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| Susannah in Carloforte, Sardinia |
Thursday morning we went to see the friendly Marina Manager, Andrea, and negotiated a price to stay an extra night. It should have been 30 euros a night, but he offered a price of 50 euros for the two nights as it is not the height of the season and he had plenty of space. He also said he would get our gas bottle filled for us.
Carloforte is a lovely town with pastel painted houses and winding back streets on the island of Isola di San Pietro, about 7 km off the coast of Sardinia.. Although ferries run to and from the island, tourism is very low key. Eating out is more expensive now, so we will have to start cooking more on board. However, it is very enjoyable shopping in the local stores and trying out our Italian.
On Friday, after getting our filled gas bottle back from Andrea and filling up with diesel in the fishing port, we sailed the 4 miles to Isola di Sant’ Antioco and anchored in a lovely wide bay by Calasetta. Although there was about a 20 knot wind, we were quite sheltered. Also anchored there was another British boat, and French, Dutch and Swedish boats.
The forecast was not very settled for the Saturday, so we decided to stay at Calasetta and took the dinghy ashore. Calasetta is even more low key than Carloforte, with almost every corner being a surprise, culminating in the lovely ‘main’ street and piazzo a few streets back from the sea front. We stopped to talk to the people on the British boat, Gin Rummy, Simon and Katie, and they came over for a drink in the evening.
We stayed at Calasetta for three nights altogether, as I had a migraine on the Sunday.
The heat has definitely been turned on and most days are about 30 degrees.
Diesel - Carloforte: 1.12 euros a litre – 137 euros.
MARINA MARINATOUR, Carloforte: 50 euros for 2 nights.
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