The ranking was made "based on Instagram publications that use the relevant hashtag", and Costa da Caparica Beach, in Portugal, ranks 20th, with 242,961 shares on Instagram (#costadacaparica).

Positano Beach, on the Amalfi Coast, in Italy, tops the table. More than 2.8 million photos of #positano have been shared on Instagram so far. Second place goes to Cinque Terre, also in Italy, with 2,657,113 publications on the same social network. The Spanish beach of Sitges comes in third place, with almost two million publications.

Check out the list of the 20 most beautiful beaches in Europe:

1. Positano (Italy);

2. Cinque Terre (Italy);

3. Sitges (Spain);

4. Sylt Island (Germany);

5. Puerto Banus (Spain);

6. Maspalomas Beach (Spain);

7. Polignano a Mare (Italy);

8. Binzer Strand (Germany);

9. Texel (Netherlands);

10. Kristiansand (Norway);

11.Deauville (France);

12. Nerja Beach (Spain);

13. Warnemünde (Germany);

14. Etretat (France);

15. Tossa de Mar (Spain);

16. San Vito Lo Capo (Italy);

17. Südstrand (Germany);

18. Weiße Düne (Germany);

19. Durdle Door Beach (Costa da Caparica);

20. Costa da Caparica (Portugal).