Lampedusa Beaches
Latest update: 9 February 2024
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The beautiful Lampedusa beaches are almost uniformly of the highest category with bright blue sea lapping away at the corners of soft, powdery, golden sand. When you look across at the map and see the island is closer to Tunisia than it is to Sicily you may wonder why it's included here on a website about Italy.
Indeed, the proximity to Africa creates unwanted headlines for the island with immigrants using it as a stepping stone to enter Europe, an issue which detracts from what the island has to offer in terms of tourism. Whilst the political issues don't seem to be going away any time soon, the island continues to welcome lots of visitors. |
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Lampedusa is a favourite holiday spot for Italians, particularly into the later months of the season such as October, as the temperatures are still high and the sunshine is almost guaranteed. Along with that, it has one of the best beaches in the world and one that regularly wins awards. That beach is Spiaggia dei Conigli or Rabbit Beach, but it's just one of a dozen or so lovely beaches on the island.
Other beaches such as Cala Guitgia and Cala Croce would attract a lot more attention if they didn't have such a famous neighbour. You could say it's a bit like parking your fancy Mercedes next to a Ferrari and it's always the latter which will get the attention.
There are lots of myths about what a visit to Lampedusa entails but as soon as you get there, you find something quite different to what is perhaps portrayed in the media. Of course there is the big political issue to deal with but Italians come here in their droves, plonk themselves on the beach for a week and lap up the sunshine.
There's one main town which is close to the airport and that town has a port from which it's possible to sail to the Sicilian mainland town of Porto Empedocle. Apart from that, it's a small island of rugged terrain which nature has shaped into something quite beautiful.
Other beaches such as Cala Guitgia and Cala Croce would attract a lot more attention if they didn't have such a famous neighbour. You could say it's a bit like parking your fancy Mercedes next to a Ferrari and it's always the latter which will get the attention.
There are lots of myths about what a visit to Lampedusa entails but as soon as you get there, you find something quite different to what is perhaps portrayed in the media. Of course there is the big political issue to deal with but Italians come here in their droves, plonk themselves on the beach for a week and lap up the sunshine.
There's one main town which is close to the airport and that town has a port from which it's possible to sail to the Sicilian mainland town of Porto Empedocle. Apart from that, it's a small island of rugged terrain which nature has shaped into something quite beautiful.
Spiaggia dei Conigli, Lampedusa
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Cala Guitgia, Lampedusa
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Cala Croce, Lampedusa
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Cala Francese, Lampedusa
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Cala Madonna, Lampedusa
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Cala Pisana, Lampedusa
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Cala Maluk, Lampedusa
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Sciatù Persù, Lampedusa
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Cala Creta, Lampedusa
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Cala Galera, Lampedusa
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Cala Uccello, Lampedusa
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