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 The Rough Guide to Sardinia 3 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) $19.99 Sardinia is not one of the easiest places to spend a holiday. I went with a friend this July and had two bonuses that may not apply to everyone who travels there. The first was that my companion spoke Italain, the second, we rented the house of a friend of hers and we had a car, I guess that makes three.We landed on the ferry with car at the Golfo di Arancia. Our destination was on the south west coast. The driving was one of the hard parts of the trip. The larger roads are easy enough to navigate but the secondary roads can get very confusing and those lower graded than that can be impossible. Road signs don't always lead you in the right direction, and somtimes actually stop before you get there, and so it's so easy to find yourself lost and waisting time.July is HOT. For a New Yorker like me who is addicted to air-conditioning this created another challenge.With that said, did the book help? I felt that the author described places in an unbiased way, which made it up to me to decide if it was worth going on the road in the heat to find. The main island and the two others in our area, San Pietro & Sant'Antioco have some fantastic beaches that make all the troubles worth while. Still the directions were a little weak. From my experience it was best to ask locals, Don't count on English to help.We checked the book on a daily basis, followed directions for places to eat and were not disapionted. All in all there were areas that lacked info but this booked was a real help. Enjoy your trip!  Sardinia (Eyewitness Travel Guides) $20.00 Very informative. Sites, restaurants, beaches -- great descriptions that actually matched the locations. Highly recommend this book.  Sardinia (Regional Guide) $19.99 many places were totally missing - ok, a guide cannot cover it all, but still... i found the material difficult to follow and not well organized. compared to other lp guides - on cuba for example - i found this one weak. |
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