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Sardinia’s Fertilia to Barcelona
On our last morning walk in Fertilia, we discover Porto Conte Natural Park’s Arenosu area. There’s an 11.6 kilometres cycle and walking trail around three mountains, under the umbrella pines. A noticeboard gives us simple exercises to maintain flexibility. I immediately do as I’m told but Seán skedaddles off in horror. The ground beneath the…
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Alghero and Fertilia
Alghero on Sardinia’s north west coast is a favourite. A fortified town, its ramparts rise up from the sea. Its Catalan influence dates from the king of Aragon’s rule. A heady blend of Italy, Sardinia and Catalonia. A sunset of violets and pinks viewed from the ramparts not to be missed. The streets wind, the…
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Nora’s Natural Wonders
Nora Lagoon Nora’s Phoenician site lies east of Cagliari, on Sardinia’s south coast. Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Romans have come and gone here. We park in Nora’s camper stop, by sea and lagoon, hazy mountains in the distance. Archaeological Site We peep over the rope at the Roman mosaic floor, take in the columns by the…
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Sardinia – Nuoro to Cala Gonone
There’s nothing better than reading a book set where you’re travelling. We love Grazia Deledda’s autobiography, Cosima. It paints a wonderful picture of growing up in Ogliastra’s inland town of Nuoro at the turn of the 20th Century. In it the life of shepherds and farmers, mountains, myths and women come alive. The first woman…
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Sardinia – Nuoro to Cala Gonone
There’s nothing better than reading a book set where you’re travelling. We love Grazia Deledda’s autobiography, Cosima. It paints a wonderful picture of growing up in Ogliastra’s inland town of Nuoro at the turn of the 20th Century. In it the mountains, the people, the flora and the environment come vividly alive. The first woman…
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Sardinia’s Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia, an unassuming village on the east coast of Sardinia, is a feast for the senses. Again, it’s a place that we say we’ll stay a night and end up staying five. Sand and surf The beach stretches five kilometres north to Posada, the neighbouring town. Each morning we join the locals who exercise…
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Sardinia – Sta. Teresa de Gallura to Arzachena
Sta. Teresa de Gallura La Liccia Campsite, outside Sta.Teresa de Gallura, the northern tip of Sardinia, is a lotus-eater sort of place. You enter, you think you’ll stay one night, you end up staying five. From the perfect fritto misto, where the batter is crisp and the fish succulent, to the giant butterflies that…
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Farewell Corsica, Hello Sardinia
Bonifacio Port As we arrive at the Port for the hour crossing to Sardinia’s St. Teresa Gallura, a man in an orange jumpsuit indicates vaguely towards the sea. At this point I decide that he’s not a port worker at all, but an imposter, but he’s pretty insistent so we find ourselves precariously perched on…
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St. Florent to Galéria
St. Florent’s Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta We love the blue bay and rugged headland from St. Florent’s 15th Century Citadel, built by the Genoese and bombarded by Nelson. The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta is a kilometre walk east. A simple, limestone building, it’s surrounded by meadows on the site of Roman Nebbium. Even…
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Corsica’s St. Florent
Biguglia – Dian’Arte On our way to St. Florent, we detour – just because we can – to the Dian’Arte sculpture museum, showcasing the work of Gabriel Diana. We stroll around bronzes of Corsica’s emblematic moor’s head, men and women, stretched as if elastic, a rusting globe topped with a tree of human figures, a…
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