WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.480 Which Italian island is getting its moment in the sun 2 00:00:02.600 --> 00:00:05.679 right now. Hint, it starts with s and has a 3 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:08.480 unique culture that goes back many thousands of years to 4 00:00:08.519 --> 00:00:11.720 the Bronze Age. Today, let's take a trip to beautiful 5 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:16.960 Sardinia and explore its coast, countryside, mountains and unique culture. 6 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:29.640 Sawatuti and Benvenuti Tuan told Italy the Travel podcast to 7 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:33.159 where you go to the towns and villages, mountains and lakes, 8 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:37.520 hills and coastlines of Bela, Italia. Each week, your host 9 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:40.520 Katie Clark takes you on a journey in a search 10 00:00:40.560 --> 00:00:46.280 of magical landscapes, history, culture, wine, gelato, and of course 11 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.439 a whole lot of pasta. If you're dreaming of Italy 12 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:53.359 and planning future adventures there, you've come to the right place. 13 00:01:01.960 --> 00:01:05.319 Bonjo no friends, are you ready for a little island adventure? 14 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:09.439 Sardinia is fast becoming one of Italy's go to destinations 15 00:01:09.439 --> 00:01:12.400 for English speaking travelers thanks to its stunning beaches and 16 00:01:12.439 --> 00:01:16.760 countryside coastal towns, ancient history, and slower pace of life. 17 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:21.000 Of course, Europeans have been going there for centuries, mainly 18 00:01:21.040 --> 00:01:23.760 to the beach resorts. It has to be said but 19 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:27.959 the island has some of the ritziest resorts in Europe. 20 00:01:28.359 --> 00:01:31.400 But it's also known for ancient traditions dating back to 21 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:34.879 the Bronze Age, a history dominated by Spanish occupation, and 22 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:40.400 a proud local identity and cultural traditions. This is absolutely 23 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:42.920 fertile ground for us here at Untold Italy, and we 24 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:46.159 recently launched our first small group tour of the island, 25 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:50.359 departing in September twenty twenty seven. On this episode, I'm 26 00:01:50.400 --> 00:01:53.760 joined by my friend and local Sardinian Angela Carrias, who 27 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:56.599 helped us design the tour so it includes all those 28 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:00.799 Untold Italy touches, beautiful family run accommodation and the very 29 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:05.079 best local seasonal dishes and wine, and even a visit 30 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:08.960 to a local festival so you truly feel part of Sardinia. 31 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:12.319 As always, you'll find the details on Untold Italy tours 32 00:02:12.319 --> 00:02:16.080 dot com and in the episode show notes andiamo, let's 33 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:20.520 go to Sardinia. Then for new to Angela, Welcome to 34 00:02:20.560 --> 00:02:22.879 the Untold Italy podcast. 35 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:24.599 Thank you for having me. 36 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:27.719 Oh, you are so welcome. I'm so happy to have 37 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:31.000 you here on the podcast. Angela. After bumping into you 38 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.159 a few times in Italy over the last few weeks. 39 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:35.719 That was a lot of fun, wasn't it. 40 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:37.759 Yes, very much, and we got to. 41 00:02:37.719 --> 00:02:40.319 Know each other a bit over a few coffees, some 42 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:43.719 snacks and a wander through the Vatican museums. But I 43 00:02:43.759 --> 00:02:47.280 was hoping you could introduce yourself to our listeners and 44 00:02:47.319 --> 00:02:50.400 tell them where you are from and what you do 45 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:52.719 before we get chatting about beautiful Sardinia. 46 00:02:53.319 --> 00:02:56.879 I live in Rome, but I actually am from Sardinia. 47 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:01.960 I was born in in Karlia, in the capital of Sardinia, 48 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:04.520 which is in the south, but I grew up in 49 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:08.159 the center of the island in Sardinia, in a very 50 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:13.120 small village called Gillarza, which I always recommend also to visit. 51 00:03:14.439 --> 00:03:18.240 I have lived in Sardinia until I was nineteen because 52 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:22.800 nineteen eene years old, I moved to Rome to study 53 00:03:22.800 --> 00:03:28.080 in university and I graduated in Rome in journalist and 54 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:34.159 after that I took off and I traveled around the world. 55 00:03:34.840 --> 00:03:36.120 I traveled around. 