Lu Bagnu

Lu Bagnu is the seaside hamlet of Castelsardo, a few kilometres west along the Gulf of Asinara, where one of the coast's rare sandy coves opens between stretches of tall red trachyte cliff. Fine cream sand and shallow clear water meet the working-village backdrop.

Why it matters

This shore is one of the few sandy interruptions along a coast otherwise defined by high red trachyte cliffs. The beach lies about two and a half kilometres from Castelsardo, facing the open gulf rather than the castle promontory. Its shallow water and services in the surrounding hamlet distinguish the cove from the more isolated stretches of coast.

What to notice

Fine cream-coloured sand meets clear water, where flat rocks break the surface along the cove. Rock formations edged with greenery frame the cove. Nearby Punta La Capra has a natural pool formed by the meeting of rock and sea. The setting is a genuine frazione — houses, promenade and services — not a remote cove.

Context and history

The regional portal records that the hamlet historically served as the sea outlet for Tergu, an inland village with a Romanesque church of red trachyte and white limestone; that working connection, not tourism, first bound this shore to the coast around Castelsardo.