The entrance staff are categorical: "Ten euros per person and one umbrella per family." And "family" means anything: whether it's the "classic" parents with children, two couples of friends, or a group of university students.
At Punta Molentis, on the first day of limited capacity for people and umbrellas, the rules aren't entirely clear, but bathers are very available.
Protecting a beach that offers breathtaking scenery on a Sunday in June seems to be everyone's priority. Especially when, approaching the sea, you can still see, almost a year later , the black, carbon scars left by the disastrous fire of July 2025, which devoured 100 hectares of scrubland and dozens of cars parked in the bushes.
In reality, on this idyllic day, a few people still turn up their noses under the sun, which is already beating down at 11:00. "There are five of us crammed together under this tiny umbrella," says Giovanni Lissia , who arrived mid-morning with four schoolmates. "Paying 50 euros to make these sacrifices is probably not worth it."
Many others, however, hold the opposite opinion. Those responsible for enforcing the rules on the beach have no particular problem getting full cooperation, even when they explain that setting up the umbrella requires the lifeguard's drill to avoid damaging the beach .
"For this paradise, 10 euros might be too little," confesses an English couple who, unaware of the rules, dipped into their wallets for two loungers and an umbrella at the beach club overlooking the sea. "The only problem will be for larger families. It's not easy to shelter from the sun during the hottest hours of the day."