56 00:03:35.919 --> 00:03:42.319 South America, Asia, Europe for about ten years, and then 57 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:46.680 when I moved back to Italy, I settled in Rome 58 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:49.800 and now I live in Rome. I am based in Rome, 59 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:54.400 but I traveled to Sardinia every year. This year, I 60 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:58.759 actually I already booked the tickets because I'm going in 61 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.759 June and that's when the high season starts, because it's 62 00:04:03.039 --> 00:04:06.599 the Italian summer and that's when the high season starts. 63 00:04:06.680 --> 00:04:10.759 And I I'm planning to spend a couple of months 64 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:15.639 in in Sardinia this year, and she lucky. Yeah, I 65 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:18.879 think so, even though the beaches will be like super 66 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:23.120 super crowded, so I think I need to do some 67 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:25.079 different planning. 68 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:26.839 I will certainly I will. 69 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:28.839 Go to the beach also because it will be very hot, 70 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:32.120 but I will be also some planning because every time 71 00:04:32.160 --> 00:04:35.040 I go to Sardinia, even though I am from Sardinia, 72 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:39.040 I like to explore areas I still don't know. 73 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:44.680 Yeah, well, Angela, you are the absolute explorer, having been 74 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:47.560 all around the world, and I mean, if you ever 75 00:04:47.600 --> 00:04:50.879 get chances, sit down with Angela and explore. She's got 76 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:53.920 several websites, actually, but she's got one blog. She has 77 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:57.360 been to the far flong places of the earth and 78 00:04:57.639 --> 00:05:01.399 it's got many, many titles to tell. So it's a 79 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:05.399 delight to actually have you share all about your home 80 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:09.279 in Sardinia. And I can't wait to hear more about it. 81 00:05:09.319 --> 00:05:12.600 But for those of us that, oh no, I obviously 82 00:05:12.720 --> 00:05:16.120 know quite a little bit about Sardinia, although I haven't 83 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:19.920 been there, I have to confess, but some people may 84 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:24.319 not know where it is. So can you let everyone 85 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:27.120 know where it is and maybe some geography about Sardinia? 86 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:31.000 Okay, Sardinia is an island. 87 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:36.600 It's not connected to the mainland Italy by any bridge, 88 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:40.240 so the only way to reach Sardina is by faerry 89 00:05:40.399 --> 00:05:46.360 or by plane. It's located off the Rome coast. It's 90 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:51.560 on the western side of Rome and the north of Sicily. 91 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:57.360 It's the second biggest island in Italy, and so you're 92 00:05:57.399 --> 00:06:02.439 reached by plane or by fairey and the plane from 93 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:07.600 many European cities and many Italian cities. There are also 94 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:13.439 loc cost airlines landing in Sardina, like European localst airlines 95 00:06:13.560 --> 00:06:20.199 like Wheit Air, easy Jet, Ryanair or by faerry. You 96 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:26.439 can reach Sardina by ferry from Rome, Chibitavecia or from 97 00:06:26.920 --> 00:06:34.920 other ports like Genoa, Palermo, or also from other European 98 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:40.959 ports like Barcelona Nice I think also Marseille in France. 99 00:06:41.480 --> 00:06:43.759 Would you recommend going on the ferry or do you 100 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:45.000 think it's better to fly. 101 00:06:45.480 --> 00:06:48.680 Well, we always go by ferry from Rome because we 102 00:06:48.759 --> 00:06:52.199 go by car. We have a small child, a four 103 00:06:52.279 --> 00:06:56.519 year old, so we always go by ferry. Before my son, 104 00:06:56.639 --> 00:07:00.000 I used to go by plane because by plane from 105 00:07:00.079 --> 00:07:04.680 Roam it's a forty five minutes by fairy. If we 106 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:09.399 go from Chivitaveekia to Caliery, it's thirteen hours. In the 107 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:11.680 callier in the south thirteen hours. 108 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:12.439 Very Yeah. 109 00:07:12.800 --> 00:07:16.279 If we go from Chivitaveeka to Albia it's eight hours. 110 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:17.480 We usually go. 111 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:23.800 Now we go to Portatores, which is also in North Sardinia, 112 00:07:23.959 --> 00:07:26.879 and it's eight hours. Also eight nine. 113 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:28.240 Hours, so it's a good trip. 114 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:32.360 Many people, especially from Europe, they come with the camper van, 115 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:34.279 so they have to go by ferry. 