Places with the purest water, where you really want to swim

A beach holiday is such a long-awaited and alluring, for many it is a mandatory summer attribute. But so often it disappoints — you finally get to the beach, and there are crowds of people and muddy water…

But there are deserted beaches on the map with such clear water that you wonder.

Linapakan Islands, Philippines

Maldives

San Blas Islands, Panama

Cayo Coco, Cuba

Cala Macarelleta, Majorca, Spain

Xua Trench, Samoa

Crater Lake, Oregon, USA

Bak Bak Beach, Borneo

Lake in Jiuzhaigou Valley in Sichuan Province, China

Sabah, Malaysia

Jenny Lake, Wyoming, USA

Rio Sucuri, Brazil

Sirmoyu Bay

Panari Islands, Okinawa, Japan

Puerto Ayora, Galapagos

Tahoe River, Nevada, USA

Cayos Cochinos, Honduras

Primosten, Croatia

St. George, Bermuda

Hanayuma, Hawaii

Pupu Springs, New Zealand

Bay D'en-Vayu, France

Rio Azul, Argentina

Corfu, Greece

Aitutaki, Cook Islands

Pi Pi Island Don, Thailand

Playa Blanca, Colombia

Blue Lake, New Zealand

Koenigsee Lake, Germany

Verzaska River, Switzerland

Tioman Islands, Malaysia

Lake Marjorie, California, USA

Bodrum, Turkey