Travel

GOLDEN SANDS, SARDINIA: My astonishment, reflected in the joy of your eyes

It was a special offer, irresistible, because a discount of 20% – on the weekly rate official of the Village Hotel Golden Sands – for me, it was too great a temptation. I’ve watched you as you walked happy, under the Full Moon of June, on the immense dunes of Pistis. Inside this beautiful nature reserve, while the night that …

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COSTA VERDE, SARDINIA: Far from the pirates, embracing the turquoise water and the golden beach

I see that the beautiful beach of Capo Pecora was to your liking, but looking good your eyes, I am also certain that you are happy for our decision to spend a few days in Sardinia. Last night, while you swimming serene under the light of the moon rising, I have made ​​friends with three other women from Sardinia, even …

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MAMOIADA, SARDINIA: Between cowbells and masks, observing what is visible to imagine the roots of the invisible

The Mamoiada is a particular region of Sardinia, where you make the festivities with special masks, called Mamuthones Maimones or Mamutzones – http://www.mamuthones.it/ – that I’ve also seen in other parts of Europe, especially in mountainous. While you were immersed into the blue, I watched you, while you were swimming happy, in this corner of paradise of the central eastern …

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ENJOY YOUR MEAL: Eating fish and shellfish, the island of Sant ‘Antioco, Sardinia

220 km and three hours of road, on our Vespa 300ie. I decided to start on a late afternoon – 18:00 – to avoid the heat, which now makes itself felt. Paved roads – SS125var, SS54, SS130, SS126sud – and we are finally to Sant ‘Antioco, to arrive at our overnight stop on the sea in the beach of Mangiabarche. …

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MONTI PRAMA, SARDINIA: Observing the night, I try the eyes of the Sun

Villages with round huts gathered between them, with base ring-shaped stone, were in the vicinity of the nuraghis and holy wells, as Su Romanzesu , Su Nuraxi and Serra Orrios. Just in these wells, were found many votive bronzes, those who speak of a mysterious people, depicting boats and human figures, animals and mysterious beings. If we have time, I …

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SARDINIA, A NEW DAWN: Looking for the arrival of the sun, waiting in the blue, inside our intimate quiet

Sure, wait for the dawn, we overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, next to the bear of Palau, is an intriguing experience, but observing the colors that precede the arrival of the Sun – in a small tent – it is absolutely shocking, primal and satisfying. But now it is time to start walking towards some interesting places of the central-eastern part …

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SPARGI AND LA MADDALENA SARDINIA: In the Museum of Time and Wind, in the colors of blue and turquoise

After a wonderful night and a wonderful sunrise, we start from Santa Teresa di Gallura to Palau, to board the ferry that takes us to the island of La Maddalena. No, unfortunately the camper has gone faulty, but – cautiously – to the inside of his trunk capable, I had stowed our Vespa 300ie, the one that has the color …

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SARDINIA RIGHT ON TIME: Waiting for the charm of the bear of Palau and the deliciousness of Pleurotus

Right on time (and at a cost of 96.40 Euros), the ferry – http://booking.saremar.it/TBooking/TicketRoute.aspx – started by Boniface at 15:30, it’s arrived in Santa Teresa di Gallura Sardinia, after just one hour. The theme of our vacation on the island? I would have an idea, to imagine a tour “beyond the sea”, ie move with our camper considering a mix …

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SAINTES-MARIES DE LA MER, FRANCE: With the eyes of the spring, along with gypsies and Sara the Black.

I am happy to meet you once again Today we are in the Camargue, and what is right before your eyes is an ancient and beautiful city by the sea, Saintes-Maries de la Mer. Why just today, May 24, in this place? Simple, this is the day in which – each year, and by a long time – Rom and …

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THE CAVE OF CHAUVET, FRANCE: amazing 500 feet deep, engraved and painted magically

The Cave of Chauvet it is just 88 kilometers as the crow flies from Aigue-Mortes, but in less than two hours you have the opportunity to travel that distance that separates you from the prehistoric site, discovered in 1994, and still full of images and colors, that have not heard from millennia the human presence. Although the Upper Paleolithic era …

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