SARDINIA OFF THE BEATEN PATH: BEACHES, STONES & CRAFTMANS

11 days From €8800 per person
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Relax and discover the enchanting Porto Cervo, a village built in the 60s by the Aga Khan, with its exclusive boutiques. The next day you will head first to San Pantaleo, where the most sought-after craft market in Italy is held, and then from Canniggione a boat will take you to explore the pristine La Maddalena archipelago. On the way back, the winemakers of a local Wine Estate will introduce you to discover the Vermentino wine. The next day you will travel westward and visit the Romanesque jewel of the Holy Trinity of Saccargia. For lunch you will stop at the dazzling white Pelosa beach, where you will enjoy a lunch “pieds dans l’eau”, and then visit the spectacular Grotta di Nettuno at Capo Caccia. You will fianlly reach the lovely Catalan town of Alghero.

Along one of the most spectacular panoramic roads in Italy, you will reach Bosa, a charming village on the banks of the Temo river where you will visit the Deriu Museum and the Conce Museum. After a gorgeous lunch on the beach, you will return to Alghero and visit the workshop of an amazing local fashion designer of Antonio Marras and also meet with a trio of jewelers creating awesome jewels in filigree and coral. Leaving Alghero the next morning, you head inland with a first stop at S. Pietro di Sorres, a church whose interior seems to have been taken from a painting by Escher and then to Nuoro, the capital of Barbagia, the most inviolable and secret part of the island. Here you will visit workshops specialized in wood carving, iron working and velvet tailoring.

A whole day of sea and relaxation awaits you in the Gulf of Orosei, where a small boat will take you to visit the wonders of the coast between Cala Gonone and Punta Goloritzè, also entering the famous Grotta del Bue Marino. The next day, move south with a first stop at the mysterious and triangular Pozzo di Santa Cristina where you will also visit a Nuragic settlement. It is just a preview of the great statues of the Giants of Monte Prama in Oristano, on the road that leads to the sunny peninsula of Sinis, a marine protected area where we will stop for a delicious lunch and which houses the exciting archaeological area of Tharros is the small village of San Salvador, used in the past also as a film set. In the afternoon, you move towards Arbus with its dune beach, the largest in Italy, where you will spend the night in an amazing property.

Leaving the dunes of Piscinas you take a boat for a day long boat tour along this spectacular stretch of coast which hosts the incredible entrance of the mine of Santa Flavia and then dock at the Island of San Pietro where you will visit one of the last Tonnare (tuna fish processing workshop) still active and where a pesto-based lunch awaits you, given that the delightful village of Carloforte is still inhabited by Ligurian descendants. After lunch, the boat will take you further south to Chia, to the extreme southern point of Sardinia, Capo Spartivento, where we will sleep in the old Lighthouse building. The next morning you head to Santadi, where you will meet  with an the artist and a production designer. From Santadi you will move to Assemini where you will visit the salt pans of Saline Conti Vecchi, and a colorful ceramics workshop and a bags & woven fabrics workshops.

The last two days are completely dedicated to Cagliari, the beautiful capital city of Sardinia. You will visit Casteddu, the oldest part that gives its name to the city in Sardinian, the archaeological museum that preserves other specimens of the giants of Monte Prama, the panoramic Bastione St. Remy and the nearby Via Sulis, a new quality shopping district. You won’t miss the very long and really beautiful Poetto beach with the Molentargius ponds behind it, nest of flamingos and migratory birds. But Cagliari will also be an opportunity to give a final farewell to our local artisan friends: baskets, bags, pottery, textiles, goldsmiths and jewelers.

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  • 10 Nights accommodation in exclusive and fascinating 4 star sup./5 stars Boutique Hotels or Historical Mansions, with full buffet breakfasts: 2 Nights in Costa Smeralda, 2 Nights in Alghero, 2 Nights in Dorgali, 1 Night in Arbus, 1 Night in Capo Spartivento, 2 Nights in Cagliari.
  • Full day excursion to San Pantaleo and La Maddalena Archipelago.
  • Private Boat Tour of La Maddalena Archipelago with private English Speaking Guide.
  • Private Guided Tour of a Vermentino Winery with wine tastings.
  • Full day excursion to Saccargia, Pelosa Beach, Neptune Grotto at Capo Caccia.
  • Full day excursion to Bosa and Alghero.
  • Full day excursion Barbagia, S. Pietro in Sorres and Nuoro
  • Private boat tour of of the Orosei Gulf (including the Sea Ox Grotto) and relaxation time on the beaches of Cala Gonone and Punta Goloritzè.
  • Full day excursion to the Archaeological sites of Pozzo di Santa Crustina, the Giants of Monte Prama, Sinis Peninsula, Tharros, San Salvador.
  • Private Boat Tour of Santa Flavia mines, San Pietro Island, Carloforte, Chia with private English speaking guide.
  • Full day excursion to Santadi and Assemini.
  • Private Guided Tour of Saline Conti Vecchi Salt Pans.
  • Private Sightseeing Tours of Bosa, Alghero, Nuoro, Cagliari with expert local English speaking guides; including all the entrance fees to the sites visited avoiding long waiting lines.
  • Private Guided Tours of Artisan Workshops and Showrooms throughout Sardinia.
  • Exclusive access to several Historical Private Villas and Palaces with meetings with the landlords.
  • Approximately 50% of lunches & dinners included both at gourmet and local family run restaurants.
  • All private transfers by deluxe bus with English speaking driver available for transfers and excursions for the entire Tour (including airports).
  • Our professional assistance for the whole duration of the Tour.
  • The tour begins in Olbia and ends in Cagliari.
  • Please note that price is based on 12 to 20 paying participants. In case of less than 12 participants, price may increase because of minimum fixed costs that need to be covered.All private transfers by deluxe van with English speaking driver available for transfers and excursions for the entire Tour (including airports).

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