Several people ask whether travelling solo around Sardinia can be viable. It’s not only doable and safe for women. The Sardinian people are known for their generosity and hospitality to foreigners.
By travelling solo you’ll have the time and freedom to make your itinerary, change it as you please, and enjoy the peace of being by yourself immersed in nature or socialising with locals.
Sardinia is a timeless land, a place where you can discover complete relaxation and where, at the same time, you can join many activities like excursions into nature, spending days at the beach with all the comforts, and guided tours of the old towns dedicated to traditional crafts.
There are many things to try and see in Sardinia that it will take forever to name them all. The remarkable richness and diversity of this place have a strong plea for solo travellers.
If you’re travelling alone you will have different requirements compared to a couple or a family, as already mentioned, you can plan a route with the aid of expert guides and ask for advice from the locals.
Tips To Interact With The Locals
The Sardinian people speak Italian, and maybe also a local language such as Sardo which is split into four dialects. You may find that younger people are more likely to speak English, I am constantly meeting Sardinians that speak another European language like French or Spanish.
Anyway, a tip for communicating with Sardinians is to be confident and also to have a big smile on your face.
Knowing some Italian words can open many doors in Sardinia. It’ll make it so much easy to break the ice, and they will be happy that you are trying to speak Italian.
A Few Solo Itinerary Suggestions
Day at Bay of the Mimose
Spending your 1st day at the beach is a perfect way to start your holiday in Sardinia. If you select to stay in Northern Sardinia (close to Costa Smeralda, the favourite destination by VIPs), It is suggested to go to Baia delle Mimose a beach that you will love. The white beach stretches for kilometres is surrounded by junipers and the sea roses (the icon of this beach) and is crossed by the River Coghinas’ estuary. The beach provides a wide range of facilities, ranging from sunbeds and beach umbrellas, restaurants, and pedal boats rental in the surroundings, so you can stay here unless sunset and then come back to your hotel. The deep colours of this oasis are the best introduction to a better masterpiece known as Sardinia.
Mount Limbara
If you like active holidays, you will fall in love with Gallura. You can explore this place following hiking trails.
Have you ever tried to go hiking on a mountain surrounded by bizarrely shaped rocks? The 1st stage of this excursion is Monte Limbara, a granite mountainous range enclosed by 2 forests.
One is situated on the northern slope and features a luxuriant Mediterranean scrub, because of its rich flora the forest is involved within the Sites of Community Importance. The other forest is on the southern slope and is dominated by rocks shaped by the mistral, the cold and dry wind blowing from the northwest.
The excursion is a chance to visit the eco-museum at Mount Limbara is known as Semida, a Sardinian word that stands for the trail.
Works of art dot a park in the mountain heart: a metal door which is carved with the word attraverso by Clara Bonfiglio, a screen of orange Plexiglas, by Monica Solinas, the iron chain that bounds the granite boulders made by Pinuccio Sciola, a thick rope stretched across the landscape realized by Giovanni Campus and the metal cage framing a big boulder by Bruno Petretto. The best example of how contemporary art can meet the natural landscape.
Discovering Aggius, A Village
Aggius Sardinia solo traveller’s holidays in Sardinia what to do when you travel solo where to stay great hotels for solo travellers in Sardinia. There’re various reasons to visit Aggius, a small village in Gallura. The first is the charm of its old homes built of granite stone, then its museums, dedicated to the local tradition, history, and culture. Aggius was awarded the Orange Flag by the Italian Touring Club for its attractions and tourist services.
Solo travel is a chance to customize itinerary and decide to learn a trade from a craftsman, in Aggius where you can go and join a workshop of hand-loom carpet weaving and making, a rag doll-making workshop or a cooking class devoted to the typical Sardinian bread.
The Ethnographic Museum (Meoc) Is A Real Treasure
Here’re displayed the original objects and equipment tracing the famous culture of Gallura from the XVII century to the present day. The Museum of Banditry, located in the oldest part of the village, is a thrilling journey into the phenomenon of banditry, the figure of the bandit covered an essential role in Sardinia from 16th century to 19th century, so this museum contains rare things, for example, mug-shots of the bandits, an arsenal of weaponry and the documentation about the outlaws. You must visit this place as a solo traveller, and it is guaranteed that you will never be disappointed with this place’s appeal. You will remember to travel to this place forever.