bottle digging
Southern Europe
65 researched sites10 legal to collect
A Coruna: Playa de los Cristales (look only)Tidal foreshore · Prohibited, look only
›Algarve: Benagil cave covesTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Almunecar: Puerta del Mar pebblesTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Amalfi Coast: Minori beach shingleTidal foreshore · Open
›Baiona: Cabo Silleiro glass coveTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Bar: Topolica seafront at old Pristan quarter, MontenegroTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Barcelona: Badalona / Pont del PetroliTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Bay of Naples: Castellammare seafrontTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Bilbao: Azkorri beach, GetxoTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Bordeaux: Garonne foreshore (eyes only)Riverbank · Restricted
›Cadiz Bay: Playa de la Muralla, El PuertoTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Calais: Plage de SangatteTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Capri: Marina Piccola gravelTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Cartagena, Spain: naval harbourTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Chania: Venetian harbour, CreteTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Corfu: Venetian old harbourTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Elba: Spiaggia dell'Innamorata, CapoliveriTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Genoa: Vernazzola fishing-village shingleTidal foreshore · Open
›Granville: Plat de Gousset shingleTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Heraklion: Venetian harbour, CreteTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Herceg Novi: Skver shingle below old town, MontenegroTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Korcula: Luka Korculanska coves by old town, CroatiaTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Lanzarote: Puerto del Carmen old-town shoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Laxe: Praia dos Cristais (look only)Tidal foreshore · Prohibited, look only
›Le Havre: Dollemard cliff-foot rubble beachTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Liguria: Alassio-Finale groyne shingleTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Lisbon: Cais das Colunas sand pocketsTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Lisbon: Cruz Quebrada-Caxias Tagus foreshoreTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Livorno (Leghorn): free-port canalsTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Malaga: old-port foreshoreTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Malta: Sliema rocky foreshore (strict)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Marseille: Malmousque / Bain des Dames covesTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Mesquer: Plage de Sorlock (south Brittany)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Murano: Faro foreshore (Venice lagoon)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Murano: Sacca San Mattia glass-waste island (off-limits)Old dump ground · Prohibited, look only
›Nafplio: first-capital harbourTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Nantes: Trentemoult Loire foreshoreRiverbank · Gray area
›Naxos: Grotta beach, Greece (surface only)Tidal foreshore · Restricted
›Nice: Promenade des Anglais shingleTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Palermo: La Cala old harbourTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Patras: Peloponnese currant portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Peniche: fortress shoreTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Piraeus: port of AthensTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Porto: Foz do Douro / Afurada mouthTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Pula: Valkane Bay shingle, CroatiaTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Rhodes: Elli beach, GreeceTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Rijeka: Kvarner Bay coves, CroatiaTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Risan: ancient Rhizon waterfront, MontenegroTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Rome: Tiber embankment banks (eyes only)Riverbank · Restricted
›Rouen: tidal Seine foreshore (eyes only)Riverbank · Restricted
›Saint-Malo: Eventail / Bon-Secours shingleTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Santander: Cantabrian bay frontTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Seville: Guadalquivir & ArenalRiverbank · Restricted
›Split: Matejuska fishermen's harbour, CroatiaTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Syracuse: Cala Rossa, OrtigiaTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Syros (Ermoupoli): 19th c. main Greek portTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Tarragona: Roman-port foreshoreTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Thessaloniki: Ottoman waterfrontTidal foreshore · Restricted
›Tivat: Belane shore by former Arsenal, MontenegroTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Trieste: Barcola shingle (Austro-Hungarian port)Tidal foreshore · Gray area
›Ulcinj: Valdanos cove, MontenegroTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
›Valencia: Grao port & old bedTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Vasto Marina old landing shore, AbruzzoTidal foreshore · Gray area
›Vigo: Ria de Vigo fishing portTidal foreshore · Permission required
›Zadar: Kolovare beach below old town, CroatiaTidal foreshore · Legal to collect
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