White cliffs, long stretches of white sand, dunes covered in Mediterranean greenery, crystal clear seas and ponds full of ‘life’. The Muravera coast is a succession of beautiful scenarios, never the same yet perfectly in tune with each other. About six kilometres from the main town in the Sarrabus area, a promontory overlooking the sea offers spectacular views of the entire nearby coast and ‘embraces’ Torre delle Saline. At first glance, the ancient fortress reveals an unusual feature: it is the only one belonging to Sardinia’s coastal defence system to have a square layout. At its base, the beach of Torre Salinas stretches to the north and obviously gets its name from the building dating back to the Spanish era. The beach is very broad, reaching a hundred metres in width in some places, and it is characterised by the ochre-golden colour of the sand. Sea lilies pop up on the dunes behind it and even further back there is thick Mediterranean scrub. The sea will surprise you with its crystal-clear waters and various shades of colour: blue alternating with green tones. The beach is never excessively crowded, thanks to its size, and it has convenient parking and refreshment areas, with the possibility of renting deckchairs and beach umbrellas.

The access road to the coast runs alongside the Saline pool behind it, one of the wetlands making up the Pools of Sarrabus complex. Birdwatching enthusiasts gather here, to observe numerous bird species: great egret and purple heron, black-winged stilt, osprey, mallard, kestrel, buzzard, Barbary partridge and, above all, the pink flamingo. A path that climbs the promontory to the right of the beach will take you to the fortress, built on three levels, probably around the mid-17th century, to protect the salt marshes and surrounding territory and to act as a lookout for the barbarian incursions that plagued the coast. The building was in visual connection with the towers of Dieci Cavalli and Capo Ferrato and underwent renovation- with the plastering of the external walls - at the beginning of the 2000s. From the tower, an enchanting landscape will open up before your eyes, with the lagoons surrounded by greenery, the elevations of the Nieddu Mannu plateau in the background and two spectacular stretches of golden sand on the sides of the promontory. To the north, the coast blends into the beach of San Giovanni and continues to the mouth of the Flumendosa. To the south, the small stretch called Cristolaxeddu makes way for the magical ‘bronze’ scenery of Colostrai and Feraxi.