A breath taking view named after the extraordinary particularity of the porphyry cliffs that rise from the sea. The Red Rocks Bay opens to the east of the Arbatax port, a tourist neighbourhood of Tortolì, with a background of white rocks and tall red granite boulders. Their reflection give the water an ever changing colour around emerald green. This is where the final scene of cult film by Lina Wertmuller, Swept Away (1974), was shot. The overall combination is unique in the world, although other red porphyry cliffs dot the Ogliastra coast, such as is Scoglius Arrubius, two stacks twenty metres tall, symbol of the magnificent Cea beach, a few kilometres to the south.
The porphyry boulders are a great attraction for experienced divers. Open sea faces the “red” little beach. Behind the Red Rocks lies stupendous Cala Moresca, named after the Saracen pirates (is morus) who pillaged the coast in the 8th century. The beach has a clear flatbed, granite rocks, golden sand and lush vegetation around the cove. Only a few kilometres away, other unmissable beaches: Lido di Orrì, 16km of coast made up of little coves and deserted beaches, including Cala Ginepro, San Gemiliano and Cea, a tropical paradise more than one kilometre long, part of the territories of Tortoli and Barisardo.
Fondazione Sardegna Film Commission
Via Malta 63 — 09124 Cagliari
Phone: +39 070 2041961
Email: filmcommission@regione.sardegna.it
