Sardegna - Gallura di Ponente

Da Santa Teresa Gallura fino a Isola Rossa con lo sguardo verso le dune di Badesi, dove la Gallura sfuma nell'Anglona. Un sorpresa ad ogni passo, nel regno del maestrale e del granito dove l'isola profuma di salsedine ed essenze, un prodigio di luce e colori come in pochi luoghi è dato di vedere. Natura, storia e tradizioni in un equilibrio perfetto ( quasi perfetto è meglio, perché ogni tanto compare un manufatto umano che incrina l'armonia).
Andateci subito, la primavera è iniziata e per 2 mesi almeno saranno meraviglie.
Gallùra has a surface of 1,370 square miles (3,500 km2) and it is situated between 40°55'20"64 latitude north and 09°29'11"76 east longitude. It is 187 kilometers far from the Italian peninsula and 11 kilometers far from the French Island of Corsica. The coast of Gallura is very jagged and continues along in a continuous series of small fiords, rock-cliffs and little islands that form the Archipelago of La Maddalena, a natural bridge towards nearby Corsica. The landscape is characterised by granite rocks and harsh mountains that, even if not particularly high, have constituted for millennia a barrier between this region and the nearby territories of Baronie and Montalbo. Monte Limbara is the highest mountain (1,362 m/4,469 ft). It represents the boundary between Gallura and the near-by region called Logudoro. Its highest peak is Punta Balestrieri (1362 m above the sea level). In the past, Monte Limbara used to be the location of an important NATO long rage radar base and a Carabinieri's barrack. Today it is used as a telecommunications center for the Italian Air Force and a heliport for the Servizio Antincendi. It is also the location of all the major TV relay stations of West Sardinia. Another small mountain is Monte Cruzitta (666 m). Even if it is not very high, it offers a very characteristic landscape. The climate is typical of the Mediterranean. The weather is clear. During the year approximately 300 days are sunny and the few others are rainy, with a major concentration of rainfall in the winter and autumn, some heavy showers in the spring, and snowfalls on the highest massifs and highlands. The mistral is the dominant wind, fresh, strong, and usually dry and cold, blowing from the northwest throughout the year, but most frequently in winter and spring (from wikipedia)