With the first hint of sunshine or even just a spare long weekend, it doesn’t take much to start daydreaming about the sea.

The Capo Vaticano peninsula — the knobbly ‘bunion’ on the toe of Italy’s boot — is home to some of the country’s most spectacular beaches, with turquoise waters and sugary sands at the bottom of ...

Posidonia oceanica is a Mediterranean seagrass whose meadows act as a carbon sink, a coastal protector and a nursery for marine life. This ecosystem is under severe threat from human activities, ...