Sardinia's La Pelosa and Tuerredda Beaches Now Require Booked Entry and Fees

If your Sardinia plans include the island's most photographed beaches, you can no longer just show up. La Pelosa in Stintino and Tuerredda in Teulada now cap daily visitors, charge a per-person fee and require an advance online reservation verified by a QR code at the sand.

What changed

La Pelosa limits admission to 1,500 people per day between May 15 and October 15, at €3.50 per person. Bookings allow up to four people, one reservation per day. Half the daily slots (500) stay open all season, while the remaining 1,000 are released two days before the visit date.

Tuerredda runs a stricter setup: 1,100 visitors per day from June 2 to October 15, at €3 per person, with up to six people per reservation. Its slots open at 8 a.m. for the next day only, so booking a week ahead isn't possible.

At both beaches, QR-code checks run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Staff scan at the access walkways, not a distant car park, and walk-ups can be turned away during peak hours. Children under 12 don't count against either cap and should not be added to the Tuerredda reservation.

What it means for nomads

If you're structuring a trip around these beaches, flip the usual order: pick your beach date first, then book accommodation. Tuerredda's next-day-only release is the tightest constraint. It effectively means setting an alarm for 8 a.m. Italy time the morning before, with the booking site open and your passport details ready. La Pelosa is more forgiving thanks to its season-long pool of 500 slots, though the 1,000 late-release slots go quickly in July and August.

Practical tips: bring the QR code on a phone that will get signal at the entrance, or screenshot it in advance. There's no way to talk past the check at the walkway.

One important caveat: these systems don't cover each other, and rules differ across the island. Beaches like Cala Mariolu and Cala Brandinchi run their own caps and time windows, so a reservation for one Sardinian beach is worthless at another. Anyone spending a stretch of remote-working weeks in Sardinia should treat each beach as a separate booking task and check its specific rules before travel.

Originally reported by Stamped Nomad.