La Maddalena Archipelago day trip

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DoSardiniaDeparting Palau, Porto Cervo or Santa Teresa Gallura
Hala says

More than 60 islands and islets in all, seven of them main (La Maddalena, Caprera, Budelli, Santo Stefano, Santa Maria, Spargi, Razzoli), protected as a national park. Water that looks unreal in photos and unreal in person. The ferry from Palau to La Maddalena takes 20 minutes; from there, charter a small boat for the inner-archipelago route (Spargi, Budelli, Razzoli) or join a full-day cruise from Cervo or Santa Teresa. Budelli's pink beach is fully off-limits: walking on the sand and swimming inside the marked buoys are both banned, and the fine is €900. View it from the boat, outside the line. The water between Spargi and Razzoli is the stretch to see.

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From the HALA guide, reviewed August 2026.

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