The 62 islands and islets that make up the Archipelago cover an area of 5,134 hectares, it’s sea covering an area of 15,046 hectares.  The National Park has an area – including land and sea – of 20,180 hectares. A coastline of 180 kilometers. The Maddalena Archipelago presents a wild, enchanting landscape caused by the Maestro wind.  The granite rock formations owe their shape to the wind and the sea.

The archipelago is made up of seven islands: Maddalena, the important urban center inhabited year-round; Caprera, completely uninhabited with the house of Giuseppe Garibaldi, who passed the last years of his life on the island; Santo Stefano, with a solitary vacation resort and American military base; Spargi; Budelli with its famous and one of a kind pink beach where the coral forms a pink stripe on the beach; Razzoli, characteristic for its lighthouse and Santa Maria, inhabited during the summer.

The island of Caprera can be reached by crossing the bridge that links it with Maddalena. Once there, passing through an evocative pine forest, you arrive at the house of Giuseppe Garibaldi, now a museum. The islands are comprised of often high, rocky coasts, with granite formations that are reflected on the water of the coves.

The numerous little bays, made particularly brilliant by the transparence of the depths and the granite cliffs blanketed with thick vegetation, are a treasure for the enchanting beaches with fine sand and the lapping waves of a sea of indescribable colors.

The maquis shrubland, made up of cistus, myrtle and broom shrubs, reaches the beach.