Stretching out on the world’s best beach won’t come easy. Baía do Sancho is accessible only by boat or via ladders descending down steep cliffs to the golden sand below. Getting to the beach, which is in Fernando de Noronha, an archipelago 220 miles off the coast of mainland Brazil, takes some doing.

But what awaits tenacious travelers is worth the effort, according to its new Tripadvisor ranking. Baía do Sancho is the world’s best stretch of shoreline for 2023, according to the travel site’s annual list of the world’s best beaches. That list includes one U.S. beach — Maui’s Ka’anapali Beach at No. 10. The beach, which boasts 3 miles of white sand and a famed cliff diving ritual at Pu’u Keka’a, or Black Rock, ranks first on Tripadvisor’s list of the top 10 U.S. beaches for 2023.

Tripadvisor’s world’s best stretch of shoreline for 2023

1. Baía do Sancho, Brazil 2. Eagle Beach, Aruba 3. Cable Beach, Broome, Australia 4. Reynisfjara Beach, Vik, Iceland 5. Grace Bay Beach, Turks and Caicos 6. Praia da Falésia, Olhos de Agua, Portugal 7. Radhanagar Beach, Havelock Island, India 8. Spiaggia dei Conigli, Sicily, Italy 9. Varadero Beach, Cuba 10. Ka’anapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii

Tripadvisor’s 2023 top 10 U.S. Beaches

1. Ka’anapali Beach, Maui, Hawaii 2. Siesta Beach, Siesta Key, Florida 3. Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia 4. Hanalei Beach, Kauai, Hawaii 5. Ho’okipa Beach Park, Maui 6. Henderson Beach State Park, Destin, Florida 7. Cannon Beach, Cannon Beach, Oregon 8. Coronado Beach, Coronado, California 9. Ogunquit Beach, Ogunquit, Maine 10. La Jolla Cove, La Jolla, California