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At the moment, guides at reception points are tasked with reminding tourists how to behave “They take care of both the beaches and the sea They do a splendid job but they have no power to impose sanctions,” Giudice said Giudice will remain in her position for six months with the possibility of reappointment for another six after that I will do everything to secure a socio-economic plan that is tailor-made for the park and that the issue of limiting flows is addressed,” she said dull Modena would be left behind; in the footsteps of Paul Gauguin he would discover tropical forests This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Mauro Morandi” Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents The most open-minded pope for many years died on April 21st—Easter Monday—aged 88 The Peruvian novelist and liberal died on April 13th, aged 89 The Bletchley Park “secretary” died on March 31st, aged 101 The two-time heavyweight champion of the world died on March 21st, aged 76 The KGB officer who spied for Britain died on March 4th, aged 86 Registered in England and Wales. No. 236383 | Registered office: The Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London, WC2N 6HT | VAT Reg No: GB 340 436 876 1793Napoleon got his first taste of battle in February 1793 at the siege of La Maddalena Published: Jun 6, 2024written by Dale Pappas Napoleon’s name is synonymous with French history But before Napoleon rose to power in France he dreamed of becoming influential in his native Corsica Napoleon made many decisions in his early life believing that it could help further his career in Corsica rather than France Napoleon’s participation in the failed attempt to seize La Maddalena in February 1793 contributed to a shift in his thinking about Corsica this Corsican patriot had emerged as a rising star of the French Republic In his book The Social Contract (1762), Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote of Corsica “I have a presentiment that one day this small island will astonish Europe.” Indeed the rebellion launched by the islanders against Genoese rule in the 1760s captured Europe’s attention Even people in distant Boston and Philadelphia admired Corsica’s rebellious spirit They tried to emulate it in opposing British policies on the eve of the American Revolution Corsican rebels continued their fight against the French who purchased the north Mediterranean island of Corsica from Genoa in 1768 France formally annexed Corsica the following year and appointed Charles Louis de Marbeuf as the island’s governor But Rousseau’s statement equally applies to the life of Napoleon Bonaparte He was the second son of Carlo and Letizia Buonaparte Napoleon’s parents were Corsican revolutionaries determined to upend Genoese rule but soon realized loyalty presented opportunities for the family Thanks to his family’s close ties to Marbeuf Napoleon received admission to one of France’s military academies Napoleon started school in France at age nine The young Napoleon impressed his instructors as he advanced through different academies Although initially recommended for naval service because of his knack for mathematics Napoleon was soon placed on track for a career in the prestigious artillery branch of the French army he received his first commission in the French army as a lieutenant Napoleon longed to return to Corsica and found adjusting to life in France difficult Napoleon still signed his name “Napoleone di Buonaparte” rather than the Napoleon Bonaparte Despite his promising academic record and French military commission Napoleon spent most of the years 1786-1788 on leave from his regiment Napoleon grew interested in and supported republican ideals as the French Revolution unfolded Napoleon saw the French Revolution as an opportunity for Corsica’s independence Napoleon still saw his future in Corsica rather than Paris the young Napoleon idolized Pasquale Paoli Paoli was one of the world’s most famous revolutionaries even in an era dominated by the leaders of the American and French revolutions His name was synonymous in Europe and North America with Corsica’s revolt against the island’s Genoese and French rulers Paoli gained international popularity for his leadership in resisting and eventually expelling Genoese forces from Corsica in the early 1760s But Paoli had given up the fight and spent most of Napoleon’s youth in exile in England His road to return to Corsica opened in 1789 as the events leading to the French Revolution unfolded Napoleon and his family helped Paoli return and restore his leadership role in Corsican society with the support of the French revolutionary government Paoli moved to entrench his power in Corsica he did not see Napoleon and the family as having a significant role in Corsica’s future was unhappy about Napoleon’s French military commission and held more conservative royalist and clerical views instead of republican sympathies Paoli also got into heated disputes with Napoleon’s younger brother Napoleon was thus increasingly isolated from the position of power he wanted in Corsica Paoli was expected to demonstrate his loyalty to the French revolutionary cause by raising volunteers to attack one of France’s enemies Piedmont ruled Corsica’s neighboring island French planners organized an attack on Sardinia’s three strategic outlying islands Paoli’s nephew Pietro Paolo Colonna-Cesari became the French expedition’s commander Napoleon led an artillery unit attached to the expedition in his first significant command Napoleon believed his service here would improve his standing with Paoli and overall status in Corsica Only a month after French revolutionaries executed King Louis XVI Napoleon got his first taste of battle in service to the French revolutionary cause Napoleon often wrote of events in France as if he were a foreign observer Despite his service in the French military Captain Buonaparte of the Corsican National Guard was still The expedition arrived off the coast of the three Sardinian islands on February 21 separated from the other islands by less than 800 yards Napoleon set up his cannons on San Stefano to fire on La Maddalena while French troops prepared to land on the island Napoleon’s artillery proved effective during the attack But the same could not be said for the French troops After seeing La Maddalena’s defenses for themselves troops on board one of the French ships mutinied But 1793 was a critical year in Napoleon’s personal and professional life He fumed against Paoli and his family and blamed them for the expedition’s failure But Paoli and his allies still exercised power in Corsica They would soon plan to wield that influence in shaping the island’s future Napoleon returned to active military duty in France Napoleon became close to an important figure in the French government and fellow Corsican Napoleon was soon assigned to the French revolutionary forces besieging the Mediterranean port city and naval base of Toulon Political turmoil resulted in Toulon falling into the hands of anti-revolutionary royalists The royalists then invited an Anglo-Spanish fleet to protect them from any French revolutionary counterattack Napoleon thus joined the effort to recapture Toulon the French revolutionaries finally gained the upper hand in late 1793 Napoleon captured a key British-held outpost defending Toulon his service had been recognized with a recommendation for promotion to brigadier general Historian Andrew Roberts notes that because of Toulon Napoleon was a 24-year-old general with less than four years of active military experience 1793 had indeed been an eventful year for Napoleon Paoli’s relationship with French revolutionary authorities in Paris deteriorated after the failed expedition against Sardinia Corsica was embroiled in a civil war between Paoli’s faction and republican supporters like Napoleon Napoleon and his family had fled Corsica for Marseille Napoleon’s idol-turned-rival Paoli l did not resist the British invasion of Corsica in early 1794. A rising star in the British Royal Navy, Horatio Nelson, lost an eye in the siege of the Corsican town of Calvi. Nelson would lose an arm in battle and later his life in a victorious effort during the Napoleonic Wars’ decisive naval engagement of Trafalgar in 1805 British forces seized Corsica by the late summer of 1794. Britain occupied the island until 1796, when Napoleon’s victories in Italy made it impossible to maintain control. By that point, Paoli had returned to England, where he died in 1807. French troops soon reoccupied Corsica. Napoleon last visited Corsica on his return to France from Egypt in 1799 Why has La Maddalena been forgotten in Napoleon’s story? It starts with Napoleon and the legend he helped create about his life Napoleon actively involved himself in promoting propaganda surrounding his achievements A minor role in a failed campaign did not warrant much discussion in writing a heroic narrative of Napoleon’s life supporters and detractors have helped Napoleon’s legend grow The evidence is all around us in the endless list of books La Maddalena is not a familiar chapter in the story of Napoleon’s life that is so often told by admirers or opponents accounts of his military career generally begin with the 1793 siege of Toulon But to skip over Napoleon’s experience in the expedition against Sardinia is a mistake if we want to understand his life and career The failed attack at La Maddalena formed part of a chain of events that shaped not only Napoleon’s life but also the future of France and Europe The fallout from the expedition’s failure pushed Napoleon and his family out of Corsica it set in motion the events that would see Napoleon become one of Revolutionary France’s leading generals Just three years after his first battle at La Maddalena as an unknown captain Napoleon won his first brilliant campaign in Italy Dale Pappas is an author and educator based in Miami Dale has taught History and Academic Writing at the high school and university levels in the United States and Europe He holds a PhD in Modern European History from the University of Miami Dale researches the history of tourism in the Mediterranean and the political history of Modern Greece and some of the cleanest and clearest water But it is only recently that these islands have begun to discover tourism where all but five per cent of the archipelago's 10,000 inhabitants live - was insulated from the need to make much of a living out of visitors by the presence of a huge NATO naval base This provided jobs for hundreds of maddalenini both directly on the base and indirectly in the form of dollar-rich US officers and seamen looking for places to eat and drink - until it closed in 2008 The archipelago has been well-known to the Costa Smeralda yacht set for a while who sail out to the heavenly turquoise lagoons like the Porto della Madonna and the islands' deserted beaches only accessible by boat and occasionally stop for lunch at one of the islands' waterside trattorias; and there are a few small hotels pensionis and modest resorts catering to a mainly Italian clientele So visitors to La Maddalena will find a certain friendliness and eagerness to please among restaurateurs along with a command of English unusual in Italy bred by decades of coexistence with the US navy What first strikes you