Sardinien Roadtrip - La Caletta - Tag 10

09/28/23

After packing everything up this morning and sitting at breakfast in the campsite café, we discovered by chance at 9:52 a.m. that check-out is until 10 a.m. Lucky.

Our first stop is a beach near La Caletta. It is a good beach and unfortunately the last one for this holiday. The sand is fine white, the water is flat for a long time and the clear water breaks into perfect little body surfing waves. From the water you can see the distant blue mountains and the adjacent pine forest, completely different from the German dune landscapes.

We're lucky, there's hardly anything going on. We can throw our colorful egg through the air in peace and let the waves wash us back towards the beach.

At lunchtime we walk through the small La Caletta and, in addition to rich sandwiches with chicken, grilled vegetables and fried potatoes on top (potato on bread works better than expected), we finally find our first coffee. And as expected, it's just good.

In the afternoon we check into our guesthouse in Olbia. We empty the car completely and repack our things so that we can be at the airport at 8 tomorrow morning.

Theoretically, we have a recommendation for a restaurant that serves traditional Sardinian pasta. In practical terms, the 50-minute walk is definitely too far for us. We accidentally end up in a small side street in the city center, in La Carrera Ezza.

The restaurant here advertises "No Pizza" and actually has exactly what was promised to us in the other restaurant far away on the menu. So on our last evening, gnocchetti and culurgiones and ravioli filled with mint mashed potatoes finally land on our plates. The head chef even comes by every now and then to ask if everything is okay. For dessert there are typical seadas (fried cheese with honey) and fagottinis (fried puff pastry triangles filled with ricotta), before a limoncello crema liqueur is served at the end. The restaurant was definitely a good end to the vacation.

In between we discuss our high and lowlights:

Jan thought it was great: the moonscape in the Valle della Luna, Tagliatelle frutti Di Mare on La Maddalena and the yachts in Porto Cervo. Jan doesn't need it again: the fishiest fish pasta ever from the first evening in Olbia.

Philipp thought it was great: the lunar landscape in the Valle della Luna, the hike to the Gola Di Gorropu and the day trip on the catamaran. Philipp doesn't need any more: the porcini mushroom pasta from the Maggi bag in Alghero.

Vicky thought it was great: the moonscape in the Valle della Luna, the regional wines Cannonau & Vermentino, the sunset & vibe in Alghero. Vicky doesn't need another holiday on campsites.

Steffi thought it was great: jumping into the turquoise water, the sunset in Alghero and the hiking part of the holiday. Steffi doesn't need any more: the porcini mushroom pasta from the Maggi bag in Alghero.

Unanimous bonus: the meter pizza at Ristorante Lido in Alghero.

Addition, time 03:24 on September 29th: the mosquitoes here are a nuisance. The number of stitches on our bodies speaks for itself. Now we have the comfort of our own room with a bed and bathroom, but we can't light one of our incense sticks to drive away the bloodsuckers. So I lie here and wait for the next buzz in my ear. *cue thriller music*.