Sardinia 2001: Tour of the Island

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5 - MAJANO (UD) - 0 5 - OLBIA - 560 - Port terminal car park 6 - Ferry - Linea dei Golfi (Lloyd Sardegna) £. 220.700 for 1 camper of 7.50 m and 2 people 6/7 - SAN TEODORO - 595 - 40 minutes from Olbia - Camping S.Teodoro £. 35.400 7 - POSADA - 616 - Medieval village - Castello della Fava - Entry £. 4000 per person 7/8 - LA CALETTA - 627 - Beach - Car park on the seafront 8 - SINISCOLA - 636 - Medieval village 8 - NUORO - 685 - Museum of life and traditions – G.Deledda Museum - Car park Piazza Italia 8 - SU COLOGNE - 712 - Idyllic landscape – Visit to the springs (free) - Car park at the springs 8 - DORGALI - 740 - Ispingoli Cave - Shop visit for the women - Camper Service at the entrance to the village 8/9/10 - CALA GONONE - 757 - By boat to the Bue Marino cave £. 30.000 boat + 15.000 entry p.p. - Camper parking strictly forbidden - Camping £.

40.000 per day 10 - S.M.NAVARRESE - 825 - Sand – rocks - islets - Camper Service after the village on the left £. 25.000 10 - TORTOLI - DO NOT ENTER, VERY NARROW ROADS 10 - ARBATAX - 839 - Red porphyry cliffs at Capo Bellavista 10/11 - LANUSEI - 870 - Capital of the Ogliastro 11 - FONNI - 919 - Highest village in Sicily, skiing in winter 11 - ARITZO - 966 - At the foot of the Gennargentu 11 - LACONI - 992 - Holiday resort 11 - NURALLATO - 1003 - Water at the gardens 11/12 - BARUMINI - 1019 - Su Nuraxi nuraghe, the finest and largest in Sardinia - Entry £. 8.000 per person - Car park at the nuraghe 12 - CAGLIARI - 1121 - Chaotic city 12 - NORA - 1149 - Phoenician city - Guided tour £. 7.000 - Water at the cemetery fountain 12/13 - BITHIA - 1176 - Phoenician city on the promontory - Car park on the seafront 13 - PORTO TEULADA - 1202 13 - CALASETTA - 1270 - Car park at the port 13/14 - S.

ANTIOCO - 1292 - Archaeological museum - Car park at the port 14/15 - PORTOSCUSO - 1328 - Porto Paleddu beach - Car park at £. 5.000 per day 15 - IGLESIAS - 1353 - Cathedral, Church of S. Francesco - Parking in the side streets 15 - TEMPIO DI ANTAS - Roman building dedicated to Sardus Pater Babi – CLOSED 15 - PORTIXEDDU - 1400 - Beach - Terraced asphalt car park on a slope – WATER 15/16 - BUGGERRU - 1405 - Beach - Terraced dirt car park – WATER and showers 16 - ORISTANO - 1450 - Camper Service at the entrance to the city 16/17 - THARROS - 1506 - Phoenician, Punic and Roman city (entry £.8000 per person) - Asphalt car park 17/18 - CUGLIERI - 1541 - Beach - Camping Europa £.

30.000 per day 18/19 - BOSA MARINA - 1582 - Port - beach - Car park on the seafront 19 - BOSA - 1600 - Village centre - WATER fountain at village entrance on the left 19/20/21 - ALGHERO - 1639 - Beautiful old town - Camper parking forbidden - Camping £. 42.000 - Bus to the centre 21 - CAPO CACCIA - 1665 - Neptune's Caves (650 steps) - Entry £. 15.000 p.p. 21 - PORTO TORRES - 1706 21 - CASTELSARDO - 1737 - Car park at the marina 21/22 - BADESI - 1763 - Beach - Car park on the seafront with showers 22/23 - VIGNOLA - 1797 - Beach - Equipped area with showers £.

20.000 23 - CAPO TESTA - 1820 - Gorgeous sea - Dirt car park 23 - Santa TERESA DI GALLURA - Absolute ban on driving through and parking 23/24/25 - PORTO POZZO - 1838 - Boat trip around the islands - Camping Arcobaleno £.37.000 per day 25 - PALAU - 1850 - Seaside resort Ferry to La Maddalena, use the Tris company (costs less) - Car park at the port with WATER - Saremar £. 46.300 25 - CAPRERA - 1870 - Garibaldi's house - Ban on driving through and parking – chased away by the Forestry Guards 25/26 - LA MADDALENA - 1853 - Tour of the island km. 20 - Car park at the port - Car park on the seafront near the Touring C. village 26/27/28 - CAPO D'ORSO - 1885 - Bear-shaped rock, go at sunset - Camping Capo d'Orso £.

41.000 28 - CANNIGIONE - 1894 - Dirt car park in front of the Isuledda village 28 - BAIA SARDIGNA - 1906 - Very chic little village 28 - PORTO CERVO - IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP - Bus car park always full 28 - CALA di VOLPE - IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP 28/29 - PORTO ROTONDO - 1938 - Beach - Camping Cugnana £. 44.000 per day 29 - GOLFO DEGLI ARANCI - 1955 - Port town, car park on the seafront at the entrance to the town 29 - OLBIA - 1980 - Ferry 29/30 - PIOMBINO - 2001 - First service station 30 - MAJANO (UD) - 2534 - Vegetable garden and lawn full of weeds

These were our holidays in Sardinia in 2001; we liked them and we will certainly return, in the future, to this beautiful island. Of course everything is very subjective: what we liked may not be shared by others and vice versa. It wasn't very tiring, the daily kilometres to cover are few, the roads are two-lane and not very wide, often in the mountains with bends and hairpins; we had no major problems, except the parking and traffic bans in certain villages or towns, which, unfortunately, leave a bitter taste and a sense of anger and helplessness against those authorities who put up those much-hated signs. For the ferry we used the Linea dei Golfi; you travel on deck and can stay on the camper; if you board between Friday evening and Sunday evening you pay 50% more; since it certainly wasn't the day of our return, we didn't take a return ticket, in which case we would have saved.

We spent, for the whole holiday, £. 2.800.000, and that figure includes everything: ferries, diesel, motorways, car parks and camping, food (even the cats eat), restaurants and various.