Spiaggia di Porto Corallo, Mediterranean beach in Porto Corallo, Sardinia, Italy

Spiaggia di Porto Corallo is a beach along the Sardinian coast stretching about 4 kilometers with white sand mixed with pebbles and shell fragments. The turquoise water drops quickly to deeper areas as you move away from shore.

A tower from the 16th century stands near the beach as part of a defensive system against pirates who attacked the coast at that time. This structure shows how important this location was for protecting the island's inhabitants.

The name Porto Corallo refers to the coral that was once gathered in these waters off Sardinia's southeastern coast. The beach lies in the comune of Villaputzu, in the province of Cagliari, and the cove takes its name from that harvest. The red coral of the Sardinian seas was worked into jewellery, and the toponym keeps the memory of the trade.

The beach lies in the municipality of Villaputzu, on Sardinia's southeastern coast about 400 km from Rome, in a Mediterranean climate with July averages near 28 °C and February lows near 9 °C. Rain falls mostly in November, so late spring and summer are the driest months for a visit.

The source records the beach's climate: a Mediterranean type with an average annual temperature of 18 °C, July averaging 28 °C and February 9 °C, and about 801 mm of rain a year, heaviest in November. The beach lies roughly 400 km southwest of Rome, in the province of Cagliari, Sardinia.