Golfo di Orosei - Part II

The next top was Cala Mariolu and during the boat ride the beauty continued. We even passed a number of tiny coves where people with small boats or kayaks simply staked claim to their own private spot for the day.

Cala Mariolu was another small beach only accessible by sea. The landscape was slightly different, but it was equally tranquil. As with our previous beach stop, we took full advantage of our two hour visit with a lot of swimming, reading and eating.



















I even took a picture from our spot on the beach and the picture turned out to be nearly identical to one on a postcard in the hotel…

The final beach stop was Cala Luna, which was on the way back towards Cala Gonone. Before heading back, however, the boat took us further south to Cala Goloritzé. The beach is surrounded by some beautiful rock formations, which allowed for some nice pictures.




















Cala Luna was by far the most populated beach of the three, but was nonetheless still very nice and perhaps my favorite for swimming. And we were fortunate in that the majority of the crowd left shortly after we arrived. The only major change in terms of what we did during our final beach visit was the absence of food, which we had finished at Cala Mariolu.





























The boat picked us up shortly before 7pm and we were back at Cala Gonone within an hour. The ride back was nice, though we were definitely ready for a return to the hotel after an exhausting day of relaxation. Here are some pictures taken along the way.










For dinner we walked back down to the harbor and picked a restaurant that tied in well with our visit from earlier in the day – the Bue Marino. During the walk I forced Emilie into the following picture in order to celebrate her heritage.

We had calamari for the starter, followed by lobster and spider crab spaghetti for the main course. The spaghetti was very good, but you definitely had to earn it (I felt like I was a surgeon given all the tools that came with the meal). And somehow we managed to not completely ruin our clothes despite all the sawing that was taking place.