Spiaggia Naturista di Piscinas

Piscinas is a wide, wild beach on Sardinia's Costa Verde, in the comune of Arbus, between Capo Pecora and Capo Frasca. Behind it rise some of the largest sand dunes in Europe, reaching about 100 m and stretching around 2 km inland; they are mobile and reshaped by the wind. The sand is coarse and beige, the coast faces the maestrale, and the surroundings are almost empty: the only building near the shore is a luxury hotel converted from old mine warehouses. Arbus's coastal use plan of 2010 allowed part of Piscinas to be used for naturism, and a municipal resolution then authorised naturist tourism there; FENAIT lists it among Italy's official naturist places. The area is rich in wildlife, with partridges, foxes, kestrels and buzzards, occasional deer near the stream, and loggerhead turtles nesting on June and July nights, so respect any fenced nests. Inland, the half-ruined mining village of Ingurtosu is part of Sardinia's historic and environmental geomining park.