about the town of La Maddalena is the feeling it shares with certain other historically significant Mediterranean ports its character formed as much by the contacts it has made over the centuries as by the country it happens to be attached to But this limbo status is common to the whole archipelago The Maddalena islands are only 20 minutes by ferry from the Sardinian port of Palau and geologically connected to the pink granite rockscapes of Gallura in the north-east of Sardinia But maddalenini have always seen themselves as a race apart from Sardinian 'mainlanders' just as the latter feel culturally distinct from the rest of Italy The first inhabitants of the islands in modern times were Corsican shepherds who crossed the dangerous Strait of Bonifacio with their herds in search of pasture that was not subject to taxation or competition from cropping farmers When the 1720 Treaty of The Hague assigned Sardinia to the House of Savoy the Maddalena archipelago was simply forgotten and the islands' uncertain territorial status made them a smugglers' paradise Cala Soraya in the La Maddalena archipelagoPaolo Giocoso/SIME/4CornersPristine beaches backed by fragrant shrubs of lentisk and pistachio have fewer footprints than Crusoe's island The port of La MaddalenaOliviero OlivieriNapoleon later besieged the port Nelson visited the waters off Maddalena three times in the build-up to Trafalgar though he did present a silver crucifix to the parish priest Today this is proudly displayed in the little Museo Diocesano together with the admiral's briskly polite accompanying letter signed - according to the style he had adopted after being given a Sicilian dukedom by Ferdinando I - 'Nelson & Bronté' But it is another astute military commander who is most closely associated with these islands which is connected to the main island by a bridge and a causeway was the Risorgimento hero's home for the last 27 years of his life Garibaldi was exiled to the islands in 1849 He liked his prison enough to return in 1855 and buy land on Caprera challenging island of grey-pink granite rocks umbrella-pine forests and some of the best beaches in Sardinia Garibaldi's former house is preserved as the centrepiece of the Museo Garibaldino hands-off Italian museums that remains affecting despite (or could it be because of?) the bored guides and troops of schoolchildren on dutiful pilgrimage On display are the general's three-wheeler bath chairs some faded locks of hair and furniture made by Brown Bros Perhaps most moving is the narrow bed on which the old soldier ended his days raised on a plinth so he could contemplate sailing and long walks are the default activities At the end of a long day's communing with nature Because all the development has been concentrated in the town the island itself has some quiet corners which are well worth exploring 19th-century granite quarry that looks like it was abandoned overnight Rusting trolleys still sit on twisted iron tracks huge three-legged winches loom like Richard Serra sculptures still bearing the quarrymen's chisel marks dune-backed beaches such as Bassa Trinità offer tropical sea and sand (though seaweed can be a problem on this coast) on SpargiAlamyYou'll need to take a boat to reach the archipelago's most spectacular land- and seascapes backed by fragrant shrubs of lentisk and pistachio have fewer footprints than Crusoe's island Across the first (often choppy) stretch of the Bocche di Bonifacio Razzoli and Santa Maria are for true castaways Santa Maria has a bar-restaurant and a few simple houses that change hands (when they do One belongs to actor-director Roberto Benigni the latest Italian film personality to be associated with these islands when the last lighthouse keeper was transferred) the archipelago's granite rocks reach their apotheosis piling and twisting into muscular shapes which make them look like eroded Budelli is a tamer and more verdant island with what must be the most famous beach in all Italy: the Spiaggia Rosa which featured in Antonioni's film Il Deserto Rosso and is so-called because of the blushing pink colour of the sand caused by a microorganism that lives on seagrass After years of depredations by tourists filling bottles with the sand to take away as souvenirs Since 1993 (better late than never) this has been a protected area and the beach is now cordoned off (you're allowed to walk around the footpath that borders it It's still a seductively beautiful spot Seamen at the port of La MaddalenaOliviero OlivieriBudelli also has a real-life Robinson Crusoe: Mauro 71-year-old guardian who lives in a jerry-built shack just back from the Spiaggia Rosa he moved here in 1989 when the job came up and spends 10 months of each year on the island using a small generator to produce enough electricity to power a few lights and warming up his shower water with solar panels He makes his own furniture out of juniper wood some of which he sells via a Milan gallery boat captains bring curious visitors and 'it's all fairly non-stop' when strong winds make the crossing too dangerous to attempt in a small boat 'Once I was stuck here for 40 days,' he tells me proudly This feature was published in Condé Nast Traveller July 2011 Here are the best places to visit in the Aegadian Islands, Italy: This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Mauro Morandi stumbled upon island off Sardinia in 1989 after catamaran broke down an Italian man nicknamed “Robinson Crusoe” by the media after living alone on a paradise island for more than three decades an island off Sardinia famous for its pink-sanded beach in 1989 after his catamaran broke down on the way to the South Pacific He soon learned that the island’s caretaker was about to retire His home on Budelli was a former second world war shelter until 2021, when he was evicted after a lengthy tussle with La Maddalena national park authorities who had planned to transform the island into a hub for environmental education Morandi moved into a one-bedroom apartment on La Maddalena the largest of the archipelago of seven islands off the north coast of Sardinia He spent some time in a care home in Sassari last summer after a fall, and is reported to have died at the weekend in Modena, northern Italy Exasperated by consumerism, politics and other aspects of society, Morandi had set sail for Polynesia in 1989 in search of his idyll. But his journey was scuppered soon after leaving mainland Italy due to a technical hitch on his catamaran, forcing him to anchor in La Maddalena. He decided to work for some time on the island to pay off the cost of the boat and fund the rest of the trip. But then, after clapping eyes on the nearby uninhabited Budelli, Morandi realised his paradise was much closer to home. keeping its beaches pristine and teaching summer day-trippers about its ecosystem Tourists, who have been banned from walking on the island’s pink beach since the 1990s were often surprised to come across its sole inhabitant Food was delivered to him by boat from La Maddalena and a homemade solar system powered his lights Morandi had more than 70,000 followers across Instagram and Facebook now you can return to the island that protected you for decades,” wrote one follower One beach on the Italian island of Sardinia will only be accessible to visitors by booking through an app this summer Crescent-shaped Tuerredda beach has already been capping visitor numbers at 1,100 per day since 2020 aims to ease the strain on local resources and infrastructure Many of Sardinia's spectacular beaches are protected from overtourism with similar restrictions with transgressors facing fines of up to €3,500 The island’s coastline is renowned for its pristine stretches of sand and is frequently voted as one of the top places in Italy for a seaside holiday But it has also been suffering due to disrespectful visitor behaviour and overcrowding Here are all the places where the island has limited access or introduced regulations to safeguard its most popular beaches The Spiaggia Rosa, located on the outlying Budelli island, draws thousands of tourists a day in summer to admire its magnificent pink sand But visitors can only see the picturesque sands from a distance on a boat it has been closed off to visitors since the mid-1990s after its coveted sand began to disappear The local government took action after tourists were found to be smuggling kilos worth away as souvenirs Local authority regulations now mean walking on the beach will land you a €500 fine, while anyone caught stealing the sand will have to pay up to €3,500 only 60 people a day could visit Cala Coticcio and Cala Brigantina over the summer Travellers needed to book their slot online and pay €3 per person to access the beaches with a guide The visitor limit and access fee have not yet been announced this year, but visits will likely need to be booked by contacting a local guide directly like last year Several other beaches around the island now only allow access to a limited number of visitors In the north, Cala Brandinchi and Lu Impostu will limit numbers to 1,447 and 3,352 respectively between 1 June and 30 September. Visitors also need to book via the San Teodoro app or on the dedicated website 700 people are allowed per day between June and early November Riu Trottu and Portu Sa Ruxi are required to pay to access the car park Each vehicle costs €10 with an additional €1 for each passenger Staff are stationed at car parks and beach access points to check tickets Stintino’s famed Pelosa beach is now only open to a limited number of visitors per day A maximum of 1,500 people are allowed to access the beach daily visitor numbers reached as many as 4,000 on some days Those looking to sunbathe on Pelosa beach need to book a ticket costing €3.50 Regulations also state that visitors can only use beach towels if they place mats underneath them 300 people a day are permitted on Cala Birìala and beachgoers who arrive by boat can only stay for 90 minutes visitors to Cala dei Gabbiani are also capped at 300 Sardinia joins several other popular tourist destinations that have introduced restrictions as a result 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International Architecture Exhibition of Venice to work on a very specific site on the Northern part of Sardinia which embodies the complexity of relations between architecture Archive VIDEO « Back It is more than three months since Mauro Morandi left Budelli after living alone there for 32 years Mauro Morandi woke up to the uninterrupted sea view that only he was privy to he was intimately in tune with the dawn sounds and habits of the wildlife that surrounded his home a former second world war shelter on Budelli the Mediterranean island where he had lived alone for more than 30 years Now the 82-year-old is adjusting to life in a one-bedroom apartment next to a shop with a Sky TV sign outside, surrounded by neighbours and with only a glimpse of the ocean in between the gaps separating the buildings opposite on nearby La Maddalena, the largest of an archipelago of seven islands off the north coast of Sardinia, Italy Morandi said: “I became so used to the silence people … it distracts you so much you don’t have time to think.” More than three months have passed since Morandi, a former PE teacher from the northern Italian city of Modena, was forced to leave Budelli tree