Spiaggia del Principe
The Aga Khan's reputed favourite: a curving, dune-backed Costa Smeralda cove off a short scrub path.
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© Gaspar Torriero, CC BY-SA 2.0 Cala Brandinchi
Warm, waist-shallow 'Little Tahiti' water and soft sand facing the hulking Tavolara island.
© trolvag, CC BY-SA 3.0 Spiaggia La Cinta
A 3km ribbon of fine white sand between a flamingo lagoon and warm, shallow, kite-friendly sea.
© Daniela M., CC BY-SA 4.0 Cala Mariolu
White pebbles and deep-blue shallows drop to a snorkeller's wall beneath sheer limestone cliffs.
© Unukorno, CC BY 4.0 Cala Goloritzé
A 143m limestone spire and stone arch soar over a pale-pebble cove of startlingly clear water.
© Tommie Hansen, CC BY 2.0 La Pelosa
Waist-deep turquoise water runs far offshore past a 16th-century watchtower over powder-white sand.
© Vid Pogacnik, CC BY-SA 4.0 Spiaggia di Su Giudeu
Big dunes, a wade-out rock islet and a flamingo lagoon on Chia's golden south-west coast.
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Spiaggia del Principe · Nearby beaches on Sardinia · 7 beaches