CUADERNO DE VIAJE ULTIMA ETAPA Y MAS {TRAVEL NOTEBOOK LATEST ROUTES AND MORE}

Cerdeña final
- Sardinia, the end
- That our last route around this island is coming out when Christmas is around the corner, has made me read, look at, and remember my holidays in Sardinia for more than three months now. My days should have more than 24 hours for all the things I have in mind that I want to do. There´s one thing I didn´t forget during all this time, we were sad to leave our beautiful hotel in the Southeast part of the island and headed towards what it was going to be our last route during the holidays.
- Many things in mind and so little time, this area was loaded. We were in Palau, in Costa Esmeralda, to visit Porto Cervo and cross to the other side by ferry to visit the Maddalena Island. Result: Impossible to take a ferry, impossible to park, impossible to find a place to eat where they didn´t charge you 8 euros just to sit. You can walk by to see the huge mansions, yatchs and the so manicured streets or paths that take you to the huge harbour.
- First thing we did when we arrived to this area, was to leave our luggage in the hotel we had booked in Olbia. We chose the Grand Hotel President Olbia mainly for two reasons, it was close to all the directions towards the airport and in 10 minutes walking we were in the city centre. As I mentioned above, our plans changed so we went directly to a parking in Porto Cervo, we simply walked until lunch time.
- Porto Cervo, formerly the exclusive domain of the richest and most famous, warmly welcomes anyone who wishes to visit it...well with the wallet ready to spend a lot of money. The fact that Olbia airport is very close, has allowed one of the most luxurious tourist locations in the world to open to the visitor. In Porto Cervo there are the best hotels, luxury spas, brand boutiques, fashion discos and one of the best marinas in the world. The Cerdea Cup is celebrated every September.
- When we left Porto Cervo towards Olbia, we could see all the yatchs leaving the harbour at the same time, wow this was really impressive, it was like a rush hour but at sea.
- We arrived in Olvia with the feeling we wasted our time in the morning but we were in August! and I can´t complain about this wonderful journey. It was non stop!!. After resting for a while, we went to have a walk. Temperatures were mild. Often ignored in the mad dash to the Costa Smeralda, Olbia has more to offer than first meets the eye. Look beyond its industrial outskirts and you´ll find a fetching city with a centro storico (historic centre) crammed with boutiques, wine bars and cafe piazzas. Olvia is a refreshingly authentic and afffordable alternative to the purpose-built resorts stretching to the north and south.
- Thanks to its strategic position, Olbia is easily reached both by sea and air. Olbia is a city of great historical and, particcularly, cultural interest. There are numerous fascinating sites of archaelogical importance. Its surroundings offer a huge range of possibilities for excursions by car or on foot, to areas of interest, natral paradises and, of course, bathing areaas, thanks to the superb coastline.
- In Olbia you can also find gorgeous restaurants, where you can try that Sarda cuisine we´ve enjoyed so much.
- Pasta and fish were gorgeous in here, besides, we tasted again the bottarga, this time grated over my raviolis.
- We left Sardinia, I never thought this journey was going to be so long in time. I´m leaving with a very good taste in mouth, thinking in thouse wonderful beaches and the places we´ve eaten, like that one in Cabras I never mentioned in here and that we simply run into by coincidence, one day I thought I was going to die from a heat wave, I simply opened this door below and went in, in a dessert village, because as I told you in another post, people don´t leave their houses during the day in summer. La Locanda del vecchio mulino was its name.
- Where we had the chance to eat one of the most wonderful pasta recipes of all the holidays.
- Cabras, a curious village not far from the capital city, on the north side of Oristano´s gulf. Lies Cabras, a village of 9000 inhabitants particularly dedicated to fishing, cereal harvesting, wine, fruit and vegetable production and also forage for animal-breeding.
- And the massive pizzas we ate in Oristano, after spending a lot of time browsing the menu between 80 different types of pizza toppings. Restaurant Cocco e Desi
- And the super panna cotta I ate after lunch, this is what it is to be in Italy, you are always satisfied.
- And Il Pescatore where we ate huge amounts of fish and seafood .
- I could spend hours and hours, travelling again simply with my thoughts, which is something convinient because we don´t even need luggage. I´m going to leave Sardinia in here, a travel notebook that with words have lasted more than three months.
Que chulada todo!!besos
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