PLEASURES OF SARDINIA


The second-biggest island of the Mediterranean Sea, a place where to relax and to live the exclusive atmosphere of the Costa Smeralda, in a luxurious environment surrounded by a crystal clear sea. Visit the beautiful center of Alghero and enjoy an excursion to the archeological sites located in the inner part of the region. What are you waiting for? Fall in love with Sardinia!



DAY BY DAY ITINERARY

DAY 1 - ARRIVAL IN ALGHERO


Private transfer from Alghero airport to Alghero city center at your Hotel . Time on own to visit the old town where the influence of the Catalan power can be still seen everywhere and whose history has marked the identity of a cosmopolitancenter. Dinner at leisure in Alghero. Overnight


TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

 

  • Alghero Old Town, with the well-preserved ancient towers and town walls, the Cathedral, characterized by an original Catalan-Gothic style, and the old medieval town square.


DO NOT MISS

 

  • Coral shops and laboratories in Alghero, where you will see marvelous hand-made jewels



DAY 2 - WINE ESTATE – TEMPIO PAUSANIA - PORTO CERVO


Check out and full day excursion with your driver: first stop will be a wine estate in Alghero surroundings: you will savor the typical Sardinian wines, such as the Cannonau,Malvasia and many others. We continue to Tempio Pausania, where you will visit the famous "Nuraghe Majori", one of the oldest evidences of the ancient civilizations that lived in Sardinia. Afterwards, lunch in a typical restaurant of the area. Late afternoon arriving in your Hotel in Costa Smeralda. Dinner on own and overnight.


TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

 

  • Visit to one of the most important "nuraghi" of the area, dating back to the 16th century B.C., during the Bronze Age. The "nuraghi" were real dwellings and they are really well preserved still nowadays: do not miss this historical rarity!

  • Wine tasting at the prestigious wine estate "Sella e Mosca", where you will taste the delicious Vermentino and Cannonau wines


ESSENCE SPECIALS

 

  • A typical lunch in Tempio Pausania, where dishes are completely different from the coastal zone, and where you will taste delicious soups, meat specialties, local desserts.



DAY 3 - YACHT AND MADDALENA ISLAND

This day will be dedicated to a full day excursion by private yacht ( option 5 star, - option 4 and 3 star roundtrip transfer from Porto Cervo to Palau and ferry tickets to maddalena island) ) to Emerald coast urrounding area and to the Maddalena island: feel like a real VIP and spend the whole day relaxing on your yacht and stopping in the middle of the sea to have a swim; sunbathing on the yacht; visiting the Maddalena Island, center of the Maddalena Natural Park, a protected area with sandy beaches, crystal clear waters that remind tourists of the Caribbean Sea. Return in the afternoon, dinner on own and overnight in Porto Cervo.

ESSENCE SPECIALS

 

  • Exclusive private excursion by yacht


DO NOT MISS

 

  • Maddalena sandy beaches and clear water

  • A swim in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea



DAY 4 -HALF DAY NURAGHI

In the early morning private transfer to Tempio Pausania, where you will visit the famous "Nuraghe Majori", one of the oldest evidences of the ancient civilizations that lived in Sardinia. Afterwards, lunch in a typical restaurant of the area. In the afternoon, return to Porto Cervo and balance of the day at leisure.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

 

  • Visit to one of the most important "nuraghi" of the area, dating back to the 16th century B.C., during the Bronze Age. The "nuraghi" were real dwellings and they are really well preserved still nowadays: do not miss this historical rarity!


ESSENCE SPECIALS

 

  • A typical lunch in Tempio Pausania, where dishes are completely different from the coastal zone, and where you will taste delicious soups, meat specialties, local desserts.



DAY 5 - RELAX ON THE BEACH

Today, enjoy a full day at leisure to relax on Costa Smeralda beach on your own: stay at your hotel and take advantage of its beautiful private beach; swim in the blue, clear Sardinian sea, take a walk in Porto Cervo city center, full of luxury boutiques, have an ice-cream or an aperitif at la Piazzetta delle Chiacchiere, the quaint center of Porto Cervo, spend a night at the famous disco "Billionaire".


DAY 6-CHECK OUT


Breakfast and check-out. Private transfer from Alghero to Cagliari or Olbia airport



OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE TOUR: 3*, 4*, 5* HOTELS, VILLAS AND HISTORICAL RESIDENCES, ALL THE TOURS CAN BE PERSONALIZED AND TAILOR MADE

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