Hello.
I am looking for advice and info on what the must see and do's are in Sardinia. We have a week there after a trip to Ireland. We are staying at a B&B near Cagliari. We will be renting a car and are travelling with two children, 3years and 5 months. We are looking forward to relaxing at Poetto Beach but we also are excited to travel and check out some ancient castles and eat copious amounts of delicious food. I have no real knowledge of the island but have heard of it's beauty. Any suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks

hi!
big cities are not beautiful, exept for alghero, in the north part. It' s called the little barcellona and it' s very nice but it' s about 250 km from cagliari. there are not a lot of historical monuments, exept nuraghi and the city of cagliari has a castle and a fortification near the port.
But Sardinia is a rural region with very ancient traditions.
You can visit the central part, around Nuoro ( barbagia region ), there are a lot of small villages, that are not on touristic itineraries, so they save their autenticity ( it seems to go back in time ). and, if you are lucky, you can see a country fair. these are very suggestive.
In all part of sardinian countryside there are agriturismo, where you can eat very good, genuine and local food; the menu is very similar in all parts of the island: a lot of starters composed of local sausages, ham, vegetables, sheep cheese etc... two first dish of sardinian tipical ravioli and pasta, after the most famous dish of sardinia: the little pork called porceddu and other type of meat.
you can also go to portovesme or calasetta ( south part of island ) and take a ferry to carloforte on san pietro island ( about 30-40 minutes ), it 's a good idea for a day trip. carloforte is a small town built by people from liguria ( it seems a town of the 5 terre ) and it ' s famous for fishing of the mediterranean red tuna. there is a very good restaurant called "da nikkolo" where all dishes are made with red tuna. it ' a very good experience.
Sardinian people are very nice, all the countryside is uncontaminated and there are beautiful beaches.
if you want other advice write here! good holidays!

Ciao Francesco (and sorry for hi-jacking your thread jo021).
We will be in Sardinia next month. What small villages around Nuoro do you consider as 'must see'? We will stay in Cala Gonone for 5 days and would love to spend a day (or two) driving through beautiful scenery and exploring typical villages in this area.

Thank you so much Francesco. A few day trips will be in order. The trip to Carloforte for a bite to eat sounds amazing. We will be spending time on the beaches for sure but also time checking out the villages will be very special. Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again.

We stayed in the Sassari area on the coast so it was not close to Cagliari at all. Our resort was on the beach so we hung out there for most of the days. The cuisine I found to be simple and I don't recall anything in particular that stood out. (That's where a Trip Report would have come in handy.)

Among other towns, we did a day trip to Alghero and it was pretty.

A different day we also took the car and drove North and parked and did a boat tour of the Sta. Maddalena islands. We ate lunch on board and the tourist boat did a couple of swim stops. Gorgeous turquoise waters!

Porto Cervo is where all the very rich have their yachts. It was interesting to see the harbor there.

Sardinia is very wild and rugged and undeveloped in some parts. If your family is prone, I'd recommend taking a motion sick tablet the night before the drive to avoid getting ill.

If you are going there in the summer it gets very hot! Would be quite a comparison to Ireland!