and animal species on the rugged islet He had expected the public’s fascination in his life to wane after his departure; instead Fans from around the world continue to send him messages the master of solitude.” Journalists still call him for quotes or in anticipation of writing a book or making a film nobody would talk about me any more,” he said Asked why he thinks the intrigue in him is so intense Morandi replied: “It’s as if people delegated me to do something they would never have the courage to do.” Morandi had always dreamed of living on an island in 1989 he decided to set sail for Polynesia in search of his idyll But his journey to the South Pacific was scuppered soon after leaving mainland Italy due to a technical hitch on his catamaran He decided to work for some time on the island to pay off the cost of the boat and fund the rest of the trip after clapping eyes on the nearby uninhabited Budelli Morandi realised his paradise was much closer to home the island’s caretaker was about to retire and so Morandi abandoned the trip to Polynesia For the next two decades he guarded Budelli without trouble Tourists have been banned from walking on the island’s pink beach but can visit during the day via boat and are permitted to walk along a path behind the beach They were often surprised to come across the sole inhabitant earning Morandi the nickname Robinson Crusoe after the castaway in Daniel Defoe’s novel Among the intrigued visitors over the years were the former Formula One boss Flavio Briatore and his then girlfriend The pair came in search of a meal with Morandi Morandi’s life continued in much the same rhythm until the private company that owned the island went bankrupt a businessman from New Zealand who pledged to keep Morandi on as caretaker were thwarted amid protests and an intervention by the Italian government a Sardinian judge ruled the island be put back into public hands The authorities plan to turn Budelli into a hub for environmental education Photograph: Robertharding/AlamyUntil his departure in late April Morandi was entwined in a lengthy tussle with La Maddalena national park authorities which plan to turn Budelli into a hub for environmental education accused him of making adjustments to his home on the island without the required permits and said he had to go The two sides appeared to have reached a compromise earlier this year with Morandi told he might be able to return as custodian once works on the island were completed “The director of the park suggested leaving before the works started in return for him trying to get me a contract to return as custodian,” said Morandi “The works were supposed to begin a week after I left Morandi recently went back there to collect some belongings There is nobody there any more to educate the tourists.” Morandi accepts that maybe it was time to leave Budelli there was hardly any sun to power the electricity … for three months I ate out of tins I’m 82 and life there became more of a challenge I have a bad leg and it was a struggle to walk – if I had a fallen on one of the rocks there would have been nobody there to help me.” The last few months have given him time to nurture a new hobby – he takes photos of the architecture on La Maddalena – as well as to repair relations with his three daughters “I’ll never regret the choice I made but it wasn’t an easy one,” he said “My daughters were adults when I went to live on Budelli and I thought they accepted it … it was only later that I realised they hadn’t One daughter didn’t speak to me for four years Morandi left for Modena to visit his family “The experience of Budelli is over,” he said Il nostro collaboratore Carlo Rimini ogni estate ci accompagna a zonzo per il Mediterraneo ma anche affrontando le problematiche che tutti noi Come alcune “assurdità” all’italiana un po’ incomprensibili e decisamente cavillose come la gestione delle boe del Parco della Maddalena A Cala Portese riceviamo la visita del gommone del Parco de La Maddalena Prima di partire abbiamo consultato il sito da cui si può scaricare un depliant informativo Una cosa è subito chiara: per navigare nell’Arcipelago bisogna pagare Sono chiaramente indicate le zone MA dove non è possibile accedere Tutto il resto del parco è zona MB nella quale sono vietati L’autorizzazione è data a chiunque a patto che paghi In un riquadro del depliant c’è una spiegazione dettagliata sull’ormeggio e l’ancoraggio “L’ormeggio delle imbarcazioni può essere effettuato solo nella zona MB presso gli appositi campi boa e solo fino alle ore 22,00 Oltre tale orario la sosta alla boa è consentita esclusivamente alle imbarcazioni in possesso di casse di raccolta liquami.” Senza casse di raccolta liquami si può stare solo di giorno e non di notte: una regola piuttosto bizzarra comunque noi abbiamo le casse di raccolta liquami nelle zone MB l’ancoraggio è consentito esclusivamente dall’alba al tramonto e comunque non oltre le h 22 ad esclusione delle imbarcazioni munite di casse raccolta liquami di proprietà dei residenti in La Maddalena che possono ancorare anche oltre l’orario indicato L’ancoraggio è consentito solo nella zona MB e deve avvenire su fondali sabbiosi e comunque mai sulla posidonia oceanica” Telefoniamo all’Ente Parco per sapere dove sono i campi boa Ci rispondono gentilissimi che non ci sono perché Visto che i gavitelli non sono stati predisposti in tutto l’arcipelago non si può passare la notte in rada anche se la barca è dotata di cassa per la raccolta dei liquami A noi sembra una regola totalmente insensata: di giorno si può inquinare a piacimento (con o senza casse di raccolta liquami) e si può dare ancora ovunque solo evitando la posidonia Di notte si potrebbe stare ai gavitelli (se ci fossero) solo con barche poco inquinanti ma queste stesse barche non possono comunque stare all’ancora Comunque sul sito non abbiamo trovato traccia del regolamento ufficiale C’è però una descrizione analitica di ciò che è consentito e vietato nelle singole zone e non c’è traccia del divieto di ancoraggio notturno: “Sono consentiti la navigazione l’ancoraggio e l’ormeggio di navi e natanti di ogni genere e tipo entro i 300 m dalla costa ai residenti e a tutti coloro che siano muniti di regolare permesso rilasciato dall’organismo di gestione del Parco In prossimità di zone di particolare interesse o al fine di evitare il danneggiamento delle praterie di posidonia verrà proibito l’uso di ancore e assicurato l’ormeggio tramite gavitelli e boe il cui utilizzo sarà regolamentato dall’organismo di gestione del Parco” Come si fa ad ottenere il permesso necessario per navigare per ormeggiare ai gavitelli inesistenti e per dare ancora (di giorno ma forse non di notte) nell’Arcipelago È possibile fare la domanda e pagare il prezzo anche su internet: fantastico Ma con una limitazione: non si può su internet ottenere la riduzione del 40% prevista per le barche a vela Lo chiediamo nel corso della nostra telefonata all’Ente Parco ma la risposta non è convincente: gli utenti su internet potrebbero dichiarare che la loro barca è a vela e ottenere la riduzione L’obiezione è ovvia: se l’utente ha il permesso per una barca a vela è sufficiente sanzionarlo come se non avesse il permesso Perché costringere chi vuole ottenere la riduzione per barca a vela a recarsi presso l’Ente Parco oppure presso uno degli uffici convenzionati I permessi giornalieri possono essere fatti anche direttamente in mare dagli operatori in gommone in questo caso senza alcuno sconto per le barche a vela Il costo giornaliero per la nostra barca è di € 50 Non vogliamo perdere mezza giornata per arrivare in un porto dove ci sia un ufficio convenzionato ormeggiare (dove poi?) e cercare l’ufficio: decidiamo di rischiare Naturalmente ci è andata male: il primo giorno a Caprera paghiamo agli addetti che ci affiancano sul gommone del Parco i nostri € 50 poi andremo a Cannigione a pagare l’accesso scontato per una settimana Indipendentemente da quale sia effettivamente la regola in ogni rada dell’Arcipelago ogni notte sostano molte decine di barche senza che gli addetti dell’Ente Parco se ne curino dopo aver verificato che abbiano pagato il ticket di accesso L’Arcipelago della Maddalena è una delle zone in Italia sottoposte a maggior pressione turistica Il riscontro pratico dell’esistenza dell’Ente Parco si risolve nell’imporre il pagamento del ticket e nell’inviare gli addetti a verificare che sia stato pagato Per fortuna le correnti delle Bocche di Bonifacio ripuliscono l’acqua che rimane cristallina nonostante le migliaia di barche che ogni giorno d’estate scaricano tonnellate di liquami; il vento porta via i gas di scarico dei potentissimi yacht che incrociano indisturbati a grande velocità fra le isole sono un pescatore di La Maddalena,come per tutte le cose in italia (i piccola voluta per ovvi motivi)quel che conta e’ il bisness mi piacerebbe leggere un bel servizio sul parco dove si evince l’inutilita’e l’incompetenza di gestisce.un parco dei divieti estivi fatti per prendere soldi mai investiti per proteggere l’ambiente ne per dare lavoro ad una popolazione in ginocchio.saluti un pescatore incazzato purtroppo il parco è stato aperto con tante buone intenzioni ma come tutto in Italia è diventato un magna magna… x chi si domandasse dove vanno tutti gli incassi dei permessi bè ce lo domandiamo anche noi… all’inizio almeno pulivano le spiagge ora manco quello non conosco gli iter burocratici ma non credo sia così complesso mettere delle boe… altra cosa se c’è una regola che dice che non si può fare non ha senso che se paghi la puoi fare… è una presa x i fondelli L’ufficio parco lo potrebbero mettere a cala corsara dove hanno ristrutturato un fortino enorme all’interno c’è una cucina nuova e sigillata che potrebbe servire più di 300 coperti (a che scopo?) Uffici con attrezzature tecniche nuovissime visto che è tutta roba pagata con le tasse si può sapere a che serve è xchè non viene usata Scusate lo sfogo ma noi maddalenini ne abbiamo i Co….Ni pieni di essere presi per i fondelli dallo stato vengono ci sfruttano e ci abbandonano lasciando terra bruciata dicendo ai Tg che ne siamo pure felici. qui il mancato g8 è stato un bagno di sangue come la partenza degli americani. siamo la prostituta dello stato… ora vi saluto e mi scuso x essere uscito fuori tema E’ l’idea di turismo che abbiamo in Italia la causa di tutti i mali sia che si tratti del vacanziere che dell’addetto ai lavori significa andare in un posto e fare scempio di tutto strafare e perché no sballarsi e intontirsi fino all’annientamento con tutti i mezzi possibili A nessuno importa un ficosecco delle tonnellate di liquami riversati in mare delle tonnellate di immondizia lasciate sulle coste delle tonnellate di CO2 immesse nell’atmosfera con le meganavi L’importante è divertirsi in questo modo plateale frequento l’arcipelago da + di 25 anni prima del parco si poteva andare ovunque (anche troppo) acqua fantastica e calette e spiaggette molto sporche con il “parco” non si va + da nessuna parte acqua fantastica spiaggette e calette sempre + sporche solo che SI PAGA!! non si capisce per cosa si paghi ma SI PAGA e profumatamente per….avree in cambio solo divieti e l’immancabile spazzatura campagna o montagna sono così: servono solo per fare cassa la soluzione: andare in mare da altre parti: penalizzando così l’economia della Sardegna già in difficoltà sia turistiche (caro