Stintino Sardinia Italy
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Small cruise ships anchor offshore and tender passengers ashore, a few steps from the central lanes. The village is built around its two inlets, Porto Mannu and Porto Minori.
Yes, the village is entirely walkable from the landing. It has stayed on a human scale: low pale houses, drying nets, cafés where locals follow the comings and goings of the boats.
La Pelosa beach is the point of the call, about five kilometres from the centre, with shuttles in season. The Tonnara museum and a stroll through the village round out the day. Arriving early at La Pelosa remains the best strategy on busy days.
A shallow lagoon stretching tens of metres out, over sand of unusual whiteness, with the Pelosa tower on its islet as a backdrop. It regularly appears among the most admired beaches in Europe.
Yes, and you should know them before setting out. Access is regulated in high season, a beach mat is compulsory to protect the sand, and booking is recommended. These are not formalities: without a reservation in July or August you risk being turned away.
Because of a forced relocation. In 1885, forty-five fishing families of Ligurian descent had to leave the island of Asinara, requisitioned for a quarantine station and a penal colony. They founded this village, and their maritime heritage is still visible on every corner.
The tuna fishing museum, housed in the buildings of the former Saline trap, active until the 1970s. Vast nets, cork floats, archive photographs and recorded testimony from the last tonnarotti tell a collective story that shaped village life for close to a century.
Yes, boat excursions leave from the area to circle it or land on it, depending on available time. On a short call it is better to view it from the coast: the former prison island, now a national park where albino donkeys, mouflon and wild boar roam free, is worth admiring from a distance.
Yes. The strait between Stintino and Asinara hides stretches of clear seabed that snorkellers appreciate, in addition to the Pelosa lagoon itself.
June to September for swimming, with a clear preference for September: the light softens and the shores empty out. July and August concentrate the crowds at La Pelosa, with the access restrictions that come with them.
