Italy - Sardinia (PDF Chapter)

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

As DH Lawrence put it: ‘Sardinia is different’. Where else but on this 365-village, four-million-sheep island could you travel from shimmering bays to near-alpine forests, granite peaks to snow-white beaches, rolling vineyards to one-time bandit towns – all in a single day?

• walk on the wild side in Gola Su Gorropu, Sardinia’s most spectacular gorge
• maps
• feel the lure of the sea on the windswept beaches of Sardinia’s southwest coast, the Costa Verde
• transport
• wander the medieval backstreets of Il Castello, Cagliari’s rocky citadel
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Cagliari & Around, Villasimius & Capo Carbonara, Costa Rei, Costa del Sud & Chia, Iglesias & the Southwest, Iglesias, Costa Verde, Oristano & the West, Oristano, Tharros & the Sinis Peninsula, Bosa, Alghero & the Northwest, Alghero, Riviera del Corallo, Stintino & Isola dell’Asinara, Sassari, Olbia, Gallura, Costa Smeralda & Around, Santa Teresa di Gallura, Palau & Arcipelago di La Maddalena, Nuoro, Supramonte, Golfo di Orosei.