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The Rough Guide to Sardinia is the ultimate travel guide to this astonishing and varied Italian island. Discover Sardinia's highlights from the exceptional seafood restaurants of Alghero to the remarkable prehistoric, Carthaginian and Roman monuments and authentic fishing villages inspired by dozens of photos. Rely on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, campsites, bars, clubs, shops, restaurants and resorts for all budgets and insider information on the wide array of outdoor pursuits on offer from walking to climbing to diving. The Rough Guide to Sardinia is loaded with practical information and insider tips from the best ways to travel around the island to enjoying superb food and wine, spectacular and melodramatic religious and folk festivals and unwinding on the multitude of unspoilt sandy beaches. Explore all corners of Sardinia with authoritative background on everything from the ubiquitous remains to Sardinia's fasinating rituals and festivals, with handy language tips and the clearest maps of any guide.
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It is not the most exciting book to read but I found it an excellent 'handbook' to Sardinia and its town centre maps an essential accompaniment to the more local not-so-helpful general tourist information. I felt it gave a varied and honest review of the different aspects to the country, its landscape, culture, food, facilities and people. Without being boring, it covers the practicalities and necessities of travelling, emphasising what is particularly relevant for Sardinia. There is also a handy language section at the back with some basic phrases, signs and lists of food for those who don't speak a word of Italian!
Some of the information about restaurants, camping facilities, tourist centre opening times and prices were slightly out of date or inaccurate but this is to be expected and was nothing to cause great distress or ruin its usefulness.
I would certainly suggest reading the introduction to and basics about Sardinia before going and then using the 'area guides' whilst out there. I recommend taking a detailed and comprehensive Map of Sardinia to accompany the guide book and a phrase book/dictionary if you want to make a proper go at communicating (my main mistake this time).
My only real criticism of the book is it suggests that going in August is a big no-no due to prices, temperature and extreme crowds. However, we went during the beginning of August, and although accommodation was more expensive, we found it is easy to avoid the crawling busy beaches by making a bit of effort, often were the only people at a tourist location and generally felt much less crowded and the temperature much more wonderful than we ever would in Manchester!
.....On another note, nothing will prepare you for the bad bus information and service, but the prices are cheap and its great fun to hire a moped or car if you really want to get around away from the overly touristy areas.
There were no real descriptions of an area, or a restaurant or an hotel's atmosphere, useful facts such as addresses and phone numbers and general costs were provided.
I have resorted to contacting the Italian Tourist board for details. I am sure that there are more details in the guide than I am giving credit for, but it feels like a laborious process to discover them.
I had been looking forward to my visit, but now feel rather disappointed with my choice of destination, I hope I will be pleasantly surprised.
The RG makesSardinia sound like a drab, dispiriting place. We were there in mid-April2004 during unseasonably bad weather, and even the most Godforsaken townsin the interior in rainstorms were not as bleak as the RG makes Sardiniasound.
That said, the RG's basic information is sound, even if the prices in lireare very outdated. The cultural contexts are as valuable as you'd expectfrom the RG series (which I've been a devotee of for a decade) and it'sobviously well-researched. So it's not totally dreadful - just notanywhere near as good as the Cadogan guide. The Cadogan's writers are somuch more enthusiastic - not in a cheesy, 'everything is wonderful' way,but they are a breath of fresh air compared to the RG, their style islighter, their excitement at the mysteries and wonders of Sardiniapalpable.
Buy the RG as a second guide, an extra voice, and it's fine.But if you only buy one guide to Sardinia, we found the Cadogan so muchmore rewarding, even for travellers on a budget (we rented a cheap car andstayed in agriturismi and small hotels, so it's not like we're luxurytravellers turning our noses up at the Rough Guide).
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