Sardinia, IT

Poetto

Water Bodyocean
CountryIT
RegionSardinia

Getting There

Nearest CityQuartucciu4.9 km
Airport (CAG)Cagliari Elmas Airport11.7 km

Safety & Conditions

Shark Incidents0recorded

Sand & Geology

white

However, the result was not as successful as expected: the white, fine-grained sand was replaced by sand of a completely different color, size and consistency.

Predicted regional compositionquartz-dominant
Q 79%
QuartzFeldsparLithic

Modelled from GloPrSM v1.0.0 (IJ_QFL). Calibrated on river sand, not measured beach samples — treat as a regional signal, not a sand assay.

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Travel

Poetto Beach is Cagliari's Mediterranean sandbox—an 8-kilometer white-sand shoreline that defines how locals and visitors experience the Sardinian capital. Located just 7 kilometer...

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