traghetti) che industriali (sulcis ecc…)I sardi dovrebbero ribellarsi a questi finti-parchi che diventano un danno ex insegnante di educazione fisica originario di Modena che per 32 anni ha vissuto sull’isola di Budelli in completa solitudine come un moderno Robinson Crusoe Lo scorso 7 dicembre una barca a vela di 15 metri in buone condizioni ma senza equipaggio si è arenata nella spiaggia di Cefalù Dopo un’ispezione a bordo e una serie di accertamenti la Guardia Costiera ha identificato regate e traversate al limite del verosimile Eppure la vela non è certamente estranea alla tradizione lacustre L’archeologa di 29 anni Karla Dana è morta nel corso della spedizione “Legendary Viking Voyage” dalle Isole Faroe alla Norvegia a bordo di una replica di una nave vichinga che si è ribaltata per il maltempo ShareSaveCommentBETAThis is a BETA experience. opt-out hereLifestyleTravelAfter 32 Years, Shipwrecked Man Leaves Italian IslandByAlex Ledsom Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel 11:51am EDTShareSaveCommentThis article is more than 4 years old.The island of Budelli which has been home to Mauro Morandi for over 30 years It is here that Mauro Morandi washed up in 1989 after his catamaran broke while he was on his way to the South Pacific on a sailing trip Discovering that the island guardian was about to retire he sold his boat and became the new caretaker of Budelli he has finally caved into demands from Italian authorities to leave the island the island has been part of La Maddalena national park and authorities wish to take back his home–they would like to see the island become a local hub for environmental education Morandi’s home is in an old Second World War shelter and the authorities claim he has completed work on the shelter without the necessary planning permits They told me they need to do work on my house and this time it seems to be for real.” A Facebook group of Morandi supporters has campaigned on his behalf to keep him on the island Morandi had looked after the island for years teaching tourists who arrived for the day about the local ecosystem and clearing paths and cleaning beaches the private company which owned the island went bankrupt and attempts to find another private buyer to keep Morandi on as caretaker fell through–at that point an Italian judge ruled that the island should become public property again Morandi plans to move to an apartment on the largest nearby island “I’ll be living in the outskirts of the main town so will just go there for shopping and the rest of the time keep myself to myself,” he told The Guardian despite a public information campaign and fines of up to €3,000 On a morning in late July, the visitors – a couple with a child, from mainland Italy – were spotted by a fellow beachgoer filling a plastic bottle with sand. The witness to the act immediately called the police. “When the police arrived, the couple denied it and even tried to hide the bottle under a beach towel,” said Andrea Abis, who is the mayor of Cabras, a town and municipality that boasts 20 miles of pristine coastline. “It beggars belief. But unfortunately, this isn’t a rare occurrence.” The couple were fined €1,000 (£850) on the spot. tons of sand are plundered from Sardinia’s beaches despite it having been illegal since 2017 to take away sand shells and pebbles from the Mediterranean island while those caught attempting to leave the island with significant quantities face jail terms are foreigners who cannot resist bringing home Sardinian sand as a keepsake or for use in their fish tanks or to sell online Northern Europeans are particularly prone to filling up their camper vans with plastic bottles stuffed with sand each one labelled with the name of the beach from where the precious grains were stolen In 2019, police snared a French couple with 40kg of sand contained in 14 large plastic bottles in the boot of their car “That has been the most mindblowing case to date,” said Carlo Lazzari the group commander of Olbia financial police “The couple wanted real Sardinian sand to decorate their aquarium.” Lazzari is part of a special police unit that monitors the island’s three airports and ports Every day during summer they find bottles of sand in luggage as travellers pass through baggage control The team also scours the internet for illegal sales Most of the buyers are sand collectors,” said Lazzari Thousands of euros’ worth of fines have been issued so far this season Lazzari said the majority of people did not realise they had committed an offence and usually paid the fine swiftly so as to avoid legal repercussions radio and social media has been stepped up this summer highlighting the offence and how damaging it is to Sardinia’s environment Vigilantes patrol beaches and signposts clearly warn that stealing natural resources is strictly forbidden our objective is to protect our environment.” environmentalists in Italy fear the removal of sand could lead to the reduction of beaches which contains white and pink-tinged quartz sand that is produced from the erosion of rocks and so every grain we lose we don’t get back,” said Abis staff at airports and ports across Sardinia came together to create Sardinia Robbed and Plundered a volunteer group that publicly denounces incidents of sand theft and spends most of the winter replenishing beaches from where the grains were taken “It’s a huge job but also very fulfilling as we know that we’re doing something advantageous for the environment,” said Franco Murro the president of Sardinia Robbed and Plundered “We Sardinians are very attached to our island.” Murro said any removal of sand “creates a disturbance to the ecosystem and its dynamics” Among the most coveted grains in Sardinia are those found on Budelli an uninhabited island off the north coast that is famous for Spiaggia Rosa Before visitors were barred from the beach in the mid-1990s Several people have regretted their transgressions and returned sand to Sardinia On display at the mineralogical and wildlife museum in Caprera are samples of sand – in some instances the thefts date back to the 1980s – alongside letters of confession I came back with a few photos as a souvenir and nothing else,” said Tommaso Gamboni Gamboni and other volunteers monitor the beaches of the La Maddalena archipelago daily to ensure cleanliness and remind beachgoers about the rules it sometimes feels like a lost battle,” he said “We get a lot of insults whenever we try to educate people on the beach.” The repenters are not enough to appease Abis I feel as if a piece of my children’s future is being taken away People are stealing something that can never be restored.” he was “apprenticed” to Giuseppe Bernardi a member of one of the leading sculpture firms of the Serenissima from the study and practice of drawing typical of the academic education he would receive only from 1770 onward at Ca’ Farsetti (or Galleria Farsetti) in Venice would shape the Master’s artistic temperament becoming elements of absolute uniqueness within his boundless artistic production The skillful use of technical and formal means combined with the initial realization of sketches and study drawings will lead him to create models first in terracotta and finally in plaster (life-size) to know how to handle marble to perfection The sketches and preparatory drawings, therefore, reveal to us in greater depth and detail Canova’s real artistic sensibility, allowing us to free him from the cloying and limiting role of an “artist [...] encapsulated in a superimposed style such as the Neoclassical one, ”6 in which formal problems were merely skimmed over All these innovative attentions, placed both in the technical-execution process and in the plastic and material rendering of the figures, emerge with absolute clarity in one of the most admired, desired andreplicated sculptures7 in all of Europe: the Penitent Magdalene of Genoa(fig The sculpture caused an incredible stir, so much so that the director of the Imperial Museum stated how “We statuary admired the precise workmanship of the marble, the beautiful expression of the head, and the moving abandon of the pose. ”14 The strong sensuality of the figure and the face suffering and contracted due to the long penitential fast thanks to the highly refined execution technique dictated by the previous wax and plaster sketch studies (fig so much so that they are able to vivify the intimate suffering of the sinner Suffering that is even more explicit (in addition to the skull symbol of Vanitas) by the woman’s face marked by subtle and almost imperceptible rivulets of tears refers with its “alienation” to an otherworldly dimension: divine forgiveness (fig from which a few strands of hair descend along the shoulders without an apparent solution of continuity the Magdalene in his Noli me tangere (figs With the Magdalene (with features so neoclassical of Winckelmanian noble simplicity and quiet grandeur but with absolutely protoromantic expressive power) “the idea of the marble under the scarpello [so much so that] it seems to see in it the variety of tints and their gradations, and the last skin, and fatness and life ”16: the idea of Bello 1 L Il tempo storico e il tempo mitico di Antonio Canova in Canova l’invenzione della gloria: disegni 2 H 3 A Antonio Canova: notes for a critical biography Canova l’invenzione della gloria: disegni 4 F Canova and the Roman neoclassical avant-garde 5 The same circles to which Canova was introduced by his patrons: Prince Abondio Rezzonico and the Venetian ambassador to the Holy See Gerolamo Zulian 6 Giuliano 7 In addition to the Magdalene of the Hermitage there are: The plaster of the Civic Museums of Padua 8 See C Canova’s La Maddalena: commissions and owners 9 C Traces of Canova’s influence in Genoa from neoclassicism to eclecticism in Canova the invention of glory: drawings 10 F Una rilettura critica del Canova: la “Maddalena penitente,” in Arte lombarda 11 Di Fabio 12 Ericani 13 The statue the Lombard lawyer Giovanni Battista Sommariva and transported to his Parisian villa: Di Fabio 14 Boggero 15 Boggero 16 Ericani The sole inhabitant of a tiny Mediterranean island called Budelli was forced to leave his home of more than 30 years after a political scuffle over ownership of the island was evicted from the island he called home since around 1990 after the private company that owned Budelli when bankrupt Morandi decided to set sail in his catamaran for Polynesia in search of a simpler existence Morandi was forced to anchor in La Maddalena located on the islands of the Maddalena archipelago in northern Sardinia he discovered the nearby uninhabited Budelli whose caretaker Morandi took over the role and spent the next few decades living in a former WWII war shelter guarding the island and teaching summer day-trippers about the island’s ecosystem Tourists have been banned from walking on the island’s famous pink beaches and swimming in its waters since the 1990s but specific paths were available for educational purposes After a deal with a New Zealand businessman to purchase the island from the bankrupt company was squashed by protests and an intervention by the Italian government a Sardinian judge ruled the island be put back into public hands and Morandi was forced out For the past 4 months he has been living amongst the hustle and bustle of La Maddalena L’unica persona chi abitava