Is Arutas
A beach of small, rounded quartz grains in white, pink and green on the Sinis peninsula, inside the Penisola del Sinis, Isola di Mal di Ventre marine protected area. Taking the quartz is banned, and the Comune di Cabras fines people caught carrying it away.
WhatBeach, CabrasSardinia
WhenJune to October18° in Nov
Getting there Car
CostPublic shoreFree
AccessTaking the quartz sand is banned and fined
- 14°J
- 14°F
- 14°M
- 15°A
- 18°M
- 21°J
- 24°J
- 25°A
- 23°S
- 21°O
- 18°N
- 16°D
Expect the sea at about 25 °C in August and 14 °C in January, going by the 1991 to 2020 averages. The swimming season runs from June to October.
Getting in
- Access
- About 14 km from Cabras on the Sinis peninsula, between Punta Is Arutas to the south and Su Bardoni to the north. Bilingual signs at the beach ban taking sand, and Cabras volunteers patrol the Sinis beaches in summer. Inside the Area Marina Protetta Penisola del Sinis, Isola di Mal di Ventre. Taking the quartz sand is banned and fined (the comune's police fined two groups EUR 1,000 each in August 2023); smoking banned on the beach outside marked smoking areas.
- Parking
- Paid municipal parking at the beach in season (Comune di Cabras ran it from 21 May to 2 November in 2025).
Cost and facilities
- Entry
- Free, public shore
- Official site
- sardegnaturismo.it
- Facilities
- Parking