Sardegna

Not much in the way of public transport. I would recommend the cooperative at Santadi (NW of Cagliari) for top wines of the island, or the Argiolas winery (NE of Cagliari)

Lots of good places to eat, try Da Riccardo in Magomadas, on the west coast.

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and look up the Osterie d'Italia, select Sardinia and then select the province you are in, you'll get great adresses for places to eat very good traditional food at under 25 Euro. Also places to find wine and food.

Mike

Mike Tommasi, Six Fours, France email link

Another interesting cooperative is the "cantina sociale di Tempo Pausania", good chunky red "Dolmen", glorious Vermentino "Canayli".

Another big player is Sella & Mosca near Alghero, the winery is impressive, but - even if it is supposed to be open to the public on certain days - you do not feel really welcome (although my experience dates back to 1998 and this might have changed since!).

I can only support Mike in recommending Argiolas. If you phone a few days ahead, they will do their utmost to show you around.

Yves

Hi

Having returned from holidaying around Porto Cervo this summer, I would recommend the following:

1) Gianni Pedrinelli's restaurant outside Porto Cervo 2) Hotel Cala di Volpe's excellent restaurant, with matching wines and outstanding service

Under no circumstances eat at Hotel Pitrizza - they have replaced their old, "name" chef with their junior chef, and the service under the new Maitre was appalling!

We found all the local wines to be good, although a tad pricey. Argiolas, as a previous poster mentioned was particularly good IIRC.

Have fun, and enjoy the beautiful water!

Regards

Snoop