Over 900 miles of coastline, you’ll find the best beaches in Sicily wherever the shore meets the sea. That said, you must put your smooth and sandy Mediterranean beach preconceptions aside when visiting Sicily: Many of the island’s spiagge are fashioned from salt-lashed rocks where it’s all about the glassy and intensely turquoise swim spots. If you’re lucky (or strategic), you can snag a patch of sand on the classic lidos, typically skirting the cities and towns where parasols and loungers line up with military precision.
Either way, with the temperatures warm enough for swimming from late May to early October, it’s easy to see why locals spend half the year here diving off rocky outcrops and cooling off in the dramatic blues of the Ionian, Tyrrhenian, and Mediterranean seas. From the dolce vita classics to the hidden, pebbly coves and off-the-radar spots, here are the best beaches in Sicily to seek out.
A version of this article originally appeared in Condé Nast Traveller UK.
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