# Sardinian capped beaches, ranked by scarcity

> Four Sardinian beaches cap arrivals in 2026, from 1,500 places a day at La Pelosa down to 250 at Cala Goloritzé. Ranked by how hard each one is to get.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

Four Sardinian beaches ran a published cap and a compulsory booking in 2026, and ranked by how many places exist they are La Pelosa at 1,500 a day, Tuerredda at 1,100, Cala Mariolu at 700 sea landings and Cala Goloritzé at 250 people at a time.

## The criterion: a number in an ordinance, not a rumor

A beach qualifies here because a comune has fixed a cap by ordinance for the 2026 season and named the site where you book. Beaches that the press describes as crowded, or that circulate with unofficial numbers attached, are not on this page.

The ranking is by scarcity, not by cap size alone, because the two are not the same thing. A beach with 1,500 places released two days ahead behaves differently from one with 1,100 places released the evening before, and the release window decides your odds more than the cap does.

## Ranked by how hard a place is to get

| Rank | Beach | Places | Fee | Booking window |
|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| 1, hardest | Cala Goloritzé, Baunei | 250 at a time | 7.00 euro | 3 days ahead, midnight |
| 2 | Cala Mariolu, Baunei | 700 sea landings | 2.00 euro | until 7:00 am on the day |
| 3 | Tuerredda, Teulada | 1,100 a day | 3.00 euro | 8:00 am the day before |
| 4, easiest | La Pelosa, Stintino | 1,500 a day | 3.50 euro | 500 anytime, 1,000 two days ahead |

Read the last column, not the third. La Pelosa sits at the bottom of this ranking despite being the most famous of the four, because it is the only one where a place can be secured months in advance, and that single design choice makes it the one a fixed itinerary can survive.

Cala Goloritzé comes first for the opposite reason: 250 people, a window that opens at midnight three days out, and no way to arrive except on foot.

## The four release times are the whole planning problem

Nothing about one system predicts another. La Pelosa releases 500 of its 1,500 daily places at any time in the season and the remaining 1,000 two days before at 9:00 am. Tuerredda puts its entire allocation online at 8:00 am on the day before. Cala Goloritzé opens three days ahead at midnight. Cala Mariolu accepts bookings until 7:00 am on the morning of the visit.

Four portals, four alarms. La Pelosa and Tuerredda each run their own municipal site, spiaggialapelosa.it and spiaggiatuerredda.it, while the two Baunei coves run through the Heart of Sardinia platform.

The season dates differ too: La Pelosa from May 15 to October 15, 2026, Tuerredda from June 2 to October 15, Cala Mariolu from May 1 to October 20. For Cala Goloritzé our sources give a booking rule but no season, so treat the regime as year round until the comune says otherwise.

## The one that is a hike, not a beach day

Cala Goloritzé admits 250 people at once on a 7 euro ticket, free for under-fives and Baunei residents, in two bands: 7:30 am to 5:00 pm or 12:00 to 5:00 pm. Boats may not land.

The approach is 3.6 km each way with about 500 m of height difference, around an hour and a half down and two hours back up. That climb, in the afternoon, is the reason to buy the early band rather than the cheaper-feeling half day. Anyone comparing this cove with the other three on price alone has misread what they are buying.

## The one you can legally skip the queue for

Cala Mariolu counts 700 landings from the sea a day, and its 2 euro contribution is owed only by people arriving by boat. Reach it overland, where the path is open, and you pay nothing and book nothing.

This is the single most useful exception on the page, and it is the one most often lost in translation. The same booking system also covers Cala Luna, Cala Biriola, Cala dei Gabbiani and Su Sirboni, so a boat itinerary along that coast may need several entries at once.

## If everything is full

There is no waiting list and no central overflow. What exists is La Pelosa's second tranche, 1,000 places two days out at 9:00 am, which is the only predictable second chance among the four.

Beyond that, the answer is a different beach: no other Sardinian shore in our verified sources runs a cap, so the constrained coast is a short list rather than a general condition. The full rules for each system, portal by portal, are set out on [the four booking systems page](/nature/spiagge-sardegna-con-prenotazione).

