Split has a clutch of beaches within walking distance of the old town, though most of them are small and pebbly by Dalmatian standards. Bačvice, a 10-minute walk from the harbour, is the city's main urban beach — a shallow, sandy crescent that is one of the few genuinely sandy beaches on the Dalmatian coast, famous as the home of the uniquely local ball game picigin. West of the old town, the wooded Marjan peninsula hides several quiet coves with clear water: Kašjuni is the biggest and most pleasant, backed by pines and popular with locals. Further out, Bene, at the western tip of Marjan, is good for families. For the really famous beaches, though, take a ferry: Zlatni Rat, the ever-photographed white-pebble tongue sticking out from the island of Brač, is under an hour away and widely considered one of the best beaches in Europe.