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A pearl in the Mediterranean Sea Long uninhabited, despite its ancient geological origin, Sardinia has preserved its own freshness, capturing the gaze and admiration of many who, in the flow of centuries, irresistibly attracted by the geographical position, the heart of the western Mediterranean, have made it the object of the most different designs: the Phoenicians followed by Carthaginians, the Romans afterwards, the Byzantines, the Spanish and the Piemontese. The beaches of Sardinia, running after one another in the almost 2000 kilometres of coast, sometime interrupted by rocky formations and port constructions, frame real paradise-like corners. They are places of incredible enchantment and captivating views of kaleidoscopian beauty. On the eastern side as on the western one, to the north as to the south, Sardinian coasts make a charming sequence of pastel blue waters alternating with the emerald sea, while candid shores give way to stretches of golden sand or to cliffs carved by time. The beaches of Sardinia may appear savage at times, and at times mundane, but nonetheless they create a special frame for a holiday in the island, a mosaic full of colours and unforgettable shades.

Uncontaminated oases Dotted along the coastline of Sardinia, the protected marine areas are under the governance of the natural heritage trust, numbering among the European sites of natural beauty and keeping an unaltered ecosystem to be explored and discovered. Islands in the island surround the coasts of Sardinia, appearing whilst travelling on the waters or as an outline on the horizon from some bay of the mother island. Isolated or grouped together in archipelagos, sometimes garnished with little islets, the small islands of Sardinia are many and fascinating.

Sardinia is Italy\'s second largest island and the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It\'s also a geographical and political region of Italy, famed for its beautiful beaches and fascinating history. Over many centuries it\'s survived countless invasions by the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Arabs, Byzantines, and local festivals on the island still reflect the long-lasting impact of those cultures. Numerous prehistoric castles, villages, temples and tombs dot the countryside, and with its perfect weather, tourists arrive in droves, most using the dependable ferry service from the Italian mainland.

Spread out all along the coastline of Sardinia, the tourist harbours welcome and entertain sailors, inviting them to discover the wonder of the Sardinian towns, or simply to stop beneath the stars during long trips. These lay-outs, set in natural sceneries, have now for many years, begun to equip themselves with numerous services and facilities. The technical necessities for the supply of fuel or nautical equipment are, in fact, satisfied in almost all the tourist harbours on the island.

February - November

The question is how to get to Sardinia?? Based on how much time you have got, you can either fly in or arrive to Sardinia by ferry. Getting a flight to Sardinia is easy in the summer. With the very modern Costa Smeralda airport, situated in the central part of Olbia, on the North-east coastline of Sardina, it is so stress-free to rent a car, jump on a train or a coach or just simply hire a taxi to bring you to your selected destination. The Sardinia luxury villas on the North-east coast are all not far from Olbia. Easyjet links Olbia to Berlin, Milan Malpensa, London Gatwick, Lyon, Paris Orly, Basel and additionally Geneva and the low cost air carrier company Jet2.com takes you to Olbia in Sardinia from Leeds and Edinburgh each and every Saturday during the summer. Olbia is connected by flight with all countries in Western Europe. Just simply Google Costa Smeralda airport to check out your flight. If you have the time - there is no more desirable way to arrive to Sardina than on a boat across the Mediterranean Sea. The white beautiful beaches and the crystal clear turquoise waters surrounding Sardinia is an encouraging greeting that switches on you holiday mood from the first second. You can reach Sardinia by ferry from main land Italy or from Barcelona in Spain, or even from Bonifacio in Corsica. From mainland Italy you can sail to Olbia in Sardinia from Civitavecchia, Genoa, Livorno, Napoli and Piombino. You can in addition arrive to Sardinia from Palermo and Trapani in Sicily - but these particular ferries sail into Cagliari on the South end of the island. The ferryboat from Barcelona in Spain arrives into Porto Torres on the North-west side of Sardinia. This ferry crossing takes a little more than 12 hours. It departs from Barcelona in the evening hours and arrives in Sardinia between 10 and 11 the next morning.

Ogliastra is scarcely populated, in particular the interior; help is not always easily found, and there remain large patches of land where mobile-phone coverage is inexistent (e.g. at the bottom of sheltered valleys). Terrain, despite the lack of high elevations, is generally rugged and steep; this, in combination with heat and lack of water, can quickly lead to disaster. Beware! Summer is hot and the sun quite strong; the usual precautions to avoid heatstroke and sunburns apply. From May to September, water scarcity in the country is a serious problem. Always take a lot of water with you (especially so when hiking), even if you plan a short trip; bringing along fresh watery fruit (such as peaches) is also helpful. While tap water is generally (but not always) safe, it is recommended to buy bottled mineral water; remember that sweating implies loss of water and of mineral salts.

One of the many possibilities to have a holiday in south Sardinia is that to dedicate yourself to sport. You can be in family, alone or with friends, of sure in the south Sardinia you can find an immense choice of occasions, and above all of structures dedicated to the more various sports, thanks to the variety of the landscape that allows to pass from surf to trekking, from excursion to horse to diving. The Sardinia sport is an ideal way to know the beauties of the island, to dip itself in its surprising and fascinating nature. An out of the common run proposal of Sardinia sport is trekking. Trekking in Sardinia is favourite from the possibility to find routes for all the types of tastes and preparation: there is a whole island to cover, in way more or less challenging. You can cover paths in the forests, walk on steep and panoramic edges, go to the discovery of ancient traces the nuragiche ones or wind modelled cliffs, explore the oases of WWF or face what it comes defined the more difficult distance in Italy, whose name is but dense of suggestions: “Wild blueâ€�. For people who loves to remain suspended between sky and earth, there is also the possibility to dedicate itself to climbing. Between Sardinia sports, this is a sport that has been diffused recently, but that it finds in Sardinia an ideal place for being practiced, because of the abundance of full of rocks walls both in mountain and to peak on the sea, all however rich of natural handholds. For a holiday sea Sardinia the choice of which sport to follow is nearly embarrassing. Between the most followed there are surf and windsurf, thanks above all to the ventilation that in Sardinia doesn’t never lack. Surf in Sardinia is practiced in a lot of places, since all you need is a board, a wave and a little bit of recklessnessâ€Â¦ and waves are not difficult to find in Sardinia! Still easier it is to find the wind, for this reason is still more ordinary windsurf in Sardinia, so much that some areas are the most popular in Italy. And in the south Sardinia, near Cagliari, there is the greatest circle dedicated to this sport.

A priceless heritage \"A situation teeming with complexities�, this is the way the anthropologist Alberto Maria Cirese has defined heritage in Sardinia. And he has hit the mark indeed. A popular culture which finds expression in two periods of time: one that goes from prehistory to the present, and one that flows fast under our very eyes, inevitably transforming the past.

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