## FAQ

### Which capped Sardinian beach is hardest to get into?

Cala Goloritzé, at 250 people at a time on a 7 euro ticket, with the booking window opening only three days ahead at midnight. It is also the only one of the four you can reach solely on foot, since landing from a boat is banned.

### How far ahead can I book a Sardinian beach?

It depends entirely on the beach. La Pelosa is the only one bookable months ahead, and only for 500 of its 1,500 daily places. Tuerredda opens one day ahead, Cala Goloritzé three days ahead, Cala Mariolu on the morning itself.

### Which capped beach is the cheapest?

Cala Mariolu, at 2 euro for a single cove or 3 euro for a multi-cove itinerary, and free if you walk in. Tuerredda charges 3 euro, La Pelosa 3.50 euro and Cala Goloritzé 7 euro, which is more than double the next one.

### Can I turn up at these beaches without booking?

Not inside the regulated season. La Pelosa, Tuerredda and Cala Goloritzé check a QR code on arrival, and Cala Mariolu closes bookings at 7:00 am on the day of the visit. The single exception is arriving at Cala Mariolu on foot, where the path is open.

### How many people can visit these four beaches in a day?

1,500 at La Pelosa, 1,100 at Tuerredda, 700 landings by sea at Cala Mariolu and 250 at a time at Cala Goloritzé. Only La Pelosa's figure is a straightforward daily headcount; the other three each count something slightly different.

## Sources

| Fact | Source | Confidence | Valid until |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'accesso alla spiaggia La Pelosa di Stintino e' contingentato dal 15 maggio al 15 ottobre 2026 a 1.500 persone al giorno, con prenotazione obbligatoria sull'unico portale autorizzato spiaggialapelosa.it e contributo di 3,50 euro a persona; i bambini sotto i 12 anni non prenotano e non pagano, si possono prenotare al massimo 4 posti per volta e il QR code va esibito fra le 8:00 e le 18:00. Sulla spiaggia e' vietato stendere l'asciugamano senza stuoia sotto, fumare, portare cani e asportare sabbia. | [Comune di Stintino - portale ufficiale spiaggia La Pelosa](https://spiaggialapelosa.it/) | medium | 2027-05-14 |
| La spiaggia di Tuerredda, nel comune di Teulada, e' a numero chiuso dal 2 giugno al 15 ottobre 2026 con 1.100 posti al giorno e un contributo di 3 euro a persona; si prenota su spiaggiatuerredda.it a partire dalle 8:00 del giorno precedente, i minori non prenotano e il QR code viene controllato fra le 8:00 e le 18:00. | [Comune di Teulada](https://comune.teulada.su.it/novita/spiaggia-di-tuerredda-servizio-di-prenotazione-del-posto-in-spiaggia-estate-2026/) | medium | 2027-05-31 |
| A Cala Mariolu, nel comune di Baunei, dal 1 maggio al 20 ottobre 2026 sono ammessi 700 sbarchi al giorno dal mare; il contributo e' di 2 euro per una singola cala e 3 euro per un itinerario con piu' cale, e' obbligatorio solo per chi sbarca via mare e va prenotato entro le 7:00 del giorno stesso sulla piattaforma Heart of Sardinia. Chi arriva via terra, dove consentito, non paga. | [Heart of Sardinia (gestore del sistema di prenotazione per il Comune di Baunei)](https://heartofsardinia.com/spiagge-prenotabili/cala-mariolu) | medium | 2027-04-30 |
| L'accesso a Cala Goloritze', nel comune di Baunei, e' limitato a 250 persone in contemporanea con prenotazione obbligatoria sulla piattaforma Heart of Sardinia, che apre tre giorni prima a mezzanotte; il ticket costa 7 euro ed e' gratuito per i minori di 5 anni e per i residenti di Baunei. Si arriva solo a piedi: il sentiero e' lungo 3,6 chilometri con circa 500 metri di dislivello, un'ora e mezza in discesa e due ore in salita, e lo sbarco in spiaggia dalle imbarcazioni e' vietato. | [Heart of Sardinia (gestore del sistema di prenotazione per il Comune di Baunei)](https://heartofsardinia.com/spiagge-prenotabili/cala-goloritze); [Comune di Baunei](https://www.comunedibaunei.it/it/novita/page/ufficio-turistico-recapiti-utili-2) | high | 2027-05-31 |

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