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Sardinia Beaches guide:
The Costa Smeralda, in north east Sardinia, is the best-known upmarket beach area, beautiful but costly, needless to say.
For those on a tighter budget the popular package tourist town and active fishing port of Alghero on Sardinia's north west coast is one attractive option with some excellent architecture in and around the old town, plenty of colourful fishing activity and some good beaches just north.
Alternatively try the turquoise sea and fairly unspoilt, laid-back beach of La Pelosa, near Stintino on the northwestern tip of the island.

Down south the capital of Cágliari has a popular 10km white, stretch of sand called Poetto Beach and some excellent beaches can also be found along the Costa Verde in the southwest at the exclusive resort complex of Torre dei Corsar, while Piscinas Beach - just south of Mariana di Arbus - has 3,000 acre of sand dunes known as the 'Sahara of Italy'.
Further south still the huge, deserted Scivu Beach has great natural beauty though no facilities.

Diving is a well-established activity here, especially around the Maddalena Islands off the town of Palau in north.
Transport: Some direct international flights are available as well as frequent domestic flights, or time-rich tourists have the cheaper option of ferries from many Italian ports - such as Genoa, Livorno, Naples and Palermo - as well as from France [Marseilles, Toulon] and [French] Corsica island.

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