Punta Prosciutto

Porto Cesareo, Puglia · 🇮🇹 Italy

Powder-white sand and shallow turquoise water so vivid this dune-backed Salento strand is nicknamed the Maldives of Italy.

Sea temperature

~26°C in the warm season

Water

Caribbean-clear turquoise

Sand

Powder-white sand

Swimming

Shallow, warm and calm for a long way out

Best time to visit

Jun-Sep

Setting

Wild dunes and scrub on Salento's Ionian coast

Beach type

Tropical & turquoise

Region

Europe

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Photo: Mastrocom (CC BY-SA 4.0) · source