Thursday, 15 June
The cheapest flights left on Thursday night, so of course we went with that. Our flight left around 8:30pm, so we had time to get something to eat at the airport before we left.
I have no idea why there always has to be something that goes wrong or something random that happens to at least one person always in our group but this one was probably the worst. Bryce left his wallet accidentally in the shuttle that took us to the airport from our car and didn't realize until we got through security and were about to go eat. The car people did however, call Preston to say they found a wallet and would bring it back over. When Bryce got back from getting his wallet he found out they stole all of his money from his wallet and tried to blame it on someone else and that they did not speak English anymore. Very disappointing, I will never use these people to park our car at again!
So that was an interesting way to start our trip, but luckily it got so much better from there.
The flight was not too bad, only a little over an hour to the island. But then another 40 minutes to drive to our hotel. We ended up staying at AHR Costa Serena Village.
The place we stayed at was nice, but the lady who helped check us in gave us the worst directions to our room ever! We spent probably close to 20-30 minutes trying to find our room. Finally, someone was nice enough to help us find our room since it was very late and dark out, it was hard to see any numbers or anything. But once we got to our room it was definitely time to go to sleep since it was after midnight now. We had to prepare for our first full day in Sardinia!
I have no idea why there always has to be something that goes wrong or something random that happens to at least one person always in our group but this one was probably the worst. Bryce left his wallet accidentally in the shuttle that took us to the airport from our car and didn't realize until we got through security and were about to go eat. The car people did however, call Preston to say they found a wallet and would bring it back over. When Bryce got back from getting his wallet he found out they stole all of his money from his wallet and tried to blame it on someone else and that they did not speak English anymore. Very disappointing, I will never use these people to park our car at again!
So that was an interesting way to start our trip, but luckily it got so much better from there.
The flight was not too bad, only a little over an hour to the island. But then another 40 minutes to drive to our hotel. We ended up staying at AHR Costa Serena Village.
The place we stayed at was nice, but the lady who helped check us in gave us the worst directions to our room ever! We spent probably close to 20-30 minutes trying to find our room. Finally, someone was nice enough to help us find our room since it was very late and dark out, it was hard to see any numbers or anything. But once we got to our room it was definitely time to go to sleep since it was after midnight now. We had to prepare for our first full day in Sardinia!
Friday, 16 June
Today we woke up around 7:30 so we could leave between 8 and 8:30 to head to the beach early. Preston found some beaches to go to, so we decided to go to Spiaggia di Rena Bianca which was about 30 minutes from our hotel. Which did not disappoint! The views were amazing and the water was so blue, you could see straight to the bottom.
We ended up eating lunch at one of the restaurants that was right by the beach.
After a while Bryce, Jake and I decided to go on a little adventure to find something to drink. We ended up finding the main square where all the shops, bars, and restaurants were.
Then time to slowly make our way back to Presty at the beach!
I still cannot get over how clear the water is here! And the water was the perfect temperature too!
After all of us falling asleep on the beach, it was time to head back to the hotel, shower and eat dinner. But first gelato!
After dinner we just decided to have a little fun at our place. And we had to get pictures at our hotel too with the views!
We're just a goofy group that likes to have fun!
Saturday, 17 June
This morning Preston found another good beach for us to go to called Bassa Trinita, which was on the island Maddalena. This beach ended up having amazing views as well! I wish the water was this clear in Northern Italy.
We just spent the day playing around in the water and laying out on the beach, as it was another clear blue sky.
This beach was even more secluded than the one we went to the day before. Luckily there was a bar/restaurant up the hill a little for us to eat lunch at. We all ended up getting burgers, which actually were pretty good and at the time the best food we had eaten in Sardinia. But to think of it, we did not actually end up eating very much on this trip.
After staying at the beach until around 1500, we decided to drive around exploring the island. And plus, Jake was burnt to a crisp so probably was better for him to be out of the sun for a little bit.
There were so many massive and nice boats all around the island!
We actually ended up driving by the old Navy base that used to be located on this island. The base closed in 2008 and had been there for 35 years. From what people have told me, this used to be the base everybody wanted to get stationed at. I could definitely understand why! The views are amazing!
The one thing about Italy that sometimes makes finding places to eat for dinner difficult is the time they eat and when the actually open their restaurants. Since Italians like to eat pretty late compared to Americans, they don't even open their restaurants usually until around 1900. And of course we were at that awkward time where we were hungry but didn't want bar food and didn't want to wait around 45 minutes to an hour before anything opens. So we decided to just take the ferry back over to the main island to find somewhere to eat.