sull’isola Budelli (nel Mare Merditerraneo) ha dovuto lasciarla dopo averci vissuto per più di 30 anni L’isola Budelli fu di proprietà di una compagnia privata; però la compagnia fallì e perse i diritti sull’isola Morandi decise di viaggiare per mare verso Polinesia in cerca di una vita semplice e senza il consumismo Morandi non potette navigare lontano perché la barca a vela ebbe dei problemi arrivò su un’isola piccola chiamata La Maddalena La Maddalena è un’isola al nord della Sardegna sentì che il padrone dell’isola Budelli non potesse rimanere più solo sull’isola Abitava in un riparo che fu usato durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale Morandi anche proteggeva la sabbia rosa perché le spiaggie con questa sabbia sono protette Insegnava ai turisti che visitavano l’isola l’ecosistema di Budelli Dopo un feudo fra il governo italiano e Nuova Zelanda un giudice ha dichiarato che l’isola è terra pubblica e Morandi non può più abitare lì Morandi sta vivendo a La Maddalena e sta provando di essere felice malgrado il fatto ha perso la sua casa a Budelli Discover all our subscription plans and become a member Armed with off-road tires that would be the envy of an SUV Axel enters the tunnel and vanishes into the dark heart of the earth The vehicle looks like a tractor built to work the fields but its performance is something else entirely Axel (Autonomous Exploration Electrified Vehicle) is a tele-guided rover robot designed for tunnel inspection unique in the world it was built by the Turin-based CIM4.0 (Competence Industry Manufacturing 4.0) in order to respond to a specific need: to penetrate the Piedmontese mountains and explore a 3-kilometer-long tunnel “The Axel project was created by Webuild Group together with partner CSC and commissioned by client TELT within the La Maddalena consortium to offer a service capable of examining an unexplored tunnel section without the use of personnel and therefore without any threat to safety,” said Stefano Mosconi “We can say that it is the first time in the world that a rover of this type and in this working environment has been deployed.” Axel is an example of how robotics applied to the world of infrastructure not only improves innovation in data analysis, but can also increase safety for people on worksites Axel’s task is to collect data in extreme conditions: the tunnel he is entering is 7 kilometres long and has an uneven bottom and copious amounts of water the temperature reaches 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Farenheit) and the air contains a very high level of humidity The robot’s rugged characteristics allow it to be driven remotely from a base station up to 2 kilometres away Axel can overcome large obstacles such as depressions and slopes of more than 60% and can wade across water up to 30 centimetres (11 inches) deep “We are talking about a highly sustainable solution because the rover is entirely powered by an electric engine which has the added benefit of avoiding pollution of the data collection resulting from exhaust gases,” said Mosconi These features allow Axel to slip into the long tunnel at the “Nicchie la Maddalena” site collecting the necessary data to ensure it will be safe for the men who will be work in the tunnel to enter The robot’s design is the result of a study conducted in partnership between Webuild and Competence Industry Manufacturing 4.0 in Turin that included the development of remote laboratories to test the machine as well as a series of pre-tests to verify the calibration of sensors and communication The result is a prototype that looks like a tractor but hides a full array of equipment like cameras all in a vehicle that is 3.5 metres (11.5 feet) long and weighs 2,200 kg (4,800 pounds) “The rover communicates with us thanks to the 5 gigaherz radios one placed on the back of the vehicle and the other near the cabin,” explains Pasquale Russo “Axel communicates with our console and transmits video and data in real time Axel’s journey into the centre of the earth takes him inside the Nicchie la Maddalena site tunnel, one of the sites on the Italian side of the future Turin-Lyon highspeed rail link. The information collected by Axel will be essential to provide valuable input to proceed with the excavation on the Italian side of the cross-border TELT (Tunnel Euralpin Lyon Turin) calls for the excavation of the base tunnel to be carried out from Chiomonte and no longer from Susa as originally planned the Maddalena site will be used not only for the geological analysis of the rocks but also for the construction of 22 interchange niches that will be built and inserted as recesses along the tunnel They are needed to allow the construction vehicles to pass one another safely in the tunnels from 30 to 65 metres (98-213 feet) long and about 4.5 metres (11.5 feet) deep will be excavated with traditional methods in a time estimated at about 20 months All this is necessary to build the TELT section of the high speed/high-capacity Turin-Lyon railway The TELT is 65 kilometres (40 miles) of railway between Susa in Piedmont and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in French Savoy of which 57.5 kilometres (35.7 miles) is underground An important infrastructure project connecting the high-speed lines in Italy and France, supporting the development of sustainable mobility in Europe that should be completed in 2030, when the new high-speed Turin-Lyon line will cut down road traffic reducing harmful emissions by 3 million tonnes of Co2 per year. 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Il sabato mattina, alle ore 9.30 si svolgerà il briefing tecnico  e, mollati gli ormeggi, alle ore 11 tutti in mare per la partenza della VELA Cup La Maddalena, organizzata dalla Lega Navale Italiana – Sez. La Maddalena si svelano le classifiche e vengono premiati i vincitori A seguire una grande festa con cibo e musica tra cover internazionali e in dialetto maddalenino (un mix tra lingua corsa e genovese) Per iscriverti alla VELA Cup La Maddalena ti basta entrare qui e finalizzare l’iscrizione inserendo i tuoi dati e quelli della barca Dopo avervi raccontato la VELA Cup Liguria/Chiavari che ha visto ben 70 barche al via nel Golfo del Tigullio (qui trovate la news con cronaca e classifiche finale) e avervi fatto vedere tutte le foto più belle della prima tappa Manca un mese al weekend del ponte del 2 giugno quello che inizia da venerdi 30 maggio e che sarà una vera festa anche della vela perché nello stesso fine settimana di tarda primavera Mancano tre giorni alla prima tappa della VELA Cup del 2025: l’inizio si preannuncia con il botto Tutto è pronto al Marina di Chiavari Calata Ovest per la VELA Cup Liguria (regata: Mancano 60 giorni al weekend dal 27 al 29 giugno ed è quasi tutto pronto per la prima VELA Cup dell’estate e la quarta del circuito del 2025 Stefano Boeri’s G8 complex in La Maddalena which was never used for its intended purpose (image: Iwan Baan) Rem Koolhaas wrote this article on Stefano Boeri’s unused G8 convention complex for Domus – but he was so critical of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi that they couldn’t print it It was probably not expected by the architect of La Maddalena’s impressive G8 complex that the first public ceremony held at his completed project would be used by his client as a tribune from which to declare to the world that he had never paid for sex in his entire life Yet its brief history – 20,690sq m of conference and hospitality facilities arranged on a superb harbour abandoned by the Italian navy delivered 10 months from the beginning of construction – had been a neck-and-neck race between the architect’s determination to create a dignified contemporary environment for the political process and his client’s farcical manipulations to shift the G8 to the still earthquake-rocked L’Aquila for the sake of better Along with the new government acropolis in Berlin the aborted G8 complex in La Maddalena is a rare instance of an explicit constructed political space realised in the last decade Politics is a fraught arena for contemporary architecture – a subject first discredited by the dangerous seductions of Stalinist then almost erased by a quarter-century of market architecture Perhaps its last flourishing had been Brasília in the 1950s and an explosion of post-independence parliaments in Africa but the 1990s architecture of Berlin shows the awkwardness of resuming the practice in an inhibited emphatically uncharismatic zone offering only the reassurance that democracy is truly boring Stefano Boeri too had to work in a country – Italy – where the visual competence and sheer beauty of the “wrong” side in the late 1930s is a daily reminder of architecture’s ambiguous moralities the setting for a conference conceived by a governor yet consummated by the complex figure of Berlusconi: the completion of the project coincided with the fallout of the prime minister’s divorce and the topless scandals orchestrated at Villa Certosa Berlusconi’s private fiefdom on Sardinia less than 20km away from Boeri’s site on Maddalena Where Berlusconi’s estate on Sardinia is a rapacious hedonistic collage – an aggressive campaign of denaturing – Boeri’s project at La Maddalena is a rigorous reassertion of order and discipline which cleverly extrapolates both the naval history and the natural features of the Maddalena site most notably a stunning maritime perspective which Boeri’s architecture reveals in all its splendour An amalgamation of new architecture and existing halls and walls Boeri’s project adopts former military rigour to support the vacillating democracy of the present It consists of a motel – its intended “Obama” suite eerily reminiscent of Martin Luther King’s last balcony – dining halls an area for delegates surgically inserted between existing walls and finally the conference centre a diamond on the ground that supports a great cantilever that thrusts across the water in the direction of Sardinia Boeri’s suspended box is suffused with an almost material which would have both enhanced and scrutinised the assembled leaders a huge conference room suspended over the Mediterranean It can be reached by an elegant staircase adorned with a fitting photographic portrait of the world in its green beauty an ambiguous reminder to the leaders of the accumulated abuse that they have unleashed on her more than an optimistic anticipation that they will solve its problems Boeri’s single most rhetorical device is a glass elevator of extreme proportions of 8m by 1.3m that would have enabled the leaders collectively to ascend from the water level directly to their meeting room Working at infernal speed and within the limited control of a turn-key project Boeri’s G8 is as important for what it achieves – a nostalgia-free space of decency and lightness – as for what it avoids – the trappings of power in an age that is unable to believe in it Realised in a highly effective vocabulary of aluminium marble and black glass wrapped in a screen of glass hexagons it also represents a surprisingly fresh comeback of Italian modernity The brief but dramatic history of the project – realised in 10 months abandoned for the dubious attractions of a declared disaster zone – can only be understood as a fable of the current moment and of architecture’s diminished appeal where the true and intelligent sparkle