Best Family Beaches in Sardinia

We rank the 31 family-friendly beaches in Sardinia. Cala Brandinchi (Italy) comes first with 4.8 / 5, followed by La Cinta Beach, La Pelosa.

The sea reaches about 24 degrees C in season, and most of these beaches are at their best from June to September. 31 of the 31 have easy access, and 10 are hidden gems.

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1Cala Brandinchi

San Teodoro, Sardinia, Italy · 4.8 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

A long bay of fine pale sand and very shallow, clear water backed by stone pines, with Tavolara island rising on the horizon.

2La Cinta Beach

San Teodoro, Sardinia · 4.7 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A long strip of soft white sand and shallow turquoise water just outside San Teodoro, with a lagoon behind it.

3La Pelosa

Stintino, Sardinia, Italy · 4.7 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A shallow white-sand lagoon facing the Torre della Pelosa at the northwest tip of Sardinia.

4Porto Giunco

Villasimius, Sardinia · 4.7 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

A wide sandy beach in the south-east of Sardinia, with an old watchtower on the headland and a lagoon behind.

5Tuerredda Beach

Teulada, Sardinia, Italy · 4.7 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

A crescent of fine pale sand and shallow turquoise water on the south coast of Sardinia, facing a small island just offshore.

6Punta Molentis

Villasimius, Sardinia · 4.6 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

A small beach of pale sand and clear shallow water near Villasimius, between low granite rocks.

7Spiaggia di Capriccioli

Capriccioli, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia · 4.6 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

Capriccioli is a small beach on the Costa Smeralda in north-east Sardinia, with fine light sand, rounded granite rocks and shallow clear water.

8Spiaggia di Notteri, Villasimius

Villasimius, Sardinia · 4.6 / 5 · Easy access · about 26 °C

Notteri is a long beach of fine white sand near Villasimius, on the south-east tip of Sardinia, with a coastal lagoon behind it where flamingos can sometimes be seen.

9Baia Sardinia Beach

Baia Sardinia, Arzachena, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia · 4.5 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Baia Sardinia is a small resort on the Costa Smeralda in north-east Sardinia, with a sheltered bay of coarse sand, granite rocks and clear water.

10Cala Cipolla

Chia, Sardinia · 4.5 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A pretty bay on the south coast of Sardinia near Chia, with soft sand, clear water and a rocky headland.

11Cala Mari Pintau, Sardinia

Mari Pintau, Quartu Sant Elena, Cagliari, Sardinia · 4.5 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

Cala Mari Pintau is a small cove of white sand and rocks on the south-east coast of Sardinia, with very clear water and low granite cliffs on either side.

12Costa Rei

Costa Rei, Castiadas, Sardinia · 4.5 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

A long beach of fine white sand and clear shallow water on the south-east coast of Sardinia.

13Is Arutas

Cabras, Sinis Peninsula, Sardinia · 4.5 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A beach on the Sinis peninsula in west Sardinia, known for sand made of tiny quartz grains in many colours that give the shallow water a clear, bright look.

14Le Bombarde Beach, Alghero

Le Bombarde, Alghero, Sardinia · 4.5 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

Le Bombarde is a bay of fine white sand north of Alghero on the north-west coast of Sardinia, with clear turquoise water and pine trees behind the shore.

15Portixeddu Beach, Buggerru

Portixeddu, Buggerru, Sud Sardegna, Sardinia · 4.5 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Portixeddu is a long beach of golden sand on the Costa Verde of south-west Sardinia, backed by tall dunes and a river mouth.

16Sa Colonia Beach

Chia, Domus de Maria, Sardinia · 4.5 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A sandy beach at Chia on the south coast of Sardinia, with a coastal lagoon behind it where pink flamingos sometimes feed.

17Spiaggia di Capo Coda Cavallo

Capo Coda Cavallo, San Teodoro, Sardinia · 4.5 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

Capo Coda Cavallo is a protected headland south of San Teodoro in north-east Sardinia, with a long curve of pale sand, red granite rocks and clear turquoise water.

18Cala Liberotto, Orosei

Cala Liberotto, Orosei, Sardinia · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

Cala Liberotto is a beach on the Orosei coast of eastern Sardinia, with fine sand and small pebbles, pine and juniper trees behind and rocks at the ends that are good for snorkelling.

19Cala Sinzias

Castiadas, Sardinia · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A wide, gently shelving bay of fine pale sand and shallow turquoise water in south-east Sardinia, with granite rocks and pines on both sides.

20Li Mindi Beach, Badesi

Li Mindi, Badesi, Sassari, Sardinia · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

Li Mindi is a wide beach of golden sand in Badesi on the north coast of Sardinia, backed by dunes and Mediterranean scrub near the mouth of the Coghinas river.

21Porto Ferro Beach

Porto Ferro, north of Alghero, Sardinia · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Porto Ferro is a beach of golden sand on the north-west coast of Sardinia, north of Alghero, set between low cliffs with an old watchtower on the headland above.

22Porto Pollo Beach, Palau

Porto Pollo, Palau, Sardinia · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Porto Pollo is a pair of bays on either side of a narrow isthmus in northern Sardinia, near Palau.

23Rena Bianca

Santa Teresa Gallura, Sardinia, Italy · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 22 °C

A pale sand beach beside the town of Santa Teresa Gallura, with clear water and granite rocks at the end of the bay.

24Santa Maria Navarrese Beach, Ogliastra

Santa Maria Navarrese, Baunei, Ogliastra, Sardinia · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

Santa Maria Navarrese is a small resort on the east coast of Sardinia, with a bay of sand and pebbles beside a Spanish watchtower and an ancient olive tree near the church.

25Solanas Beach, Sardinia

Solanas, Sinnai, Cagliari, Sardinia · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

Solanas is a long beach of fine pale sand on the south-east coast of Sardinia, with low dunes, juniper bushes and a sea that is calm and clear.

26Spiaggia di Maria Pia, Alghero

Alghero, Sardinia · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

Maria Pia is a long beach of pale sand and shallow water just north of Alghero, backed by pine trees and low dunes.

27Spiaggia Guidi, Carloforte

Carloforte, Sardinia · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

Spiaggia Guidi is a small sandy cove on the island of San Pietro, off the south-west coast of Sardinia.

28Budoni Beach

Budoni, Sardinia · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A long sweep of fine white sand and clear shallow water on Sardinia north-east coast, backed by dunes and juniper.

29Isola Rossa Beach, Sardinia

Isola Rossa, Trinita d Agultu, Sardinia · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

Isola Rossa is a small seaside village on the north coast of Sardinia, named after a red porphyry island joined to the shore, with a Genoese tower on top.

30Spiaggia del Lazzaretto

Alghero, Sardinia · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A sandy beach near Alghero on the north-west coast of Sardinia, in the sheltered Porto Conte area.

31Spiaggia del Poetto, Cagliari

Cagliari, Sardinia · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Poetto is the long city beach of Cagliari, a wide band of pale sand running for several kilometres beneath the rocky headland of the Sella del Diavolo.

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Included when access is rated Easy and the shore is sand or pink sand, which is gentler for children, then ranked by editorial score. See how we rate beaches for the full method.

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