SARDINIA - PART 2

I just discovered that I had more pictures taken in the north of Gallura and Santa Teresa di Gallura, which I would like to share with you.

This photo was taken in Santa Teresa di Gallura. It shows the busy town centre and the main road, leading to the shore.

Santa Teresa di Gallura is a lovely place by the sea and, as mentioned in my previous post, the landscape and nature in this part of Sardinia is breathtaking.


The Torre Spagnola is worth a visit and if the weather is good, you should be having a spectacular view.

After leaving Luogosanto, we headed south towards Tempio Pausania.

Every once in a while we stopped for pictures and simply just to enjoy the beautiful nature. The mountainous landscape is breathtaking and absolutely lovely.

The picture of  Nuraghe Majore, the 'cave', was taken somewhere between Cantoniera Padula and Tempio Pausania.

Just followe the brown signs to the sight. What we found is a stony small cave looking building with a curious looking entrance.

When we entered the 'cave' we noticed that something was living in there. Soon after we spotted bats all over the sealing, hanging upside down and resting.

Some of them were even flying around which was interesting to watch.

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SARDINIA - PART 1

Sardinia is an amazing place to visit.

There is so much to see and to do and I won't even start mentioning the food.

John and I travelled to Sardinia at the end of May for two weeks. The timing was great as it was not as busy as it usually gets in the summer and the accommodation prices are much lower too.

We flew with Ryanair from Edinburgh to Bergamo, near Milan, where we spent a night because the connection flight was not leaving until 6am the next day.

As soon as we arrived in Alghero (around 8.30am), we picked up our car at the airport and headed north west. The road along the coast went through some lovely villages where we stopped and took photographs.

The scenery is amazing and I could have stopped every five minutes to take a photograph of something interesting.
The first night we spent on a farm B&B, in the middle of the woods, 1.5km from Luogosanto, which is a small village in the hinterland of the Gallura.

We just wanted to stay somewhere in the nature, nice and quiet. Somewhere from where we can go walking and discover other places.





The B&B we stayed at was called Stazzi La China B&B. Have a look at their website for more information and for prices.

John and I went for a walk after we checked into the B&B. As mentioned before, it was in the middle of the woods, away from civilisation.



All we saw that evening was a tortoise (see photo) and the B&B's guard dog.


The next day we went for a drive in the northern part of Sardinia to explore the north a bit more. We only had a couple of days in the northern part but we managed to visit some towns and sites.



One of the sites we visited was the 'Necropolis Le Muri'. This is an archaeological site, dating back to 3000 B.C.


Click here for more information on sights in and around Olbia.

We also went to Santa Teresa Gallura for a day visit, where we had a lovely lunch (pasta per favore).

Sardinia is a beautiful island... the nature is breathtaking and it is almost a shame to stay in one city only. There are so many beautiful places to discover. Two weeks is not enough time to see it all, but it is enough to explore this lovely island a bit.

This is only part one of our trip so watch this space! The next post will follow shortly.

A photo album on facebook will be available at the end of the Sardinia series.

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Posts will follow soon - watch this space!