of the new is less compelling than crumbled ruins as background for our political soaps Although nobody will probably ever know why the G8 in La Maddalena was really cancelled Boeri’s lucid ambitions may have been too demanding for a client who ultimately may have been honest enough to realise he did not deserve its clarity and would have been incapable of animating it Boeri’s is a disabused architecture – it does nothing which is not necessary Probably out of a mixture of pragmatic – there was no time – and ideological – there was no need – reasons imbued with elusive associations that resonate strongly because they are never allowed to come to the surface Its premature “end” could be a new beginning Boeri’s G8 is as important for what it achieves – a nostalgia-free space of decency and lightness – as for what it avoids – the trappings of power in an age that is unable to believe in it the restructure and recovery of the ex military arsenal on the island of la maddalena in northern sardinia, italy have been completed in record time. a hotel, a congress centre, a conference building, two large exhibition and commercial spaces, a quay for 700 boats, were all part of the project designed by stefano boeri architects. initiated a year ago with the scope of hosting the G8 summit, recently moved to the earthquake hit zone of l’aquila, the constructions have reclaimed and equipped an area of 155,000 square meters, providing with a series of port, receptive, formative and convention infrastructure that will transform the ex arsenale at maddalena into one of the principle nautical poles of the eastern mediterranean. due to the incorporation of active design strategies that conserve and value resources such as seawater for air conditioning the buildings take advantage of renewable resources such as wind and sun the project is a model of sustainable practice tuned to the improvement and preservation of the extraordinary qualities of the mediterranean landscape and the natural biodiversity that distinguish the archipelago of la maddalena. recovery of ex military arsenal at la maddalena – glass cube (conference hall) image courtesy stefano boeri architects recovery of ex military arsenal at la maddalena – glass cube (conference hall) image courtesy stefano boeri architects recovery of ex military arsenal at la maddalena – glass cube (conference hall) image courtesy stefano boeri architects recovery of ex military arsenal at la maddalena nautical pole and school of excellence image courtesy stefano boeri architects recovery of ex military arsenal at la maddalena image courtesy stefano boeri architects architectural design: stefano boeri with michele brunello (project coordination), davor popovic (project leader main conference and delegate area), barbara cadeddu (project leader interventions extra arsenale), 2+1 officina architettura (responsible architect definitve project arsenale residence), vincenzo vella (responsible architect executive project arsenale residence), liverani / molteni architets (responsible architect catering building), marco brega (director studio stefano boeri) javier deferrari (main conference, delegate area) andrea grippo (masterplan and external areas, delegate area)andrea barbierato (delegate area) daniele barillari (main conference, delegate area) mario bastianelli (main conference) maurizio burragato 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Visitor numbers are now capped on five Sardinian beaches I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice Tourists are now being charged to visit two of Italy’s most beautiful beaches, following new rules brought in by the authorities on the island of Sardinia visitors to sought-after Cala Coticcio and Cala Brigantina - in the La Maddelena islands off Sardinia’s north coast - will have to pay €3 per person tourists already had to pay around €25 for a day-trip to see them by boat - the beach preservation charge will be an additional fee on top of the tour Sardinia’s authorities have also introduced a cap of 60 tourists per day on the two coves, in a bid to protect the islands’ pristine white shores and clear shallows from the damage and litter caused by overtourism Slots can be booked by travellers’ tour operator to the islands but it is hoped that an app will be launched to make reserving a spot even easier Anyone caught visiting the beaches without an official pre-booked tour and visitor slot will be prosecuted There is already a €1 fee to visit Cala Mariolu on Sardinia’s east coast where only up to 550 people may visit per day Other beaches along the island’s east coast have also had their visitor numbers capped - albeit less dramatically Only 1,600 people may visit Cala Sisine per day while Santa Maria Navarrese’s tourist numbers are capped at 1,300 per day Last summer the Maddelena islands hit the headlines after a local campaign group accused tourists of stealing “six tonnes” of sand from their shores during one year In 2020, a French tourist was fined €1,000 when airport security found 2kg of sand in a plastic bottle in his luggage tourists are now banned from stepping on to the Maddelenas’ Budelli Beach also known as La Spiaggia Rosa - boats can linger in the bay but no one is allowed to access the sands The same rule is being introduced on Spiaggia del Cavaliere on the island of Budelli Several countries have used the Covid pandemic to review access to their most beautiful and popular beaches Thailand’s Maya Beach - better known as “The Beach” of Nineties movie fame - reopened to visitors in January, but with swimming banned in the bay itself and only 375 visitors being able to enter per hour, during restricted opening times. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies Swerve the day-trippers heading to Capri and Sardinia: here’s our pick of the Italian islands to explore if you’re seeking a slower pace of summer living not-famous island in an archipelago in the Straits of Bonifacio It was home to a US military base from the early 1970s until 2008 leaving army paraphernalia and derelict barracks scattered all around I can see them from the car ferry – discarded US garrisons perched on top of jagged rock faces and jutting over pretty coves They used to shoot spaghetti westerns around here and you can see why: the place looks like 19th-century Arizona He would hold the 2009 G8 conference there The architect Stefano Boeri was commissioned to turn a sprawling old military arsenal into a modern hotel and convention centre Work began in earnest – with a special suite for Barack Obama – and it was almost completed when 300 miles away in the town of L'Aquila in Abruzzo destroying thousands of buildings and killing 300 people that the G8 would meet in L'Aquila instead La Maddalena was forsaken by the great and the powerful And now I'm having a few nights' holiday here amid the weird debris of the military-industrial complex is still not completely finished when I visit – a soft opening but they're not making a big song and dance until next spring when it opens properly The people who run the Forte Village in southern Sardinia have taken it over saving it from possible Berlusconi-created ruin It occupies a set of old barrack buildings and armouries next to a port behind a barricade that still looks – as we approach – pretty military to me Zaha Hadid's chandeliers in the hotel's lobby with corridors stretching far into the distance but all the usual military utilitarianism has gone replaced by super-modernist black slate walkways and giant chandeliers designed by Zaha Hadid in the zig-zag shapes sparklers make when you wave them around in the dark stunning Murano glass cube that juts over the harbour There's something fantastically odd about the place It's like having a holiday inside International Rescue's HQ on Tracy Island Not everything is working properly during my stay: the light-motion sensors in the toilets haven't been calibrated so I'm plunged into darkness while sitting there and have to wave my arms frantically around to get the light back on all symmetrical and expensively synthetic and super-designed I especially love the vast spaces between things The walks from the bedroom to the pool to the breakfast room are epic Even the walk from the croissants to the yoghurt is Soon it will expand to fit its environment They'll add new suites and spas and shops and berths for luxury yachts and so on when it is still a small hotel in an enormous place It is a mile away from the buzzy town centre – which is a bit like Sorrento without all the yelling – where everyone wanders around in fancy clothes on hot nights. On our first night we go for dinner in a restaurant there called Sottovento where I have just about the nicest food I've ever eaten – grilled fish with some kind of unbelievably delicious vinegar/butter/caper sauce Bathing in its afterglow I say to my family: "Let's hire a motor boat tomorrow and sail it around the archipelago seeing various abandoned American military things and dropping anchor at little remote coves where we can leap from the boat into the sea!" My great grandfather was apparently on his way to New York from Lithuania but he couldn't handle all that ocean so he abandoned ship in Cardiff Calm before the storm … Jon Ronson explored the archipelago's many beautiful coves La Maddalena and the adjacent islands of Spargi and Caprera are indeed peppered with lovely coves where the sea is azure and the sand is pink-white Abandoned military forts are carved into rock faces everywhere making everything quite dreamlike and strange This really is an amazing place to have a holiday But then something seems to change in my wife Her face takes on a faraway look and she says: "Let's sail over to that island over … there." She points to a speck of land a long way off and even though nobody forced her to choose a more cerebral And within minutes we're thrust into a terrifying maelstrom "See what you've done!" I shriek over the roar "Get us back to safety!" my son yells I remember the greatest military scandal the archipelago has known – when the USS Hartford nuclear submarine ran aground here back in 2003 "Death will NOT visit us today." And so I clutch the wheel and steer us resolutely back to land reachable by car (there is an especially amazing one near the village of Stazzo Villa on the west side of the island – it's long and flat and the sea is beautifully clear) Then we sit by the rooftop pool and silently glower at each other until it is time to leave And so I learn two important things about the military on this holiday and the walk from the barracks to the mess hall is very long Wanted in RomeMagazine An elderly hermit who has lived on the tiny Italian island of Budelli off Sardinia for the past 32 years has announced his reluctant departure after a decades-long dispute over his right to stay there. 