches, it is often possible to see famous artists and billionaires, which are attracted here a high level of comfort and individual rest of the highest discharge. Local authorities try to make the resort not just the usual place of mass pilgrimage. Therefore, on the island, you will not often meet the usual budget tourist, and hitting here you will be completely confident that you will have a higher class rest in the Luxe category.

Mauritius is almost fully surrounded by reefs, so it is an ideal place to class diving and fishing. It is here that you can see and catch the very fishery that every fisherman dreams to get into your trophies - various types of marliners, a fish-sailboat and bright representatives of the family of the sharl.

Bora-Bora - Island of Lovers of Romantics

Bora Bora is the largest island among the 118 islands of French Polynesia. He carries the status of the informal capital of romantics and newlyweds and is considered a romantic and exotic place on the planet. The island, like most of his neighbors, was formed after the volcanic eruption chain and now is a mountain range with three peaks, piercing the sky over a dazzling blue lagoon.

Despite its miniature sizes (it can be driven in an hour per car), nature so generously gave the island with its beauty that he rightly proudly wears the title "Emerald in a turquoise frame with a pearl necklace - this is how it can be described, looking at him from above.
There are many entertainment on Bora-Bor - from expeditions to the "coral garden" and visiting the majestic mountains to extreme underwater swimming and diving. And one of the most interesting entertainment is feeding from the hands of local rods and sharks.

Paradise vacation on the beaches of Fernando di Norona

Fernanda Di-Noronaya The name of the archipelago, located near Brazil, and consisting of more than twenty islands. However, inhabited and accordingly, the most popular of this cohort is the largest island, which is manitis of all beach holiday lovers. In addition, these archipelago already fifteen years later in the list of UNESCO cultural heritage. Since large populations of dolphins, sea turtles and cetaceans live in its waters.

It is here that the beach of Baia Do Sancho is located, which became a real Mecca for all lovers of a seafood and firmly entered the list of the best beaches of the world. This famous crescent beach is surrounded by cliffs from all sides and in order to get to it need to go down the seventieth meters. However, this is worth it - the bay around the beach is a real natural treasure. The bay is a natural pool surrounded by frozen lava, which is always crystal clear water.

Beautiful islands with virgin nature are in the most remote corners of the Earth. Some of them get it extremely difficult, but it is worth it.

Okunosima (Japan) - Earth rabbits

This cozy uninhabited island is washed by the waters of the inner Japanese sea, his main feature is a huge number of rabbits, literally flooded a small block of land. They say, at present, no less seven hundred fluffy inhabitants live here, which very much love tourists and are in charge of them.

Once upon a time, a thousand fishermen inhabited fishermen inhabited. At the end of the XIX century, fortification fortifications were erected on its territory, then a secret military base and the plant was built on the island, which produced chemical weapons - hazardous poisonous gases. The laboratory functioned until 1945, carefully concealing its own existence of the whole world.

As soon as the Second World War ended, the plant was closed, all the equipment together with the documents were burned, and people were evacuated. Only rabbits used earlier as experimental animals remained. For many years, their population increased significantly, fluffy animals literally occupied the whole island and feel very good here.

Coconut (Costa Rica) - Island of Treasures

Aldab (Seychelles) - Lost Atoll

To one of the most beautiful atolls of the Indian Ocean, it is almost impossible to get it possible because of his impregnable rocky shore. Thanks to this isolated position and the complete absence of human life, local nature literally blossomed - Flora and the fauna of the island amazing imagination.

Currently, the atoll is declared a reserve of international importance, tourists do not happen here, but sometimes scientists sometimes appear, which conduct research and follow the order on Aldabin. On this island, such rare species of animals like a black parrot, a blue pigeon and a bat feel on this island.

The atoll bar resembles a colorful Persian carpet due to bright vegetation and exotic colors. About 130 species of beautiful tropical butterflies live here, this paradise in love with many migratory birds. Great place to relax and gain strength after long.

Enderbury Islands (New Zealand) - Penguin's deserted

This small slouch of sushi belongs to the volcanic archipelago of Auckland, stretching among the waters of the Pacific Ocean south from New Zealand. Relatively recently, scientists were discovered on the island of traces of the ancient Polynesian settlement, which existed on these lands in about the XIII-XIV century.

Currently, the island is completely uninhabited, sometimes scientists who are engaged in the study of local flora and fauna are visited. Enderbery was open to the world relatively recently - in 1806, the usual crew. This island has chosen the yellow-eyed penguins that feel very differently on the unwriting rocky shore.

In addition to them, New Zealand marine lions, Auckland chiriki and wild rabbits also live here. It is known that earlier the victims of shipwrecks were found on the island, which were then safely returned to "Greater Earth".