116 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:35.680 Yeah. 117 00:07:35.839 --> 00:07:39.399 I think obviously your choices are going to be determined 118 00:07:39.399 --> 00:07:42.240 by how much time you have where you want to 119 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:44.800 go and see, because it is, as you mentioned, it's 120 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:48.759 a big island, and I think people maybe think that 121 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:53.040 some of these islands are quite small, maybe like Capri 122 00:07:53.399 --> 00:07:56.839 or you know, you know, some of the other Mediterranean islands, 123 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.319 but it's actually really big and you need quite a 124 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:00.600 bit of time to explore it. 125 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:03.800 Properly right, yes, exactly. 126 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:07.560 If your only staying like a week, I suggest that 127 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:12.040 you pick an area like, for example, you visit northern 128 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:17.000 Sardinia and you explore and you visit the places in 129 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:20.680 many places to visit in northern Sardinia. If you want 130 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:23.480 to stay like two weeks or a month, then you 131 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:27.120 have more time and then you can travel across the island. Yes, 132 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:29.319 you can visit more places, but in the north and 133 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:33.279 the south east west. Because it's very interesting. I think 134 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:37.360 you should spend some time in where you decide to visit, 135 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:40.320 not like stay there, you go one hour and then 136 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:43.279 you take off. No, take your time to visit the 137 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:48.000 place because it's very interesting. It also depends in not 138 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:51.799 just how long you stay, but for example, you need 139 00:08:51.840 --> 00:08:54.600 to concede the flight. Obviously the flight is shorter, but 140 00:08:55.480 --> 00:09:00.000 the ferry often it's in the night. You can spend 141 00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:01.840 full night. So in the night, what do you do 142 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:05.159 You need to sleep anyway, So just take the ferry, 143 00:09:05.240 --> 00:09:09.120 you sleep, you save on the hotel, and then the 144 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:12.279 morning you wake up and you are in Sardinia. 145 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:16.840 Well that sounds pretty magical. Yeah, angel you, I would 146 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:20.159 say that you would definitely recommend a slow travel approach, 147 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:21.039 Would I be right. 148 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:25.440 To be honest, Yes, In Sardinia, I recommend the slow 149 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:28.399 traveling because this is the best way to actually enjoy 150 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:28.960 the island. 151 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:32.120 Yeah, And what are some of the things that you 152 00:09:32.279 --> 00:09:34.440 love about Sardinia? Why should people go? 153 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:38.000 Well, if I have to give you some reasons to 154 00:09:38.039 --> 00:09:40.399 be the Sardina, and there are many reasons. 155 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:44.600 First of all, the landscape. The landscape in Sardina. 156 00:09:44.639 --> 00:09:49.039 Sardina is famous for its costs, the coastline, obviously, because 157 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:53.519 the beaches in Sardinia are beautiful, But Sardinia has an 158 00:09:53.559 --> 00:09:59.120 extremely diverse landscape and we have the mountains, we have, 159 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:04.840 the desert, we have. The beaches are different from each other. 160 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:08.240 If you go to the east coast, it's completely different 161 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:09.399 from the west coast. 162 00:10:10.519 --> 00:10:13.080 Some enjoy the landscape. 