The second largest island of the Mediterranean managed to keep some of its natural,untouched beauty, which is more and more rare in modern Europe. Large herds of goat andsheep are grazing on the scarcely inhabited Campidoro plain. Here thearchaic patoral culturestill lives on. In the Giara di Gesturi National Park a stud of 1500 horses lives completely free.There are almost 8 thousand ‘nurages’, ancient megalithic stone buildings built around 2000BC. The black diorite, polished by the sea and the wind and the grey granite rocks stand outouf the blue sea. The island is covered with macchia, a fragrant bush, between them there ismyrtle, thyme, rosemary and lavender. The landscape is full of olive trees, cork, almond treesand grape. The narrow alleys of the old towns are edged by Sardinian and Toscan stylebuildings. If we add to this the beautiful stalactite caves, the monuments of Cagliari, the wildcoast of Costa Smeralda, and the magnificent beaches, we can say that Sardinia is the naturelovers’ paradise and a place for an idillic vacation…CagliariPulaSinisGiara di GesturiArbataxCala GononeBosaAlgheroSassariCastelsardoNurage di Sant AntineCosta SmeraldaPalauSanta Teresa di Gallura