
Mari Pintau
Quartu Sant’Elena · Cagliari
Polished pebbles and improbably blue water on the coast road to Villasimius: the Sardinian name means “painted sea”. A cap has been announced but is not yet official.
Do you need to book?
Not yet, but a cap has been announced
Until the municipality publishes the measure, access remains free. We update this page as soon as it does.
- Managed by
- Municipality of Quartu Sant’Elena
- Method and price are still to be defined officially: until the council resolution is published, access stays free.
No commission, no middleman: this link goes to the official channel of the Municipality of Quartu Sant’Elena. Be wary of sites reselling access.
Getting there
Parking
- Price
- Free
- Fills up by
- 10:00 on summer weekends
- From the car park
- 2 minutes on foot
- Coordinates
- 39.1808, 9.2833
- You park along the SP17 coast road: spaces are few and improvised parking is fined.
You cannot get there without a car
Do you need a hire car?
Mari Pintau has no useful public transport: without a car it is effectively unreachable. The nearest airport is Cagliari. In high season hire cars in Sardinia sell out weeks ahead and prices double close to the date.
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