Having arrived in Sardinia on a very chaotic Grim Boat we left on a well-organised Trim one, we have to recommend Tirrenia Lines. However, enough about leaving, what does Sardinia hold for the winter motorhome adventurer? Though most things are closed and getting facilities can be an issue, you can overcome this with relative ease. Now we are on a new leg of our adventure and Karen will not be doing her weekly food blog, instead we will write a roundup of our week on the road alternating between us. So please no guessing or votes on which weeks posts, are best, living with each other 24/7 is enough without our readers adding competition, to the mix.
Sardinia has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world and in winter they do not mind if you park on them, so that is what we did most of the time. The sunsets were glorious and best of all free.
As we have mentioned Sardinia is not set up for winter motorhomers but that said it is worth the effort with no one around you can see all the sights. We were luck with the weather sunshine every day with a temperature of around 18 degrees centigrade.
As we were able to park free in so many places, Gapper rule No. 1 applies, spend some money in the area to say thank you. We ended up having a most wonderful Menu Di Dia at Oristano, when we added David’s fizzy water the total cost was €25! We then found that they had diddled us out of the salad or chips we should have had! Getting over our disappointment we sought out what was supposed to be the one of the best ‘Gelato’ houses in Sardinia. Yes it was great, fantastic even, so David’s Gelato tour starts! He has two scoops, chocolate and a cookie one, Mmmmm, and then he says, “two scoops are too much!” Oh yes how long will that last!
One of the tasks set for us by Elddis for our return journey is to visit as many UNESCO world heritage sites as we can on the route.
Sardinia has only one, the Su Nuraxi di Barumini. To be fair prehistoric stuff normally does not get us that excited. Surprisingly this massive building, built over 3,000 years ago with no mortar or cement is incredible, it enthralled us. We were also lucky enough to have a personal tour in English; this really helped us understand what we were seeing, a real treat.
We moved on down keeping to the west coast as we really loved the sunsets staying at lovely free Aire at Porto Pino. Then the next day taking the most stunning coastal
road along the Costa del Sud, one of the most breath taking drives on the trip so far. Stopping for the night beside the ruins of Nora, which we inadvertently managed to tour by accident by walking along the rocks and entering. We were spotted and escorted off the site having seen most of the ancient ruins, thus saving €15.
The next day it was off to Cagliari, the capital of the island, a working town not as classy as Alghero in the north. We stopped off for some wonderful Pizza on the night we arrived, and had a lovely lunch on the second day. The town is easy to walk around, with lots of surprises. The main market is well worth a visit, we picked up some lovely cheese to take with us to Sicily. We arrived early for our ferry and were very happy to find it was organised, efficient and on time.
Dawn came and we pulled into Palermo another UNESCO site, but we left and headed away to see the west coast and stopped at a most wonderful spot, San Vito Lo Capo on the north-western coast of Sicily. We stayed on a campsite, as we had to do washing! At €12 per night, not an issue, as all around were lovely walks and stunning views, a chill spot, relaxing to spend a night or two. Tomorrow we head back to Palermo to see its wonders, but that is tomorrow and we must close for this week.
Our Route This Week
Chris and Peter says
You have really totally come to grips with motorhoming! You sound as real professionals! Great! Am I happy you have extended your tour!
Image Earth Travel says
Really must get to Sardinia especially now that I live in Cosenza, Calabria.
Image Earth Travel says
By the way, great post!
David says
Thank very much, you will have to give us some tips as we will be heading you way after Sicily!