Read on for our list of the 25 best beaches in Italy, from the mainland to the islands. With its brilliant white-sand beach set against equally white bluffs topped by an ancient village ...

For many, ‘Rabbit Beach’ — an almost circular bay, with dunes, scrub and low cliffs giving way to brilliant white sand and peacock-blue water — is Italy’s most beautiful. The only issue ...

T here are still secluded beaches, secret coves, and hidden sandy shores in Italy, albeit tricky to find. Far from the tourist crowds and built-up resorts, they remain special, largely because ...

The long stretch of sand is lined with beach clubs where cabanas provide shade and beachgoers polish off plates of spaghetti con le arselle (tiny clams native to this part of Italy) and fritto ...

Italy’s long and varied coast has served ... Laigueglia has a long sandy beach, easily accessible from the historic old town where pastel-color houses line the narrow caruggi.

Over half of Italy’s coastline is managed by private ... make sure you spend a day at this beach with fine, golden sand. It is sheltered by a wild promontory, the Punta Fetovaia, covered by ...

Sicily is blessed with endless, glorious beaches both sandy and rocky, and with the clearest of water in unimaginable shades ...

Tuul & Bruno Morandi/Getty Images On the very southern end of Sardinia, Italy’s second largest island, the Chia coast is comprised of an undulating nine miles of wide, sugar-sand beaches ...

Italy's spiagge libere (free beaches ... This is one of the largest free sandy beaches in Levanto. It features a very shallow sea bed that stretches pretty far out from the shore. It is the perfect ...

With nearly 5,000 miles of coastline, Italy and its islands are home to hundreds of beautiful beaches, though they may not be the typical sandy spots you're used to. Sure, globetrotters visit ...