Fine shingle is the closest you’re going to get – and, in most cases, the beach is one of smooth pebbles or rocks ... miles of island coastline are its riches. Here, we handpick the best.

Close by, Belvedere is a Blue Flag beach lined with ... beach of mainly smooth pebbles, close to the campsite of the same name with a large pool complex. Funtana itself has its own public beach ...