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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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Ciao members have rated this review on average: exceptional Review of Sardinia
Advantages: beautiful Disadvantages: it's not a white spot on the map any more
I should warn you: this is the longest opinion I've written so far. A double espresso beside your computer might help you to get through the reading. Not a cup of tea, we're going to coffee country! In case you think of going to Sardinia or any other Italian region one day, forget about tea altogether. Only a masochist would order tea in an Italian bar (as only an Italian masochist would order coffee in a British establishment, so there). When you offer tea to an Italian, you might hear, "No, thank you, I'm fine." Italians drink tea, black or the herbal variety, when they feel unwell, it's medicine for them.
Now, have you got your coffee ready? Off we go.
HOW TO GET THERE
The majority of German tourists go to Sardinia by car and ferry, the majority of British tourists go there by plane. Ah, yes, of course, I hear you saying ...
MALU 28.11.2003
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sardinia
Advantages: Good beaches, dramatic scenery, historical interest, unspoilt interior Disadvantages: The cost, and the Costa Smeralda in particular
It was Cyprus that Saki described as having ?produced more history than could be consumed locally,? but the same could be said of almost any of the Mediterranean?s larger islands, and certainly of Sardinia.
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One is reminded of Sardinia?s history almost on arrival, assuming one has come the cheap way, by Ryanair to Alghero in the north-west of the island. Alghero is a handsome town, in its older parts at least, with a fortified promontory jutting out into the sea to guard the port. Within the old walls is a rabbit-warren of narrow streets and small squares, crammed with mediaeval buildings including some fine churches with Spanish-style bell-towers.
The fortifications were built by the Spanish, who used the town as a strongpoint for their occupation from the 14th to the 17th centuries ...
torr 30.09.2003
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