163 00:10:13.159 --> 00:10:15.879 If you come in the summer, I am sure you 164 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:18.879 are going to go to the coast because it's very hot. 165 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:22.480 But if you come, like let's say, in spring, I 166 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:27.759 completely suggest to visit the inland, for example, the mountains, 167 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:33.039 the small towns. Each town they have a different landscape 168 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:38.879 and they are different, different customs, different traditions. That's also 169 00:10:38.919 --> 00:10:43.200 another reason why I suggest visiting Sardinia because of all 170 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:51.080 the traditions each town. It's on language, it's on dialect, 171 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:55.039 it's on traditional costumes, it's on food. 172 00:10:56.279 --> 00:10:56.519 Food. 173 00:10:56.600 --> 00:11:01.000 It is another big, huge reason to visit Sardinia. We 174 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:06.399 have different many many, many different types of bread, many 175 00:11:06.440 --> 00:11:12.720 different types of pasta. We have obviously different dishes. Where 176 00:11:12.720 --> 00:11:16.039 I come from, where I usually go close to my 177 00:11:16.840 --> 00:11:20.639 to the beach, I usually go. There is Cabras, a 178 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:25.679 town there. It's very famous for it the seafood. If 179 00:11:25.720 --> 00:11:28.480 you want to eat seafood in Sardinia, I totally suggest 180 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:33.639 Cabras because we have the mulet raw. I don't know 181 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:38.039 if you heard. It's called botarga, and it's especially from Cabras. 182 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:42.080 It's it's used in many dishes in Cabras because you 183 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:46.279 can grate it and season the pasta, or you can 184 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:50.120 have like a very fine slices and you can eat 185 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:54.759 it on a brosquetta. Let's say a toasted piece of 186 00:11:54.799 --> 00:11:59.240 bread is salty. It's salty. Yeah, it's slightly salty and fat. 187 00:11:59.279 --> 00:12:03.679 It's it's nice with some olive oil or some butter 188 00:12:04.720 --> 00:12:05.600 for the contrast. 189 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:07.559 Yeah, it's very it's very nice. 190 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.279 Or you go to a ghetto they have lobster. They 191 00:12:11.320 --> 00:12:15.519 make lobsters in a very okay. They are influenced by 192 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:21.200 the Catalan culture because alghetto, in a ghetto, they speak Catalan. 193 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:25.720 And also the lobster they make, they make it in 194 00:12:25.759 --> 00:12:29.960 a Catalan sort of like cattle influencer reciping. 195 00:12:30.519 --> 00:12:36.200 So why is influenced by obviously Spanish Catalan traditions. What's 196 00:12:36.279 --> 00:12:37.279 the history behind that? 197 00:12:38.200 --> 00:12:47.000 Because they were Sardina was invaded by everyone from invaded 198 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:48.039 and also. 199 00:12:48.360 --> 00:12:52.840 We have really we had like old relationships relations with 200 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:58.080 with the Punic, with the Romance, also the Romance Cape Sardinia. 201 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:05.000 In fact, we have Roman baths, Roman also cities, ancient 202 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:09.639 Punic city, Punic and Roman cities. We have like in 203 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:15.399 more south central and south we have Spanish and oragonists 204 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:21.840 from Aragon, which was also Spanish population, which is different 205 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:24.840 from the Catalan because in the north we have Catalan. 206 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:30.399 In the south we have influence from genera like in 207 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:31.799 the food and the culture. 208 00:13:32.320 --> 00:13:35.879 Yeah, it's amazing, It's like a little melting pot. 209 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:42.399 There also Arabs, we had also an Arab Arabs invasion, 210 00:13:42.759 --> 00:13:47.320 Arab invasions and for in Caliery. Some some of our 211 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:50.279 words remaind of the Arabic. 212 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:56.120 Do Sardinians consider themselves to be Italian? Were they more Sardinian? 213 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:04.440 That's a little lot tricky and sensitive, because yes, of 214 00:14:04.480 --> 00:14:09.159 course we consider ourselves Italian. But yeah, sometimes when they 215 00:14:09.200 --> 00:14:14.360 want to be a little bit like protective of our culture, 216 00:14:14.480 --> 00:14:19.440 we say we first we are Sardinians, then we are Italians. 217 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:23.559 Yeah. I just love that about Italy, so like people 218 00:14:23.600 --> 00:14:27.480 forget it's such a young country. It's been shoved together 219 00:14:28.559 --> 00:14:31.399 not so long ago, and what is it now, nearly 220 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:34.000 one hundred and fifties almost, I think. 221 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:39.120 Yes, eighteen hundred seventy that the fire went wrong or 222 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:44.000 war wrong, became Italian otherwise even before. 223 00:14:44.360 --> 00:14:47.240 Yeah, yeah, it's amazing, Like I just, you know, we 224 00:14:47.320 --> 00:14:53.039 sort of think Italy Italian cuisine, Italian language, but in 225 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:57.200 fact it's really a melting pot of so many different things. 