Our pick for… ACTIVE EXPLORING
SARDINIA
With its own distinctive language, culture and cuisine, the Med’s second largest island is Sardinian first, Italian second. Everyone raves about its glittering beaches and true-blue seas, but that’s just for starters.
In the space of a day, spectacularly diverse Sardinia wings you from Bronze Age towers and tombe dei gigante (giant tombs) to time-forgotten villages, landscapes sculpted from granite rock, vineyards and olive groves. Narrow roads corkscrew to wild-flower-freckled fields, holm oak woods where wild pigs snuffle, river-woven ravines and alpine peaks.
Whether you’re flying or arriving by ferry, you’ll arrive in one of Sardinia’s charismatic cities. The island feels much bigger than it looks on paper, so plan wisely. South-coast capital Cagliari is a beauty, with its showstopping clifftop citadel Castello – a…
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Woman & Home (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025