An expensive mode of transport

Arrival in Sardinia

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May 6th 2011
06 May 2011 The ferry docked at the port of Golfo Aranci and our first visit was to the Costa Smeralda, a wild coast with many inlets and bays which over the last 50 years has been developed into a millionaires’ playground, but it still retains much of its natural ruggedness. We then went to look at the sacred well of Sa Testa from Sardinia’s nuraghic era. The island’s nuraghic culture la ... read more

Europe » Italy

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more