Piscinas, Sandy beach in Arbus, Sardinia

Piscinas is a dune system in the municipality of Arbus, western Sardinia, where pale tan sand rises into rolling dunes about 100 metres high and extends roughly two kilometres inland from the coast. Patches of juniper, lentisk, broom and spurge grow between the dunes, and dense dark green vegetation covers the low hill behind them.

The beach sits beside former mining settlements whose operations lasted from the 19th century through the mid-20th century. This mining activity shaped the entire region and left behind abandoned sites like Ingurtosu that remain visible today.

Piscinas appears in several films and music videos: scenes of Black Stallion were shot here in autumn 1977, and Caparezza filmed Eroe in 2008. Marco Mengoni's video for Due vite was made on these dunes in 2023. The name Piscinas also belongs to a separate municipality in Sulcis, not to be confused with this one.

The beach has parking available nearby and is relatively easy to reach on foot, though it remains a natural and undeveloped location. The best conditions are found during warmer months when basic services like loungers and food options become available.

The only building at Piscinas is the mining warehouse of the Gennamari and Ingurtosu mines, declared a national monument in 1985. Ore was brought by wagon from the Brassey washing plant at Naracauli, then shipped by boat to Carloforte and on to the mainland. The hotel entrance is still the original gallery dug in the early 1800s.