Culture, history and golden beaches to 競争相手 those in the Caribbean - Sardinia is the island that has it all
- Sardinia can be reached by just a two-hour flight from the UK
- 'It's the perfect European family holiday 目的地,' says 略奪する McGibbon?
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Our jolly, mahogany-tanned captain glides the dingy に向かって some 激しく揺するs, then directs his group of excited day-trippers to 長，率いる for an indiscernible path between tall reeds.
I lead the way with fearless vigour, and a few minutes later we 現れる at a beach of cinematic beauty, with alabaster-white sand and a 微光ing sea of the palest emerald.
But the 砂漠 island （一定の）期間 is broken 即時に by a 悩ますd Italian woman striding に向かって us, clutching a walkie-talkie and snapping orders in comically accented English.
‘NO stop! NO towel! NO sit! Walk!’ She then 教えるs our bemused 軍隊／機動隊 to follow her.
It’s 商売／仕事 as usual at Budelli island’s Cavaliere beach, a stretch of sand so precious that it 要求するs 安全 guards.
孤立するd: 略奪する McGibbon 調査するs Sardinia's lesser-visited north. Above, one of the tucked away bays that dot the shores?
Budelli island’s Cavaliere beach (pictured), just off the coast of northern Sardinia, is a stretch of sand so precious that it 要求するs 安全 guards
Budelli is one of more than 60 islands that （不足などを）補う La Maddalena 群島, a 保護するd 国家の 海洋 park just off the coast of northern Sardinia.
The entire area is gorgeous and has been a magnet for flotillas of sea-faring tourists for １０年間s.
However, mindless souvenir hunters have stolen so much sand, 爆撃するs and 石／投石するs over the years that guards are now 駅／配置するd on a few 生態学上 壊れやすい beaches during 頂点（に達する） season. For 除去するing these irreplaceable treasures, 罰金s can 攻撃する，衝突する £2,600.
I first went to Sardinia in 1977 and have rediscovered it in 最近の years as a perfect European family holiday 目的地.
It has everything ? 天候, sea, cuisine, culture, history and beaches that match the Caribbean.
You’ll be sure of a warm w elcome wherever you go, and it’s only a two-hour flight away.
略奪する checks into 訴える手段／行楽地 Valle dell’Erica, part of hotel group?Delphina 訴える手段／行楽地s?
Most of 略奪する's time at?Valle dell’Erica was spent on the 'serene' Licciola beach (pictured)
We ar e here to discover the lesser-visited north, and are using the hotels of Delphina 訴える手段／行楽地s, the island’s oldest hotel group, as stepping 石／投石するs.
Delphina has eight 沿岸の 所有物／資産／財産s here and is still owned by the two families who 設立するd it 30 years ago.
Our first stay is at Capo d’Orso, with 80 rooms 始める，決める in a woodland 主要な to the sea.
A boat trip is the only way to 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる the beauty of the Sardinian seas, and our next hotel has the perfect answer. Valle dell’Erica has its own elegant 1927 木造の sailing boat called La Pulcinella 排他的に for guests.
It’s 船内に La Pulcinella that we visit Budelli and 巡航する around other islands, dropping 錨，総合司会者 in bays to swim in the warm waters.
A boat trip is the only way to 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる the beauty of the Sardinian seas, says 略奪する. Pictured: Boats 錨，総合司会者d 近づく the shores of Budelli island
Pictured: The sandy shoreline at Licciola beach, 位置を示すd 近づく Valle dell’Erica
Above, seafood dish spaghetti alle vongole
A delicious lunch of seafood pasta and crisp 地元の Vermentino white ワイン is served on board.
On the way home, our deckhand 旗s 負かす／撃墜する a passing Algida branded speedboat (Italy’s 見解／翻訳／版 of 塀で囲む’s ice cream), so we can buy Cornettos. A truly unforgettable day.
Most of our time staying at Erica is spent on the serene Licci ola beach, or in its spa and saltwater swimming pools.
As we say goodbye to Sardinia, a member of the 歓迎会 staff says: ‘Stessa spiaggia, stesso 損なう.’ She explains that this is a typical Italian summer 別れの（言葉，会）, imparting a simple wish to see you again next year at ‘the same beach, the same sea’.
井戸／弁護士席, if the holiday gods 向こうずね on us, we will definitely be there again ? and 約束 not to steal any of it.
