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The gallura of the sea

An itinerary set in marvellous landscapes carved by the wind

From Olbia to Maddalena via the Emerald Coast, from Palau to Santa Teresa, graced with north-eastern Sardinia’s most beautiful shorelines and towns.

Journey length: 99 km

Road travel time: 2 h 13 min

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Porto Cervo

切沃港是一处著名的度假小镇。其地名Porto Cervo衍生自一座将自然港口进行改造后所呈现出的类似于马鹿(Cervo)头部形状。这座中心旅游小镇的建筑风格十分独特,游客穿行在彷如迷宫的围城、拱廊和大型石阶后,就来到了通过一座木质小桥与老港口(Porto Vechcio)相连接的中心小广场(Piazzetta Centrale)。小广场上开设有大量的时装店和设计师门店。切沃港小镇不远处的海湾在旅游旺季时人声鼎沸,豪华游艇、游船和帆船星罗棋布。

Olbia
The north-eastern gateway to Sardinia, an ancient and flourishing city that is the preferred holiday destination of many, set on a gulf with an…

Porto Cervo

World famous seaside resort, the symbol of the Emerald Coast. Its name comes from the natural deer (cervo) headed shape of the harbour around which the town was constructed. In summer the lovely harbour bustles with luxury yachts and sail boats. The centre sports a very special architectural style and is a maze of alleys, porticos and stairs that converge on the main piazza, which is connected to the old port via a little wooden bridge and famous for its high end fashion boutiques.

Porto Cervo
In Gallura, the strip of land in the northeast of Sardinia lies the undisputed kingdom of luxury holidays: its symbol is a small and charming village…

La Maddalena

To the south of the island of Maddalena, the largest of the archipelago’s national park, is the eponymous town. Its historical palazzos and a variety of small harbours, including Cala Gavetta at the far western edge of town, all face the mainland. Here is where you’ll find the Nino Lamboglia underwater archaeology museum, while along the coastal perimeter of the island you’ll relax on beaches of uncommon beauty.

La Maddalena
The big sister of around 60 islands and islets that make up the archipelago to the northeast of Sardinia, opposite the coast of Gallura, the only…

Palau

Coastal town and point of departure towards the Maddalena archipelago, it is famous for its sequence of beautiful beaches and granite cliffs. Just outside of town is the famous Capo d’Orso rock, a granite hill over 120 metres high that wind and water have sculpted to resemble a bear. Thousands flock there every year. Archaeological sites dot the area, in particular nuraghes and giant tombs, graves with an unusual construction whose layout is reminiscent of a taurine protome.

Palau
A famous tourist resort in Gallura on the northern coast of Sardinia, near the Emerald Coast, it is the marine gateway for the Maddalena archipelago

Santa Teresa

The layout of the foundation of the coastal town was designed by in 1808 by King Vittorio Emanuele I. It is now a famed seaside resort on a rocky table over a stretch of jagged shoreline, a shoreline dotted with coves blessed with soft white beaches and inlets of wind-shaped granite that are the inimitable gems of northern Sardinia.

Santa Teresa Gallura
A picturesque village sits perched on a promontory at the northern end of Sardinia, looking out over the Strait of Bonifacio, a famous and popular…

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