226 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:59.960 And I guess you're seeing that in a really concentrate 227 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:03.840 form in Sardinia, which must make it very exciting to visit, 228 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:06.919 because you wouldn't have the same thing at all from 229 00:15:06.960 --> 00:15:07.600 town to town. 230 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:12.799 As you were saying, yes, Sardinia, it's the culture. 231 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:17.320 It's very rich, like each town is different, but also 232 00:15:17.399 --> 00:15:21.759 from like you if you'll see Sardinia and then other 233 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:22.600 parts of Italy. 234 00:15:22.639 --> 00:15:27.120 It's are very different. Different. Our culture and our language 235 00:15:27.120 --> 00:15:28.039 is completely different. 236 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:32.279 If I speak Sardinia here in Rome, nobody understands anything. 237 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:38.759 Do you sometimes forget oops speaking speaking Sardinia and in Rome, 238 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:42.480 it will be funny. Time for a quick break shorter 239 00:15:42.519 --> 00:15:49.480 than your morning espresso. For daily travel tips and behind 240 00:15:49.480 --> 00:15:52.240 the scenes content from our tours. Make sure to follow 241 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:59.559 us on Instagram at untold. It'll lead tours. 242 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:00.279 Well. 243 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:04.960 Sometimes I some some words, yes, they come out, some 244 00:16:05.039 --> 00:16:11.000 words in Sardinia and nobody understands. For example, I don't know. 245 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:16.159 I give just just a word. In Sardinia window we 246 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:21.000 say banana, which is close to Spanish, because in Spanish 247 00:16:21.039 --> 00:16:23.639 I think it's a banana banana. 248 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:27.559 In Italian it's finestro. It's completely different. 249 00:16:27.799 --> 00:16:31.919 Ah, So if I say bandana in here in Rome, 250 00:16:32.240 --> 00:16:35.679 either they speak Spanish and they understand because they speak Spanish, 251 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:37.399 or otherwise. 252 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:40.559 They don't understand it. I'm saying finestro window. 253 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:43.720 I was, and I was getting confused with the French 254 00:16:43.879 --> 00:16:44.639 just now like. 255 00:16:45.360 --> 00:16:48.480 French is finalto yes, more similar to Italian. 256 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:51.639 It's just great. A love this. And in Australia, we 257 00:16:51.679 --> 00:16:55.600 just have one word. It's called window. So Angela, tell 258 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:59.159 me with the beaches. I know Sergini is very very 259 00:16:59.159 --> 00:17:03.080 famous for its Are they sandy beaches or are they 260 00:17:03.120 --> 00:17:06.880 storny or are there some on either side that are mixed? 261 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:08.480 What's what are the beaches like? 262 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:13.880 Well, in Sardinia we have sandy beaches, we have a rocky, 263 00:17:14.119 --> 00:17:18.240 very rocky beaches. And then we have also in my 264 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:22.720 area the beaches where I usually go it's Sunday completely Sunday. 265 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:27.119 Other beaches that I have very close they are very sandy, 266 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:31.839 like very very fine sound one. It's some very good 267 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:35.920 for families because the water it's not deep and. 268 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:40.279 It's very very fine white sand. It's very beautiful. But 269 00:17:40.319 --> 00:17:42.279 then also close to. 270 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:46.599 Me we have another beach another like it's a peninsula. 271 00:17:46.680 --> 00:17:50.119 It's or the sea's peninsula. A few beaches in there 272 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:55.599 they have quarts, so it's like the sand it's like rice. 273 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.920 Wow, it's very beautiful. There's also some pink sand beach 274 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:00.720 there too. 275 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:05.799 Yes, in the north and one of the La Madelena. 276 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:10.240 There are another archipelago, La Mandellena. They have pink quarts 277 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:11.960 also that quarts and it's pink. 278 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:16.200 It's so beautiful. If seriously everyone look, go and google that, 279 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:19.440 or you can go to Angela's website. I'm sure there's 280 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:23.279 She's got some beautiful photos of those beaches. But Sardinia 281 00:18:23.319 --> 00:18:25.960 in Europe is known for having some of the best 282 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:29.400 beaches in Europe, and for some reason, it has that 283 00:18:29.559 --> 00:18:33.519 secret has not yet escaped Europe yet and got to 284 00:18:33.559 --> 00:18:38.599 the broader English speaking population. But like they're literally compared 285 00:18:38.599 --> 00:18:41.640 to the Maldives or you know, places like that. It's 286 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:45.920 they're really I have not seen them yet, but they 287 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:49.240 are supposed to be that beautiful. Have you seen the 288 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:51.319 beaches in the Maldives? Can you compare? 