First we had found this place on Trip Advisor that said was good, but luckily we couldn't find parking right away and eventually found a parking lot that had a restaurant on Trip Advisor that said it was better than the one we were looking for, it was called Re Ferdinando. So decided to give it a try.
I will say this place did end up redeeming itself from the previous dinner we had. I ended up wiping my plate clean with the bread on the table hehe :) I got the homemade ravioli, which ended up being pretty tasty.
Right by where we were they were setting up some booths and a baby area where some carnival things were. The town seemed to come out even more at night.
We only stayed around for a little until we decided to head back to our place and chill in our room. I think we still had a lot of fun our last night! ;)
I didn't want this to be our last night here, I was loving the beach life!
We just spent the day playing around in the water and laying out on the beach, as it was another clear blue sky.
This beach was even more secluded than the one we went to the day before. Luckily there was a bar/restaurant up the hill a little for us to eat lunch at. We all ended up getting burgers, which actually were pretty good and at the time the best food we had eaten in Sardinia. But to think of it, we did not actually end up eating very much on this trip.
After staying at the beach until around 1500, we decided to drive around exploring the island. And plus, Jake was burnt to a crisp so probably was better for him to be out of the sun for a little bit.
There were so many massive and nice boats all around the island!
We actually ended up driving by the old Navy base that used to be located on this island. The base closed in 2008 and had been there for 35 years. From what people have told me, this used to be the base everybody wanted to get stationed at. I could definitely understand why! The views are amazing!
On the way back we decided to stop at this beach bar to take a little break and stretch our legs from sitting in the car driving around. The views were nice but, the price of ice cream and the smallest glass of prosecco was ridiculous! And this beach was small, so you would have thought it wouldn't have been that expensive. But whatever, were on vacation ;)
The one thing about Italy that sometimes makes finding places to eat for dinner difficult is the time they eat and when the actually open their restaurants. Since Italians like to eat pretty late compared to Americans, they don't even open their restaurants usually until around 1900. And of course we were at that awkward time where we were hungry but didn't want bar food and didn't want to wait around 45 minutes to an hour before anything opens. So we decided to just take the ferry back over to the main island to find somewhere to eat.
First we had found this place on Trip Advisor that said was good, but luckily we couldn't find parking right away and eventually found a parking lot that had a restaurant on Trip Advisor that said it was better than the one we were looking for, it was called Re Ferdinando. So decided to give it a try.
I will say this place did end up redeeming itself from the previous dinner we had. I ended up wiping my plate clean with the bread on the table hehe :) I got the homemade ravioli, which ended up being pretty tasty.
Then after of course I had to get some gelato!
Right by where we were they were setting up some booths and a baby area where some carnival things were. The town seemed to come out even more at night.
We only stayed around for a little until we decided to head back to our place and chill in our room. I think we still had a lot of fun our last night! ;)
I didn't want this to be our last night here, I was loving the beach life!
Sunday, 18 June
This morning was the sad day when we had to head back home. Luckily we booked the later flight so we could still sleep in a little otherwise our flight would have been at 8 in the morning! But we had time to pack everything up then go to the airport and eat lunch before leaving.
I have to say this was a fun and great weekend at the beach with friends. And sadly our last vacation over here with Bryce :( We have been on so many fun and exciting adventures with him over the past 3 years, that it is going to be weird not having him here anymore. But luckily when we do ever go back stateside we won't be too far from each other to visit.
Hotel Information
AHR Costa Serena Village:
Address: Loc Costa Serena Strada Per Porto Raphael, Palau, 07020, Italy
Phone: +39-0789-70-1029
Beaches Visited:
Spiaggia di Rena Bianca:
Address: 07028 Santa Teresa Gallura, Province of Olbia-Tempio, Italy
Bassa Trinita:
Address: 07024 La Maddalena SS, Italy
Restaurants/Gelaterias:
Central Bar '80:
Address: Piazza Vittorio Emanuele I, 07028 Santa Teresa Gallura OT, Italy
Costa Serena Village Restaurant:
Address: Loc Costa Serena Strada Per Porto Raphael, Palau, 07020, Italy
Re Ferdinando:
Address: , 72, 07020 Palau OT, Italy
Gelateria Artigianale:
Address: Via Fonte Vecchia, 12, 07020 Palau OT, Italy
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