ISOLA DI ASINARA TOUR - Full Day (Tour in Fuoristrada nel Parco Nazionale)

Castelsardo et Alghero magnifique, un super accueil et les gens très accueillants. Les monuments et l’architecture est super

The full day tour to Asinara Island has been a very wanderful experience. Our guide Paolo was an incredible source of both historical and natural informations and explanations. We have visited a lot of ex-jails, including the bunker where the boss nr.1 of Mafia, Totò Riina, was prisoner during the criminal trial. In the afternoon, we had the possibility to stay on beautiful coves in front of a limpid stained sea.

Booking with Viator was not good. I received several messages reminding about the trip, but none of them had details of the meeting point and instructions how to find the guide and name of the boat to look for. I had to ask random people to find the boarding. Then, our names were not on the list of participants that our guide had with her, although i had Viator’s vouchers. It took 20 minutes on the phone to figure out that we can go on the tour. That’s not all. We booked a tour with the English speaking guide. But the spots were available only for an Italian-speaking guide. We almost dropped this tour, but since we drove 2 hours to that point, our group decided to continue even without much understanding what is going on. Still, that was not the end of our misfortunes. Once we got to the island and boarded the Jeep - well, it is like a clown car show. Imagine to fit 4 Americans in 5x5x5 ft box. And the this box is on a roller conveyor belt. You cannot see a thing because the window slots are at your chest level. And it jerks all the way - up and down, left to right, while you are listening to the guide, who is happily pointing somewhere and describing it in Italian. Not fun. Well, there were several bonuses: crystal clear blue laguna to swim for 1.5 hours; i managed to ask to switch seats with other group participants, who were seating upfront. The guide, Carla, was trying her best to explain in English.

Unbedingt empfehlenswert. Die Insel ist sehr schön und unser Guide kannte sich prima aus und hat sehr viel erzählt. Highlight waren die vielen freilebenden Esel. Ein Punkt Abzug, weil es kein Lunchpaket gab, wie in der Beschreibung auf Viator angekündigt war.

Nelly was great looking after me as the only English speaker - non stop for 3 hours commentary in Italian and English - spectacular effort. Beautiful island, interesting history and great beaches for lunch and swimming. This is not to be missed if you are in Sardinia. Do it!