Elba · Cavo North coast 42.867083 N · 10.419255 E
Spiaggia
di Frugoso
Cavo's second beach · its own extra cove · the other half of the Cavo trick
Logged on the ground · July 2026
Getting there and parking
Frugoso sits on the north coast of Cavo, past the clifftop bar between the two main beaches. We haven't logged separate details on getting there and parking for Frugoso yet — for now what we noted for Cavo applies, but we haven't checked whether it's exactly the same spaces.
- Parking open Not logged separately yet.
- Walk from Cavo ≈ 5 min On foot, past the clifftop bar.
- Ground open Not logged yet.
- Shade open Not logged yet.
GPS for the beach: 42.867083, 10.419255. As a rough landmark, the kiosk "Il Chioschetto", Via Capo Castello, 57038 Cavo LI is nearby — that's the name of the kiosk on site, not of the beach.
Wind
Wind rule: still open
Like Cavo, Frugoso sits on the island's outermost northeast tip — the same geometric edge case where our calculation returns no stable values. All we know is that Frugoso and Cavo face the wind differently — which direction belongs to which beach, we don't know yet.
- All directions: not yet assessed
A visible gap beats a guessed figure.
The other half of the Cavo trick
When the wind is on Cavo — choppy, windy — a roughly 5-minute walk gets you here, where it's usually calm. And the other way round.
Frugoso also has its own small extra cove, a few metres' walk away, where you can sometimes lie completely alone. We haven't logged the exact location or name of this cove yet.
Food and drink
We haven't checked whether the clifftop bar between Cavo and Frugoso also counts as the towel-reachable bar from here — the price index stays open for that reason. We're not aware yet of any supply options right on Frugoso itself.
Our verdict
[verdict to follow]