289 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:53.119 No, I haven't. 290 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:57.519 I only saw pictures and many also, many people also 291 00:18:57.519 --> 00:18:59.920 from Sardina that they have been also to the Caribbean 292 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:06.799 and they compare the for example, Lapeloza in Stintino near Algero, 293 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:10.480 not far from Algero in the north of Sardinia, they 294 00:19:10.519 --> 00:19:11.599 compared to the Caribbean. 295 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:14.920 I have been to the Caribbean. I've been to Lapelozza 296 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:16.640 and it's really really nice. 297 00:19:16.920 --> 00:19:20.240 The water you can see from Afar, you can see 298 00:19:20.240 --> 00:19:24.759 the water change in chr It's emerald and then blue 299 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:29.400 and then very light blue and then greenish. 300 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:30.319 It's very beautiful. 301 00:19:31.079 --> 00:19:34.279 Yeah, it sounds amazing. When we talked about Sicily on 302 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:39.240 this podcast before. It's quite interesting because I identify myself 303 00:19:39.279 --> 00:19:42.519 as an island person because I love islands and I 304 00:19:42.599 --> 00:19:44.240 come from the biggest one in the world. 305 00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:47.680 Yes, exactly, but I do. 306 00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:50.480 I think. The thing is, I really feel at home 307 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:54.000 close to the sea. So when you're describing that water, 308 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:57.000 I'm thinking, oh, gosh, I really I would love to 309 00:19:57.039 --> 00:20:00.200 be close to that water. Are the many villages on 310 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.680 the coast where people can stay and enjoy both the 311 00:20:03.759 --> 00:20:05.160 village life and the beaches. 312 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:11.400 Yes, there are actually like villages on the coast and 313 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:16.680 then smaller villages not too far from the coast. For example, 314 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:21.200 where I stay, it's a very tiny village, very small, 315 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:24.640 and people live there all year, but there are very 316 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:30.920 few families. But in Sardinia you are never more than 317 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:36.759 one hour far from the beach. Wherever you are in 318 00:20:36.799 --> 00:20:39.240 the maximum time is one hour you. 319 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:43.599 Reach the coast. It's not a huge island. 320 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:44.839 But it's you know, it's a decent size that you 321 00:20:44.880 --> 00:20:47.920 need to spend some time. So is it like a 322 00:20:48.039 --> 00:20:49.920 free beach or is it a lot of Is there 323 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:51.759 a lot of free beaches there or are there a 324 00:20:51.880 --> 00:20:54.720 lot of beach clubs and leaders there as well. 325 00:20:55.079 --> 00:20:58.839 It's a mix, but there are many free beaches. Everywhere 326 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:02.119 I go it's free. For example, there are some beach 327 00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:08.680 some beaches that there are close the meaning like there 328 00:21:08.720 --> 00:21:11.240 is a limit for the number of people that they 329 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:15.839 can enter each day and you need to book. For example, 330 00:21:16.200 --> 00:21:19.920 the one that I mentioned, La Pelosa. Now they started 331 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:22.480 for like it's already it's already been a couple of 332 00:21:23.079 --> 00:21:26.759 quite a few years. They start in June, from June 333 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:31.200 to September, when it's the high season. They have a 334 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:34.200 limit in the number. For example, I think it's one 335 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:39.920 five hundred each day, and you book you book online 336 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:43.359 from the day before high season, I suggest a couple 337 00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:47.160 of days before, and when you arrive, you show your booking, 338 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:49.759 they have your name, they give you a bracelet, and 339 00:21:49.880 --> 00:21:52.880 then you have the whole day or once the number 340 00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:56.759 is reached, no you can enter. And other beaches they 341 00:21:56.799 --> 00:22:02.200 have like they are priv private clubs for hotels. 