--- title: TripAdvisor Top 10 Islands 2015: Turks and Caicos, Maui, Santorini description: According to TripAdvisor canonical: https://time.com/3831579/top-10-islands-tripadvisor/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-22T17:25:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:19:00.146Z og:title: These Are the Top 10 Islands to Explore in 2015 og:description: According to TripAdvisor og:url: https://time.com/3831579/top-10-islands-tripadvisor/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05d47d36ad0afbd1/6987ec578e0601dbaf45e432/93490157.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 93490157 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are the Top 10 Islands to Explore in 2015 twitter:description: According to TripAdvisor twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05d47d36ad0afbd1/6987ec578e0601dbaf45e432/93490157.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Are the Top 10 Islands to Explore in 2015 by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 22, 2015 5:25 PM UTC  A beautiful day looking out onto the jetty in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos A beautiful day looking out onto the jetty in Providenciales, Turks and CaicosJustin Goode—Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 22, 2015 5:25 PM UTC Are you sick of being landlocked? And on the lookout for a vacation spot? You may want to consider one of the [top 10 islands ](http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-Islands-cTop-g1)in the world. TripAdvisor created this list, which is part of its annual [Travelers’ Choice Awards](http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice), by assessing millions of reviews written by globetrotters around the world. Snagging the top spot is Providenciales, an island in Turks and Caicos. [Known locally](http://www.lonelyplanet.com/turks-and-caicos/caicos-islands/providenciales) as Provos, it’s considered the tourism capital of Turks and Caicos, known mostly for its gorgeous white-sand beaches. Here’s the full list of the best islands to visit this year: 1. Providenciales, Turks and Caicos 2. Maui, Hawaii 3. Roatan, Honduras 4. Santorini, Greece 5. Ko Tao, Thailand 6. Madeira, Portugal 7. Bali, Indonesia 8. Mauritius, Africa 9. Bora Bora, French Polynesia 10. Fernando de Noronha, Brazil Find out more — and check out some gorgeous photos — [over at TripAdvisor.](http://www.tripadvisor.com/TravelersChoice-Islands) _Read next:_ [_These Are the Best Flight Search Tools_](http://time.com/3831309/flight-search/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3831579/top-10-islands-tripadvisor/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3831579/top-10-islands-tripadvisor/"},"headline":"These Are the Top 10 Islands to Explore in 2015","datePublished":"2015-04-22T17:25:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:00.146Z","description":"According to TripAdvisor","url":"https://time.com/3831579/top-10-islands-tripadvisor/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Travel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05d47d36ad0afbd1/6987ec578e0601dbaf45e432/93490157.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt05d47d36ad0afbd1/6987ec578e0601dbaf45e432/93490157.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"93490157","caption":"93490157","creditText":"Justin Goode—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3831579/top-10-islands-tripadvisor/","name":"These Are the Top 10 Islands to Explore in 2015"}}]}] ```