Cala Goloritze, Sardinia
Cala Goloritze is a beach that is located in the town of Baunei, in the southern part of the Gulf of Orosei, in Ogliastra, Sardinia. The beach, one of the most redolent of Sardinia, was created by a landslide in 1962 it is famous for its high pinnacle of 143 meters above the cove. Another feature of the beach is the natural arch that opens on the right side of the bay. The beach is self-possessed of small white pebbles and sand.
Goloritze can be reached by boat, or by a path that from the Gulf reaches the cove, with a perpendicular drop of 470 meters and about an hour and a half walk. Currently summer 2007 the coast near the beach 200 m from the shore is unconditionally closed to traffic of motorboats to conserve the beach from pollution and from the assault of tourists. Goloritze was announce Natural memorial of the Region of Sardinia in 1993, and then named Italian National Monument in 1995.