Sardinia

October 2020

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Steve Catterall Sardinia
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- Oct 10, 2020, 8:58am
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- England Fylde District Lytham 53.7408, -2.9428353°44’27” N 2°56’34” W
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Day 1 to sardinia
October 10, 2020 in England ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
Well looking at the news regarding covid it looks like I'm heading off at the right time 😊
Setting off for Manchester at 10.00, with flight at 3.00, think I will use my lounge pass 😊😎
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- Oct 10, 2020, 6:52pm
- 🌙 22 °C
- Altitude: 13 m
- Italy Sardinia Olbia Sporula Olbia - Costa Smeralda Airport 40.90381, 9.5158140°54’14” N 9°30’57” E
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Arrived
October 10, 2020 in Italy ⋅ 🌙 22 °C
Well arrived at airport nice BMW waiting to take me to digs, knew it was too good to last.... Mama Mia no possible...
Yup it won't start lol still nice sunset
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- Oct 11, 2020, 9:07am
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- Italy Sardinia Porto San Paolo 40.87227, 9.6297140°52’20” N 9°37’47” E
Day 2
Day2
October 11, 2020 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Well a nice view of isla Tavolara from my room, clearly the beach isn't too far, now to see what I can find.
Well I found the beach(es), more like lots of sandy coves and hardly a soul about, but it is Sunday morning and a tad overcast.
Sun out and this sardinia soul beer is really good.Read more
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- Oct 12, 2020, 10:01am
- 🌧 15 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Italy Sardinia Porto San Paolo 40.87234, 9.6295240°52’20” N 9°37’46” E
Day 3
Day 3
October 12, 2020 in Italy ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
Hmm heavy thunderstorm first thi g, don't think I will be cycling in this. Hopefully it will pass by lunch, only just realised that we are an hour ahead lol🙄
Well thunderstorm and rain finished at 6pm!Read more
Traveler Day 3 and you only now realise there’s a time difference? Numpty! 🤣🤣🤣
10/13/20Reply
Steve Catterall It's a different world - I'm expecting to see a couple playing duelling banjos on the street corner lol
10/13/20Reply
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- Oct 13, 2020, 10:53am
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Italy Sardinia Porto San Paolo 40.87532, 9.6290140°52’31” N 9°37’44” E
Day 4
Day 4
October 13, 2020 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Well waiting for the bus - frequent service - every 2 hours, going to olbia to see if there are any humans lol.
Well it may be a big town but still only a couple of streets with shops and some nice cafe/restaurants.
Went to the Basilica much smaller than I thought. Don't know what else to say really, traffic and people are spare and the lunchtime shut downs literally turn the town to a ghost town. Last bus is at 5pm so I will head back to porto san paolo which has a traffic count of roughly one car every two minutes on the main street lol
It's such a relaxing place very few people, couple of bars and restaurants friendly helpful locals if there were later flights back I could be tempted to stop but easy jet have no more direct flights after my scheduled one on 24th 😢Read more
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- Oct 14, 2020, 11:55am
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Italy Sardinia Loiri Porto San Paolo Costa Dorata 40.86877, 9.6539740°52’8” N 9°39’14” E
Day 5
Day 5
October 14, 2020 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Well foolishly I decided to take a hike to the next cove at Costa dorata ! Only 45 minutes up and down hill but yet another secluded cove bereft of humans. Water so crystal clear you can see to the bottom so peaceful and tranquil I could happily sit here all day.Read more
Traveler So who took the pics of you then?
10/14/20Reply
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- Oct 15, 2020, 6:15pm
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- Italy Sardinia Porto San Paolo 40.87228, 9.629640°52’20” N 9°37’47” E
Day 6
Day 6
October 15, 2020 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
Well got the car and I read about this little town in the mountains called Orgosola which isn't really a tourist site but is quaint and has lots of murals first started by some feuding anarchists during the Italian resistance, so I thought I would take a trip there.
Well it's certainly in the hills and apart from the road in all others are like alleys, I found driving in the village impossible as most roads were like 45 degrees plus.
Spent ages there and I'm sure I only saw a small portion of the murals as they are virtually on every street/alley and park.
It's quite thought provoking when you consider it was a way the village used to rebel, and they appear to be keeping it up lolRead more
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10/16/20Reply
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- Oct 16, 2020, 6:11pm
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- Italy Sardinia Porto San Paolo 40.87228, 9.6296140°52’20” N 9°37’47” E
Day 7
Day 7
October 16, 2020 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Well nice start to day, really sunny so went to a cove that has loads of flamingos, typical camera battery was flat so only able to take photos with phone. Beautiful bay gorgeous colour to water, stayed till dinner then attempted to see some ruins... What a nightmare, sat nav on car stopped working in hills, phone no signal so no map apart from an off line one that didn't help.
Still it was a nice drive around, a bit like the lakes only the hills are mountains lol
Try again tomorrow now I've bought a paper map.Read more
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- Oct 17, 2020, 2:02pm
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 17 m
- Italy Sardinia Alghero Mare Nostrum Aquarium 40.55691, 8.3158540°33’25” N 8°18’57” E
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Day 8 alghero
October 17, 2020 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Well trip to the other side of the island, the town is split into old town and new town, needless to say picked the old town.
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- Oct 18, 2020, 10:53am
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 92 m
- Italy Sardinia Arzachena 41.05169, 9.3567741°3’6” N 9°21’24” E
Day 9
Day 9
October 18, 2020 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Brilliant sunshine but rather than the beach I'm making use of the car and heading in search of some nuraghe archaeological. To date they've eluded me as they are literally hidden or just in some random fields lol.
Hotel manager advised to look around arzachena as they are more accessable

Well I found them and there was some bloody hike involved lol anyhow as the sun was out I decided to test the water... It was cold! But definitely refreshed the partsRead more
Traveler Ok, who took that one? 🤣
10/19/20Reply
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