82-year-old Mauro Morandi, who has acted as the island's caretaker since 1989, has resisted attempts to evict him by the national park which includes Budelli among its 20,000 hectares of sea and land to the north-east of Sardinia. Morandi has defined his role as "keeping tourists at bay", protecting the island's ecosystem and guarding the beach whose pink sand derives its hue from powdered fragments of corals and shells. Over the years he has built up a loyal following on social media, regularly posting photos from the "little paradise on earth" on Facebook and Instagram. However the national park has long asserted that Morandi was occupying the island illegally, amid plans to turn his ramshackle home - a world war radio station - into an environmental observatory. "I have been fighting for 20 years against those who want to send me away, even if supported, psychologically and not only, by Budelli and all of you" - Morandi wrote on his Facebook page - "Now I will leave, hoping that in the future Budelli will be safeguarded as I did for 32 years." Saying he was "tired of fighting, probably also a result of age," Mordani told Italian newspaper Il Resto del Carlino that he would be moving to an apartment on La Maddalena, the main island on the archipelago, but he promises to still post pictures online from "beautiful" Sardinia. Over the years Morandi's story has featured in international publications such as CNN Travel which describes him as "Italy's answer to Robinson Crusoe" and the "lone caretaker of paradise." Morandi's story is indeed fascinating. He came to Budelli by chance, washing up on its Spiaggia Rosa, or Pink Beach, after his catamaran broke down as he began a journey to Polynesia three decades ago. The former sports teacher from Modena was instantly enchanted by the rugged Mediterranean isle, happily taking over from the retiring caretaker. However in recent years his right to remain on the island has come under increasing pressure after the Italian government made the rocky outcrop part of La Maddelana National Park in 2014. In an unusual set of circumstances the island - part of the Maddalena archipelago of seven isles between Sardinia and Corsica - was sold in 2013 to a New Zealand businessman for just under €3 million. However the Italian government soon had second thoughts and the state reclaimed the island as a nature reserve in 2016 The Maddalena National Park then challenged Morandi’s right to live on the island In 2017 his eviction was subsequently delayed indefinitely following a petition signed by more than 18,000 members of the public With the relatively recent arrival of wi-fi Morandi set about documenting the island's natural beauty and posting photographs on social media Last year the president of La Maddalena Park said that authorities must intervene against "all illegal buildings" in the park saying that Morandi's hut has "undergone modifications which aren't in accordance with the rules." Local newspaper Sardinia Post quoted Fonnesu at the time as saying that the foreign media portray a "romantic portrait" of Morandi who is in fact "an illegal occupant" with "no right to stay on the island." Morandi told CNN Travel last year: "I'm ready to do all I can to stay here even if that means they'll have to drag me away," adding: "I wouldn't know where else to go to live I just don't see myself playing cards or bowls." Wanted in Rome ™ is member of the Wanted World Wide Ltd network.Click here to find out more about our Network or Follow us on social networks © 2025 / 2026 Wanted World Wide LTD Network an exclusive island in the Tyrrhenian sea off Sardinia's northeast coast is suffering the consequences of the economic crisis in its tourism sector Among its guests this year there are Russians the super-wealthy from these mineral-rich countries animate the streets saving the charming island from sinking deeper in recession Not even Italy's rich and famous visit the island like they used to Beach scene at La Maddelana beach in Sardinia The economic difficulties from the global economic slowdown since 2008 has greatly affected the tourism sector Swings in economic markers like that stock market make it difficult for the hospitality industry to predict the flow of visitors On La Maddalena the tourists dropped by 50 percent just between June and July 2012 "In August the situation improved and there are many tourists but one can't reduce a whole season to twenty days" This is too little a support for an island that waits -- deserted in the winter -- for the hotter seasons in order to show off its natural beauty hospitality managers cannot help smiling from the East's nouveau-riche to whom "we sell up to 70 kilograms of lobster a day compared to the miserable 10 kilograms sold to Italians" the owner of the famous restaurant La Scogliera told Adnkronos as "La Maddalena has always been the island of the snob," said Ernesto Massimetti author of the "Manual for the glamour capital" Orecchioni is one who managed to overcome the economic crisis by making the most of the foreigners anchored up to 70 metres away from the coast and we go pick them up in our dinghies and take them to our private park where they are welcomed by a glass of champagne This year they are expecting to close the season with 25 percent of the incomes more than last year Wanderlust follows the latest stories in tourism and experiences from across the globe you agree to receive email communication from Skift Tags: beaches italy Subscribe today to keep up with the latest travel industry news Already a subscriber? Login New users get20% offtheir first year of Skift Pro paradiso della vela al centro dell’omonimo arcipelago che è anche un parco nazionale di straordinaria bellezza si rinnova con un nuovo waterfront e un nuovo porto turistico in una città che non è solo una meta per le vacanze estive ma che vive tutto l’anno Siamo stati stati sull’isola per toccare con mano le ultime novità e anche la VELA Cup ha fatto tappa nei Caraibi del Mediterraneo Imbarcazioni di tutte le fogge e dimensioni si sono date battaglia su un campo di regata un po’ insolito condizionato da un vento leggerlo e tanta corrente Cala Gavetta è il cuore pulsante ed economico attorno a cui si è sviluppata la città di La Maddalena che assaporano la brezza frizzante del mare e i profumi della vegetazione selvaggia questo porto turistico offre ben 140 posti barca fino a 60 metri Qui sono state ormeggiate le imbarcazioni dei partecipanti alla VELA Cup La Maddalena che hanno potuto provare in prima persona e da protagonisti i servizi e l’accoglienza dell’isola prima medaglia d’oro al valor militare delle forze armate italiane per la difesa dell’arcipelago dall’attacco da parte della flotta della Repubblica Francese il giovane e futuro Imperatore di Francia Napoleone Bonaparte dove si sono tenute le premiazioni e la festa della VELA Cup La Maddalena Questo è considerato il “salotto buono” della città da cui parte via XX Settembre (poi via Giuseppe Garibaldi) strada dello shopping che attraversa il centro storico di fondazione genovese arricchiti da motivi colorati ed eleganti balconi in ferro battuto Ma le novità che abbiamo trovato sull’isola non sono finite qui La Maddalena nel 2021 ha ampliato la propria offerta di ormeggi con un nuovo porticciolo posizionato ad ovest della storica Cala Gavetta Il nuovo porto di Cala Balbiano ha aumentato la capienza portuale maddalenina di 110 posti barca fino a 10 metri o 50 metri se ormeggiati all’inglese Dotato di 6 frangionde e un molo galleggiante Ingemar anche qui sono sono disponibili i servizi di acqua L’isola di La Maddalena e suoi porti facilmente raggiungibili dalle maggiori città italiane e dall’estero (distano soltanto 40km dall’aeroporto di Olbia) oggi sono sempre più vissuti dai diportisti durante tutto l’anno sabato 24 giugno è andata in scena la terza tappa della VELA Cup il circuito di regate più divertente che sia organizzata in collaborazione con la Lega Navale Italiana sez di La Maddalena e con il supporto del Parco La Maddalena Dopo una giornata segnata da vento teso (20 nodi) con raffiche fino a 40 che purtroppo ha scoraggiato molti concorrenti provenienti da Toscana Liguria e Lazio a fare rotta verso l’arcipelago le imbarcazioni della VELA Cup La Maddalena hanno faticato non poco a trovare quel refolo di vento necessario a contrastare e superare la corrente lo splendido Wally 95 del 1998 di Antonio Bevilacqua RS21 del giovane equipaggio portacolori dello Yacht Club Cala dei Sardi si è data battaglia a colpi di virate con un maestrale di 6/7 nodi l’isola di Spargi e lo scoglio Spargiotto per poi tagliare tra l’isola di Barrettini e gli isolotti di Barrettinelli e riscendere a La Maddalena costeggiando l’isola sulla sinistra sfruttando l’enorme superficie velica e il vento apparente ha preso un buon distacco dal resto della flotta seguito a ruota dalla più piccola imbarcazione già vincitorice della VELA Cup Cala dei Sardi 2022 del percorso ridotto per mancanza di vento all’altezza di Barrettini il Dufour 50 Classic di Pier Paolo Celeste che oltre a vincere il premio Overall Cruising Boat Classe 6 Sport Boat e Maxi Classic Boat) e Nox Oceani (Leg Winner e Classe 1 Sport Boat) dopo le premiazioni e prima della festa nella splendida piazza XXIII Febbraio sono stati assegnati anche i ricchi premi a sorteggio per tutti i partecipanti della VELA Cup Il comunicatore satellitare bidirezionale Garmin InReach Mini 2 è stato vinto da Teta (il Bavaria 34 della Lega Navale Italiana sez mentre il fortunato vincitore del multiuso Leatherman Wave®+ e kit di manutenzione è stato Massimo Mocci (armatore di Aurora) Il SUP messo in palio da Jobe (Forniture Nautiche Italiane) è stato vinto da Adriana Tiron (armatrice del Genesi 43 Starway to Heaven 2) il voucher da 100 euro da spendere su HiNelson.com da Antonio Bevilaqua (armatore di Nina) la giacca YachtIngBond da Pier Paolo Celeste (armatore di Roxanne) Il mese prossimo la VELA Cup torna in Adriatico, per fare tappa nella Laguna di Venezia. Sabato 22 luglio sull’isola di San Giorgio va in scena la quarta tappa del circuito di regate più divertente che ci sia Vi porteremo lungo un percorso che attraversa 2000 anni di storia attraversando i canali e le isole della laguna e circumnavigando il Lido di Venezia dove ancora oggi le star di Hollywood ogni estate vi fanno visita per salire sul red carpet della Mostra del Cinema INFO ABBONAMENTI, VENDITE DIRETTE E PRODOTTI DIGITALI tel. 02 535811 111/200abbonamenti@panamaeditore.it Dreamy beaches, delicious food, stellar snorkeling, and much more await. Page unavailable.This page either does not exist or is currently unavailable From here you can either hit the "back" button on your browser to return to the previous page, or visit the ABCNews.com Home Page You can also search for something on our site below facciamo tappa nei Caraibi del Mediterraneo che molti velisti conoscono perché campo di regata delle più prestigiose regate internazionali nonché sede Oggi vi sveliamo il precorso (anzi i percorsi!) della regata aperta a tutte le barche e a tutti i velisti torniamo a navigare tra le incantevoli isole di Maddalena in uno dei borghi più belli d’Italia e a poche miglia dalla Corsica Per questa tappa della VELA Cup sono previsti 3 percorsi La scelta sarà a discrezione del Comitato Organizzatore in base alle condizioni meteorologiche per cercare di permettere a tutti di completare la regata in sicurezza e verrà comunicata in sede di briefing la mattina della partenza I percorsi sono di circa 15 miglia (con riduzione di percorso con vento debole per consentire a tutti di terminare la regata) La partenza sarà la linea immaginaria congiungente il segnale della “Secca di Mezzo Passo” da lasciare a sinistra e la barca comitato Prima boa a largo dell’Isolotto di Spargiottello da dove si fa rotta verso l’isola di Barrettini per poi scendere lungo Capo Ferrari e