WHATSCOOKIN in Sardinia
with Britt Bunyard
OCT 26th - NOV 7th 2022
Program
Cagliari (3 nights)
Day 1 - Wed, Oct 26
Arrival in Cagliari airport and transfer to hotel at an hour to be established once everyone’s flight schedules are in. We recommend you book a flight that lands in the early afternoon (2pm – 4pm) as there will only be limited transfers to hotel. If you remain within our suggested time slot you can avoid having to wait at the airport for a long time if you arrive too early (or having to reach the hotel by your own means if you arrive too late). Check into rooms and freshen up. When everyone’s checked into hotel, Claudio and Marco will lead a walk to visit Sardinia's capital, its lively waterfront, colorful alleyways and formidable hilltop citadel. Dinner in town.
Day 2 - Thurs, Oct 27
After breakfast take a boat ride to explore Cagliari's coast, Cala Giunco: a long strip of white sandy beach wedged between tropical azure waters, and a lagoon where pink flamingos congregate in spring. To the north, hills covered with Mediterranean scrub rise on the blue horizon. If it's warm enough you can even go for a dip. Have lunch on the boat. Return to the town center in the afternoon where you can continue to explore Sardinia's largest city.
Day 3 - Fri, Oct 28
After breakfast go on first foray in the massif Sette Fratelli, clad in thick forests. Its granite peaks and woodlands bristle with cork and holm oak, juniper, oleander and myrtle. Have lunch in a local trattoria. Return to Cagliari.
Day 4 - Sat, Oct 29
Tonara (3 nights)
After breakfast transfer to hotel in Tonara in the heartland of Sardinia. Enjoy a cheese tasting in an award-winning cheese factory followed by a lunch and wine tasting in one of the island's best wineries. Continue journey to new hotel stopping at Sardinia's sole World Heritage Site, an Iron Age settlement, nuraghe Su Niraxi, with a tower dating back to 1500 BC. Reach new hotel in the evening.
Day 5 - Sun, Oct 30
After breakfast foray in Tonara. Have lunch in a local trattoria. Visit the famous nougat factory in town and have a tasting of its renowned and delicious 'torrone'.
Day 6 - Mon, Oct 31
After breakfast foray in Tonara. Have lunch in a local trattoria. Visit a livestock bell maker’s workshop and learn about this fascinating craft with a live demonstration.
Tempio Pausania (3 nights)
Day 7 - Tues, Nov 1
After breakfast transfer to Tempio Pausania with foray en route. Lunch in a local trattoria. Wine tasting to try Sardinia's most famous wine, Vermentino di Gallura. Reach Tempio Pausania by mid afternoon.
Day 8 - Wed, Nov 2
After breakfast foray in the thick pine woods of Monte Limbara. Lunch in a local trattoria. Visit The Museo Etnografico Galluras celebrating local rural traditions including that of Sa Femina Accabadora, the midwife who in traditional Sardinian culture assumed the duty of putting terminally ill patients out of their misery with a gruesome hammer. Return to hotel.
Day 9 - Thurs, Nov 3
After breakfast foray near Aggius, where huge granite boulders spill across rolling hills creating a surreal and evocative landscape. Lunch in a local trattoria. Get a sinister peek at Aggius’ past by visiting the Museum of Banditism. Return to hotel.
Alghero (2 nights)
Day 10 - Fri, Nov 4
After breakfast transfer to Alghero, stopping along the way to see the superb Romanesque church, Santissima Trinita di Saccargia and to visit the handsome old city center of Sassari before lunch. Reach hotel in the late afternoon/evening.
Day 11 - Sat, Nov 5
After breakfast foray in a cork tree and holm oak forest on Monte Cuccu with fabulous vistas of cliffs plummeting into the blue sea. Have lunch in a local trattoria. Return to hotel with free time to visit the town of Alghero, probably Sardinia's most beautiful medieval city.
Cagliari (1 night)
Day 12 - Sun, Nov 6
After breakfast transfer to hotel near airport in Cagliari. Visit Bosa, one of Sardinia’s most attractive towns. A rainbow of pastel-colored houses stacked on a steep hillside, tapering up to an imposing castle. On the town's harbor moored fishing boats bob on a glassy river elegantly lined with palm trees. Continue journey southward stopping for farewell lunch along the way.
Day 13 - Mon, Nov 7
Departure from Cagliari airport. We recommend you book a flight that departs around noon (11am – 1pm). We will only offer a limited amount of transfers to airport therefore if you remain within our suggested time slot you can avoid having to wait at the airport for a long time if your flight departs very late or having to reach hotel by your own means if your flight departs very early.
In the next few weeks more specific information will be added regarding the afternoon activities and the outings
"This land resembles no other place...enchanting spaces and distances to travel in...it is like liberty itself."
D.H. Lawrence
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FUN. REAL. ENLIGHTENING.
PRICE INCLUDES:
- ACCOMMODATION
- ALL BREAKFASTS AND DAILY LUNCH OR DINNER
- ALL TRANSPORTATION MENTIONED IN ITINERARY
- ENTRANCE FEES TO ALL ACTIVITIES MENTIONED IN THE ITINERARY;
- WALKING TOURS THROUGH ALL THE TOWNS;
- 7 MYCO FORAYS
*All activities are subject to change on the basis of which options are deemed to be the most suitable in terms of current culinary standards, the weather conditions on a given day, and other relevant criteria.
Rates
€ 3750 SINGLE
€ 3250 SHARING
Price does not include airfare
Please contact us to receive a booking form which includes payment methods we support along with our terms & cancellation policy.
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