In association with the Northwest Norticultural Society!
SARDINIA FOR PLANT ENTHUSIASTS
April 17-29, 2009

The second largest island in the Mediterranean, Sardinia is almost a country on its own. This is a fine opportunity to sample its cultural and natural diversity in the company of Italy-based naturalist and linguist Mark Walters.

Our visit is timed to coincide with the peaks of spring flowering and bird migration. We start in the atmospheric town of Alghero with its heady blend of Catalan and Italian heritage, making daytime excursions out into the wild northwest of the island. From our second base at Santa Teresa di Gallura we tour some fascinating prehistoric remains – the Nuraghe culture – in the granitic north-east of the island. At sea level on the west coast our trip includes a visit to the remarkable site of Tharros, settled by the Phoenicians and then Romans in the first millennium BC. We then head into the wild interior to the Giara di Gesturi, a bastion-like basaltic plateau with some of Europe’s last wild horses. Our journey will culminate in the fascinating city of Cagliari, littered with remains from its Roman and medieval past.

From $3,850 + air

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