342 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:06.960 Yeah yeah, I mean, like quite rightly. Sartinians are very 343 00:22:07.000 --> 00:22:10.359 protective of their beaches, and I think it's you know, 344 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:15.279 this is the way now, spontaneity is probably like not 345 00:22:15.519 --> 00:22:19.279 if you're traveling in high season, it's very advisable to 346 00:22:19.400 --> 00:22:23.359 really search out what you need to know about. You know, 347 00:22:23.359 --> 00:22:26.000 if any want to visit certain beaches, you're probably going 348 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:29.000 to need to get a bit organized. Another thing I 349 00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:33.799 wanted to let people know is that in Sardinia it's 350 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:36.240 illegal to take the sand from the beaches, isn't it. 351 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:40.519 Yes, of course it's illegal because it's really not sustainable. 352 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:45.640 And the beach is beautiful because of the sun. So 353 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:49.839 I know, the sun is beautiful, but too many tourists 354 00:22:49.839 --> 00:22:54.559 and take it away. Every year, they stop many tourists 355 00:22:54.720 --> 00:22:58.440 in the airport or in the port because they find 356 00:22:58.480 --> 00:23:04.400 them with full full of sund bugs or big bottles 357 00:23:04.599 --> 00:23:08.839 full of sund and obviously they take them, they find them, 358 00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:13.319 but sometimes if they don't find them, if they don't 359 00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:17.119 catch them, then they take away bags full of sun 360 00:23:17.680 --> 00:23:22.960 away from Sardinia, and you know, year after year, sometimes 361 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:28.319 their room the beach, and then nobody can enjoy it anymore, 362 00:23:28.720 --> 00:23:30.559 not even tourists. 363 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:32.480 And I think, you know, we just all need to 364 00:23:32.519 --> 00:23:34.480 be a little bit more mindful of things like that. 365 00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:38.160 I mean, there's a lot more people traveling these days, 366 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:41.440 and obviously these people aren't going on Ryan Air because 367 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:44.119 there's no way you'd have the luggage allowance to take 368 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:48.279 a big bag of sand on Ryan Air but it's 369 00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:52.920 too heavy. But yeah, everyone needs to just think about 370 00:23:52.920 --> 00:23:54.599 what they're doing and tread a little lightly. 371 00:23:54.839 --> 00:23:57.559 Yeah, it's a nature In the end, it sounds. 372 00:23:57.279 --> 00:23:59.759 Like to me it's Sardinia is a little bit more 373 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:05.240 natural than some of the other beachy places. Initially, am 374 00:24:05.240 --> 00:24:05.640 I right? 375 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:07.839 Or you can say wild? 376 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:14.240 While yes, true, Sardinia is much much wilder if you 377 00:24:14.279 --> 00:24:18.119 see it also from the airplane when you're when you're landing, 378 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:21.960 you see completely different landscapes from Sardinia. Sardinia and Sicily 379 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:25.920 they are completely different. Sicily is much more well looked after, 380 00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:28.599 for example, like the agriculture and everything. 381 00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:32.880 Sardinia is wild. You see more green, you know, the. 382 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:34.880 Many agriaturismas on the island. 383 00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:36.160 They are. 384 00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:42.680 Starting look already, it started like it's been already a 385 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:43.480 couple of years. 386 00:24:43.640 --> 00:24:47.799 But yeah, there are many. Unfortunately, I think they should 387 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.599 work a. 388 00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:53.240 Little bit better on the marketing because sometimes even I 389 00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:56.240 end up in some agree tourisma that I didn't know 390 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.880 just because I. 391 00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:59.920 Saw very close tourism. 392 00:25:00.160 --> 00:25:04.599 I saw I see like some signs pointing, and then 393 00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:10.160 we decide, okay, let's go there, but not because I 394 00:25:10.440 --> 00:25:14.559 had heard before. But sometimes they're very nice. For example, 395 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:20.240 once we went to Touraga, which is an archaeological site, 396 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:25.359 and we have many uragu in Sardinia, and we visited one, 397 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:28.880 and then we have we ended. 398 00:25:28.720 --> 00:25:30.680 Up in close to Bonorva. 399 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:33.720 We ended up in a small agree toisma which was 400 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:38.559 actually very nice, but we it was no advertised and 401 00:25:38.759 --> 00:25:43.279