Freedom to Roam – Spiaggia La Caletta – Siniscola What home feels like💙Freedom to roam, the sea, nature, vast openness and a place where there’s friendliness and love. This is who I am when not bogged down by the demands of a job and a life that eats away energy and passion. Barefoot in the sands…
Sardinian knives
Sardinian knives, sharp tradition that cuts through history. Knife making; once a vital trade, now artisan crafts at its best. The knife museum in Arbus is where legacy, heritage and craftsmanship come together. On a very warm autumn Sunday we headed for the little town of Arbus. Kind of half up into the mountains at…
The Castle in the Woods – Parco Aymerich in Laconi
An enchanted forest, a zen den and a medieval castle. Magical plants and maybe even a princess and a dragon. Parco Aymerich is a park with more treasures than what is given away from the outside When you enter the park it is like stepping into a different world. Away from the hustle and bustle…
Caprera Island & Punta Rossa by bike
Mountain biking (MTB) on Caprera island. A day with sweaty lunch next to crystal clear water, a real ship wreck and Fascist regime writing on the wall. All wrapped in the rays of the hot Sardinian sun. Caprera – an island outside an island outside another island. Caprera is located on the North-East of Sardinia.…
Pozzo Sella – Gothic Industrial Gem & A Mining Past
Pozzo Sella, stepping into an industrial past, with hidden gems and items you’d not expect to find in a workshop. An elaborate cast iron staircase and a surprising timepiece, spectacular and sophisticated windows. Elements and pieces that would look more at home in a grand building or a town hall – not among pumps, metals…
Hiking Punta La Marmora – Sardinia’s highest mountain
On Sardinia’s roof – a hike to the highest mountain on Sardinia. A ‘walk in the park’ that turned into more of an adventure than any of us imagined. Cows with fluffy ears, scary wasps and spiders. Unpredictable weather and a tumble down the ski-slope. But even so, being on the roof of Sardinia –…
Warm Cuddles at the Iglesias Cat Café
Kitties and cookies, coffees and cuddles. Coffee break with furry friends. Whether it’s for a quick coffee, an Italian breakfast, an afternoon coffee or a late evening snack. The home of the six cats at the Iglesias Cat Café is purringly purrfect for all of the above. On the Sardinian South-West coast, in Iglesias to…
Cittadella dei Musei – Cagliari’s museum complex
Horror pigeons, silver toothpicks, bones in a box and gold paintings. These are just some of the things that can be experienced on the castle hill of Sardinia’s capital Cagliari in the Cittadella dei Musei On this last Saturday of August the weather forecast was less than favourable and it was decided that a museum…
Day trippin’ – San Pietro island by car
A spin around the island of San Pietro San Pietro island is literally an island outside of an island (Sardinia), on the South West coast of Sardinia. The island is a 40 minute ferry ride from Portovesme in Portoscuso (run by Delcomar) running several times a day, particularly in the busy season. The ferry’s lounge…
Rainbow Hues – Multicoloured Bosa
Colours and winding lanes, tall narrow houses, gorgeous ice cream and a small angel with a water bowl. Bosa is, among other things, a town with a delightful medieval centre. It is filled with multicoloured houses, nestling at the foot of an old castle towering on the hill on one side and a quiet flowing…