Is Arutas

Cabras, Sinis Peninsula · 🇮🇹 Italy

A shore made not of sand but of tiny white and pink quartz grains, unique in the Mediterranean.

Sea temperature

~23°C in the warm season

Water

Clear green-blue

Sand

Tiny quartz grains resembling rice

Swimming

Open water, can be breezy

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

Wild protected Sinis coast near a marine reserve

Beach type

Exotic sands

Region

Europe

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Photo: Carlo Pelagalli (CC BY-SA 3.0) · source