Molise has 35km of Adriatic coast. It's flat, sandy, cheap, and EMPTY. Termoli (the walled old town on the promontory) is the only real coastal town. The rest: wide beaches, trabucchi, and the surreal feeling of being on an Italian coast that nobody else is on.
Sandy beaches flanking the old town promontory. Rio Vivo to the south (wider, stabilimenti). Sant'Antonio to the north (wilder). Blue Flag.
A nature reserve beach. Dunes, pine forest, no development. The wildest stretch of the Molise coast.
The southernmost beach. Wide sand, shallow, family-friendly. Basically FREE even in August.
Value alert: Molise beach hotels 40-80/night in August. The same quality beach in Puglia or Amalfi costs 3x more. Molise itinerary