A former tuna-fishing village at Sardinia's northwestern tip, famous for La Pelosa beach.
Its shallow turquoise lagoon shelves so gently it seems to glow, watched over by an Aragonese tower with the island of Asinara on the horizon.
When to visit Stintino
Average highs and lows across the year.
What to see first
La Pelosa Beach
Stintino's capped-entry turquoise lagoon beneath its 16th-century Aragonese tower.
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