Italy - Sardinia (Chapter)

This is the Sardinia chapter from Lonely Planet’s Italy guidebook.

Whether you’re swooning over the mega yachts in the Costa Smeralda’s fjord-like bays or feasting on spit-roasted suckling pig at a rustic agriturismo, you can’t help but appreciate Sardinia’s love of the good life.

• walk on the wild side in the grandiose Gola Su Gorropu, Europe’s Grand Canyon
• maps
• feel the lure of the sea on the dune-backed, windswept beaches of the Costa Verde
• transport
• restaurants & accommodation
• wander the medieval backstreets of Il Castello, Cagliari’s rocky citadel

Coverage includes: Cagliari & around, Villasimius, Costa Rei, Nora & around, Costa del Sud & around, Iglesias & the Southwest, Iglesias & around, Iglesiente Coast, Carbonia & around, Sant’Antioco & San Pietro, Costa Verde, Oristano & the West, Oristano, Barumini & around, Sinis Peninsula, North Oristano Coast, Alghero & the Northwest, Alghero & around, Porto Torres, Stintino & Parco Nazionale Dell’Asinara, Sassari, Olbia, the Costa Smeralda & the Gallura, Olbia, Golfo Aranci, Costa Smeralda & around, Santa Teresa di Gallura, Palau & Arcipelago di La Maddalena, Nuoro & the East, Nuoro, Supramonte, Golfo di Orosei and Ogliastra.