Cala Francese fino a tornare in paese a La Maddalena Questo è il cuore dell’arcipelago della Maddalena sfioreremo alcune delle baie più belle e famose potreste rilassarvi con famiglia e amici in crociera La partenza sarà la linea immaginaria congiungente il segnale di “Boa Pericolo Isolato” (41° 12.669’ N – 9° 25.719’ E) da lasciare a sinistra e la barca comitato davanti all’ex Arsenale militare di La Maddalena Entrambi i percorsi faranno rotta verso sud superata la secca di Tre Monti si vira in direzione dell’isola delle Bisce Nel percorso 3, invece di circumnavigare l’isola delle Bisce, si gira attorno all’Isola dei Cappuccini, davanti a Capo Ferro, prima di fare ritorno a La Maddalena. Porto Cervo: Day three of the Giorgio Armani Superyacht Regatta delivered a breeze from the north east for another stunning coastal race through the islands of the La Maddalena archipelago and Ribelle showed her form from start to finish Starting procedures kicked off on schedule at 12.30pm. with approximately 10 knots blowing from east/north-east which would climb to about 12 and then drop off towards the end of racing The Race Committee opted for a clockwise tour of the islands of La Maddalena and Caprera via the Bisce Strait and leaving the Secca di Tre Monti to starboard The north of the course brought an interesting passage between the island of Santa Maria and the Isola Piana before rounding the islet of Barettinelli di Fuori the superyachts completed their circumnavigation of the archipelago and returned to the finish line the La Maddalena channel undoubtedly presented a challenge with wind shifts and localised increases and drops in pressure such as the transition zone caused by the cover from the island between the towns of La Maddalena and Palau Both the Multihull and Superyacht divisions had a reaching start with the latter completing a staggered starting procedure with tactician Alberto Barovier and navigator Andrea Visentini showed great determination right from the off hoisting the gennaker with perfect timing on the line and proceeding to sail with great skill for the entire race Also performing well today was the 33-metre Inoui owned and helmed by Switzerland’s Marco Vogele a frequent participant in the superyacht regattas held in Porto Cervo Magic Carpet Cubed remains at the top of the overall leaderboard with the Wally 93 Bullitt chasing just one point behind Third place in the general classification is also held by a Wally tactician on Ribelle: “We are particularly pleased with today’s victory because we are still developing as a team Today’s result is the first step on a competitive path that promises to be interesting The atmosphere on board is fantastic and this helps us to achieve good results “The key to today’s result was when we gybed in front of La Maddalena towards Palau finding more pressure to get out of that area Code 0 and genoa – to hold our position up to Barettinelli di Fuori The drop in the breeze towards the end didn’t help us because ours is a heavy boat Allegra added another victory to her sequence of first places The fleet participating in the Southern Wind Rendezvous and Trophy went on a long outing today heading north from Porto Cervo to the Lavezzi cardinal mark off the Bocche di Bonifacio strait before returning past the islands of Budelli and Razzoli the more competitive boats returned to Porto Cervo via a friendly sail in company but with that pinch of competition that makes navigating all the more fun the first starting signal is scheduled to sound at 12.30pm plus all the latest on yachting regattas and offshore adventures around the world Easyjet launched daily flights from London Gatwick to Olbia opening up this part of the island to the independent traveller looking for an alternative weekend getaway Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean so on a short break you'll be able to cover only one area properly Olbia airport is the gateway to the Costa Smeralda Sardinia's most exclusive and expensive stretch of coastline developed in the Sixties by Prince Karim Aga Khan IV It's a world-famous playground for the rich and glamorous so weekend visitors are more likely to arrive sipping champagne on their million-pound yachts than drinking a cuppa on a £40 Easyjet flight But drive a little further north and you'll find more affordable resorts sharing the same emerald green waters for which this coastline is renowned Less than an hour's drive from Olbia airport and within easy reach of the Costa Smeralda is dotted with harbours and beaches where you don't have to be sporting Gucci shades and flashing your platinum card Baia Sardinia and Cannigione might lack the glamour and exclusivity of Porto Cervo and Porto Rotondo on the Smeralda Each has its own smattering of souvenir boutiques and night markets (the best is in Palau and stays open until 1am in the peak season) fish was not widely eaten in Sardinia until tourism arrived Instead the local speciality is suckling pig fish from local waters are served grilled or barbecued in most hotels and restaurants the resorts have been developed in harmony with the landscape - built with local granite and limestone painted in pastel shades of ochre or russet and with roofs no taller than surrounding trees There are no high-rise monstrosities or garish billboards here The beauty of this northernmost tip is enhanced by the views of the nearby Maddalena Islands a cluster of seven islands that can be reached by a 15-minute ferry ride from Palau or Santa Teresa Gallura political refugees and freedom-fighter Giuseppe Garibaldi Garibaldi spent the last 15 years of his life on the second largest island The five smallest islands of the archipelago are uninhabited and are popular stopping-off points for passing yachts and day-trippers The unpolluted waters are as clear as a swimming pool (it's a phrase overused in brochures but really does apply here) and the sandy coves are often deserted and it's still possible to find a beach all to yourself While UK visitors like the privacy and space of the quiet coves Italians like to gather on the more sociable town beaches parading up and down and vying for the best-positioned sunbeds it is now illegal to build property within 2km of the sea This has helped to prevent over-development of the coastline; it also means coastal accommodation is relatively expensive Sardinia is and always has been a sophisticated tourist destination and many of its hotels are of four-star standard or above Hotel prices are highest in the peak summer months but there are bargains to be had at other times The climate stays hot and dry to the end of October Evenings will be cool but the sea is still warm enough to swim in this year it even snowed - but on one day only The heat means there is a strong siesta culture Shops generally open from 8.30am-12.30pm and from 3.30pm (or sometimes more like 5pm) until late the law states that drivers must always have their headlights on The Sardinians might appear reserved compared to the Italians on the mainland These islanders have survived centuries of far worse invasions - the Phoenicians Spanish Savoyards and Italians - so do not mistake innate dignity for hostility Cannigione (00 39 0789 88195) is a sophisticated restaurant with an outside terrace that juts out into a small marina Chef Vincenzo rustles up delights like rhubarb risotto with prawns marinated in thyme or fillet of ostrich glazed with acacia honey and raspberry vinegar Cannigione (00 39 0789 86086) is a laidback delicious freshly baked focaccia bread with cheese is included and hugely popular pizzeria also overlooking the marina in this laidback resort Palau (00 39 0789 702000) sits on the edge of the pretty bay of Cala Capra two restaurants and seawater pool nestle within its beautiful gardens The hotel has its own sailing boat and a motor cruiser for trips round the islands Palau (00 39 0789 702108) is a family favourite but golf buggies can take guests around the resort There is no single room supplement during the low season Bargain Tenuta Pilastru, Pilastru, Arzachena (00 39 0789 82936; .tenutapilastru.it) is a newly opened rural retreat built around an 1840 farmhouse Its 34 rooms (two of them self-catering suites) are basic but have air conditioning and (unusually in Sardinia) heating too Home-baked and mostly organic food is served in the restaurant Lonely Planet Sardinia (£12.99) and Cadogan Sardinia (£12.99) all give a good overview but for a more literary take on the island and its people try Sea and Sardinia,which records DH Lawrence's journey to Sardinia back in 1921 and delves into the political and social values of an era which saw the rise of communism Hire a boat and cruise around the Maddalena Islands There are organised group boat trips but these can get crowded and tend to anchor at the same busy spots With your own vessel you can find a beachy cove Boats can be hired from Palau or from Santa Teresa Gallura for €100-150 a day a quaint little town around 40 minutes inland that's a centre of cork manufacturing and wine production It sits on a granite plateau and granite has been used in many of its buildings but first stock up on some of the town's own mineral water Watch the sun set from the top of the Capo d'Orso a rock formation near Palau that looks like it has a bear sitting on top of it (if you use your imagination and see it from the right angle) It's one of many weirdly-shaped rocks along the northern coastline that have been likened to all kinds of animals and even to Mussolini From the Capo d'Orso you can look across the Maddalena archipelago and It's a short and gentle climb with a well-made path and bench stops along the way a millionaires' playground on the Costa Smeralda Even if you don't see any celebrities or Premiership footballers you can gawp at the enormous yachts in the marina the resort is heaving with wealthy Italians Enjoy a picnic at the Baia Sardinia with some delicious pane carasau a wafer-thin flat bread made of pasta dough that's cooked in a special rough brick oven It is usually brushed with olive oil and sprinkled with salt and rosemary but may also be softened with water or broth and covered with a layer of cheese it is addictive: you'll regret not saving room for the next four courses · Don't have a big night out in Porto Cervo .. you think nothing of paying €75 to get into a nightclub and around €50 for a drink This resort is only for those with platinum bank balances although it's worth a visit for some people-watching It might taste like an innocent fruit drink It might be the gateway to the north coast and the island's busiest passenger port but it's a pretty characterless and industrial city Best jump in your hire car and go further up the coast If you really need a city fix during your stay a two-and-a-half hour and mostly scenic drive from Palau along the coastline walled old town with narrow streets lined with boutiques Just Sardinia (01202 484858; www.justsardinia.co.uk ) features all the properties mentioned in this article The Poole-based operator can arrange flights and hotels or accommodation only Easyjet flies from London Gatwick to Olbia from £40 return Meridiana flies from London Gatwick from £149 return There are also several charter-flight options This is the archive of The Observer up until 21/04/2025 The Observer is now owned and operated by Tortoise Media.