Baia Chia

Location

Chia
Italy
38° 53' 4.3872" N, 8° 51' 50.0652" E
IT
General info: 

Baia Chia with its silky sand, up to 30 meter-high white dunes and crystalline, turquoise-hued water is reminiscent of an idyllic Caribbean beach. The bay is bordered by majestic, age-old junipers and a few stone traces of the Phoenician city of Bithia whose site Baia Chia now occupies. And if it’s your lucky day, you might catch a glimpse of dolphins and, on the lake, flamingos. Chia is also a wonderful venue for windsurfers because the winds blow just the right way. On this lovely bay there is also a nice restaurant, Dune di Campana, where you can enjoy the aromatic Mediterranean maquis.

Getting there: 

The beach is located about 1,5km from center of Setti Ballas. You can walk or go by car along road Viale Spartivento to reach the beach.

Interesting places nearby

A small ski centre, purpose built in 1959, with a huge amount of cross-country ski terrain accessed from it. Facilities are limited, but this is a rare opportunity to discover an under-developed French ski centre.

Built at 1800 metres high, in the heart of the Catalan Pyrenees, between France and Spain, Font-Romeu offers a scenic view over the surrounding mountain ranges which rise up to more than 2900 metres.

The snowy mountains of Brembo Ski realized the perfect combination of sport and nature: stay on snow is a timeless emotion and the ski scope develop between scenarios of extraordinary beauty.

BASE: 5577ft
SUMMIT: 7874ft
VERTICAL DROP: 2296ft

NO. OF. LIFTS: 7
Gondolas: 0
Chairs: 2
Surface: 5

Full service ski centre with snow-making on the piste and natural ice rink, discothèque and eight hotels ranging up to three-star.

BASE: 2952ft
SUMMIT: 5741ft
VERTICAL DROP: 2788ft

For those keen on winter sports, the private://Corno alle Scaleprivate:// offers 36 kms of beaten tracks able to satisfy all needs, with snow assured by a system of ad advanced technology on programmed snow.