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Italy from Venice to the Aeolian Islands. Cities, volcanoes and the timing that keeps it affordable.

17 articles

7.10.2026

Stand on the sea walls of Alghero and look west: on the horizon lies a long white headland that resembles a giant…

7.10.2026

Most people come to Sardinia for the sea and only head inland once lying on the beach starts to get boring. Gorropu…

7.10.2026

Look up where to stay on Sardinia’s east coast and one name keeps coming back: Cala Gonone. There are good reasons for…

7.10.2026

The Gulf of Orosei (Golfo di Orosei in Italian) works differently from most famous Mediterranean beaches. There is no pulling up in…

7.10.2026

This may sound odd, but finding a nice place to stay in Sardinia was harder than we expected. The island is expensive,…

7.10.2026

Sardinia looks like the kind of island where nothing can go wrong. Turquoise water, empty coves, cheap wine. And yet this is…

7.10.2026

In Alghero the baker greets you with “bon dia” rather than “buongiorno”, and the street signs come in two languages, Italian and…

7.10.2026

Sardinia is bigger than it looks on the map (it surprised us too). It runs more than 250 kilometres from north to…

7.10.2026

On the map, Sardinia looks like an island you could drive round in an afternoon. You can’t. It is more than 270…

7.10.2026

In photos from the 1960s it looks like a beach dusted with strawberry ice cream. Today it is the most famous beach…