Hello Steemians,
welcome to the sixth part of our trip on the island of Sardinia.
After a long day we finally arrived in Cala Gonone. There are only two roads to Cala Gonone, which descend from the mountains steeply down to the village.
A last photo of our rental car before we went downhill. Let's hope the brakes work.
Cala Gonone - we are coming! It was already in the evening and the tourist boats came back from their day trips to small beaches south of Gala Gonone.
We had booked two nights in advance at the Hotel Pop near the port. The hotel was ok, even if it only had two stars.
The next day we went on a trip to the imposing gorge Gola di Goroppu.
We left the hotel after the breakfast and searched the parking lot near the canyon. Unfortunately, our navigation device build in year 2005 did not knew the small roads and ways, so we had to navigate manually and drove a few times in the wrong direction.
After an hour drive we finally reached the parking lot and started our hike. Since there are no restaurants in the canyon, we had our food for the whole day in the backpack.
Right at the beginning of the hike, we had to cross a small river.
We passed small farms, some of them dilapidated. But these buildings are still used, and the pigs also felt very comfortable in this area.
After a two-hour hike we reached the awesome gorge Gola di Goroppu. We rested here, ate lunch, and made our way back.
The way back was due to the heat and lack of shade a bit strenuous. The fruits on this tree look like strawberries. They are even edible, but we had not dared to eat them since we did not know whether they were poisonous or not.
In the early evening we refreshed ourselves with a dip in the sea at the cosy beach Cala Cortoe north from Cala Gonone. Unfortunately we had to drive the next day southwards to our next accommodation. If you stay in Gala Gonone, you will stay for 3 nights, so you can visit the Gola di Goroppu in one day and visit the small beaches south of Gala Gonone by boat the other day.
Thank you for reading!
Here are the links to the other parts of our Sardinia round trip.