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Advantages: beautiful Disadvantages: it's not a white spot on the map any more
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In 1938 Grazia Deledda from the town of Nuoro received the Nobel Prize for literature, I can't find out if her novels have been translated into English, please check that for yourselves. The same for Gavino Ledda, a shepherd boy from the north of Sardinia, now a professor for linguistics in Sassari, who wrote a fictitious autobiography, the Italian title is 'Padre Padrone' (a very highly acclaimed film was made after the book). Don't read D. H. Lawrence's travel diary, of which I stole the title. It's extremely silly and can be appreciated only by hard core Lawrence fans. Just one example: he went to Sardinia at the beginning of January (!) and then repeatedly complained about the cold!
And then there is Michael Dibdin who wrote a series of thrillers set in different regions of Italy. The one which is set in Sardinia is called ...
MALU 28.11.2003
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sardinia
Advantages: Beautiful, Unspoilt, Superb Climate Disadvantages: More Expensive Than You Might Expect
believe, is renowned for its beautiful beaches and roman ruins, which include an impressive and largely intact Amphitheatre. It strikes me as interesting, that the two Pulas should have these things in common. The Pula I am visiting, however, is set not on the Adriatic, but rather, near the southernmost tip of Sardinia, smack bang in the centre of the Med. Sadly, the small Amphitheatre here now rests in picturesque ruins.
ARRIVAL: En route to Cagliari, Sardinia's ancient capital, the plane had hovered above the island's spectacular western coastline, dipped slightly inland, and then, upon landing, had seemed almost to skim the surface of the sea before coming safely to rest on Sardinian ground. I felt a vague (and no doubt unwarranted) sense of narrowly averted disaster. The airport itself is very modern, with a new-car sort of smell ...
snowbunni 09.11.2006 (09.01.2007)
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Advantages: Good beaches, dramatic scenery, historical interest, unspoilt interior Disadvantages: The cost, and the Costa Smeralda in particular
Italian and English were easily struck up in cafés, admittedly greatly facilitated by the knowledge necessary to discuss the career of Gianfranco Zola, born in Nuoro province, and now returned to Sardinia to play for Cagliari after many years as a Chelsea idol.
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We stayed at Aritzo in the heart of the Monti del Gennargantu ? the Barbagia?s central massif - at the Hotel Sa Muvara, one of those discoveries so good that I hesitate to share it.
Sardinian hotels are not on the whole cheap. The Sa Muvara was the least expensive we stayed in and easily the best, beautifully situated and well-equipped with huge swimming-pool, pleasant restaurant and comfortable well-furnished rooms. We paid 73 euros per head per night half-board for a room with balcony and mountain view. Half-board included a big ...
torr 30.09.2003
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