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Post by amboseli on Jul 31, 2016 11:25:21 GMT
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Post by amboseli on Jul 31, 2016 12:27:51 GMT
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Post by amboseli on Jul 31, 2016 12:31:19 GMT
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Post by amboseli on Jul 31, 2016 12:47:00 GMT
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Post by amboseli on Jul 31, 2016 12:54:14 GMT
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Post by amboseli on Jul 31, 2016 12:56:52 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 3, 2016 17:28:08 GMT
Oh dear! This breathtakingly beautiful and brilliantly photographed thread has been buried and unseen. So very sorry, Amboseli, and thank you so much for persevering in the face of what must have seemed deliberately cruel ignoring. Not so! I am excited to see your account of the visit to a place that has long interested me. I love the idea of a place isolated from the mainland to the point that it developed its own culture. I have to say that the photos of Cagliari make it very appealing to me, as I love that kind of unrenovated place. They always seem to promise surprises and certainly your pictures are lovely. Even though those photos and some other landscape ones remind me of Sicily, somehow Sardinia seems completely different. Did you find it too, too touristy, or did its true character shine through? This thread is a jewel box of treasures for the eye -- thank you!
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Post by fumobici on Aug 3, 2016 18:22:57 GMT
I'm really enjoying looking at this. My father loves Sardinia and recommends it but it looks like it really requires renting a car to enjoy, and although I drive daily I don't really enjoy driving on vacation much. Beautiful report though and I hope to see it myself some day.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2016 18:38:43 GMT
So sorry you found Cagliari dull and culturally boring. I'm really looking forward to my visit next year. You didn't visit the Roman amphitheatre, the torre, Poetto, the lagoons, the numerous parks? The only time I'd want to visit the island is off season, I'm afraid. June or September for me, can't stand the crowds.
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Post by bjd on Aug 3, 2016 19:08:52 GMT
I'm so pleased to see these pictures of Sardinia.
We were there at Easter 1977 (!) but arrived by boat from Genoa. Also went to Alghero, where I recognize only the church tower with the coloured tile roof), then inland by train to Nuoro, then by bus to Cagliari. It was still pretty old-fashioned then -- in some villages where the bus stopped, we saw women in folk-style costumes and were told of German tourists being robbed in small villages in the mountains.
From your photos, Cagliari doesn't seem to have changed much, and the Costa Smeralda was only being talked about as a project. But we definitely have good memories of Sardinia but don't even know where our photos are -- possibly on slides. And your photos of the barbary figs remind me of going to the Maddalena islands, where there were American sailors based at the time!
So thanks again for posting this, Amboseli.
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Post by amboseli on Aug 3, 2016 21:59:46 GMT
@all Thanks for your kind words. bixaorellanaSardinia and Sicilia are very different. Sardinia is not touristy at all, at least not when we were there. Alghero was somewhat more lively, because of the Rally Italia-Sardegna. To be honest, I much prefer Sicily which, IMO, has this typical southern atmosphere. Something I missed in Sardinia. Sardinia is excellent for beach-goers and for nature lovers. I like to sit on the beach from time to time, and I like nature a lot but I also like to people-watch in a nice café. It's hard to explain, it's a feeling. fumobiciYes, you definitely need a car. @lizzyfaire Yes, we visited Torre dell'Elefante, Poetto and the lagoons. As a matter of fact, our hotel was on the Lungomare Poetto. We were in Sardinia the last week of May until June 12th. Nowhere did we see crowds.
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