Poetto

Cagliari, Sardinia · 🇮🇹 Italy

Cagliari's eight-kilometre city strand, a summer-long parade of kiosks, kitesurfers and flamingo-filled salt pans.

Sea temperature

~25°C in the warm season

Water

Shallow, gentle blue

Sand

Long pale golden sand

Swimming

Shallow and calm along its whole eight-kilometre run

Best time to visit

May-Oct

Setting

Cagliari's lively city beach below the Sella del Diavolo headland, lined with kiosks

Beach type

City & resort

Region

Europe

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Photo: Mprieur (CC BY-SA 3.0) · source