Sardinia - Great Slow Travel Destination

The spirit of slow travel is relaxation and familiarization. Some destinations lend themselves to this ever more popular style of travel more than others. Tokyo, for example, would not be the ideal location for a slow traveller any more than the mall food court would be anyone’s first choice for a leisurely three course meal. Sardinia, on the other hand, is an ideal journey location for a slow traveler.

Sardinia is the second largest island (after Sicily) in the Mediterranean Sea. Sardinia is uniquely suited to slow travel for a few very good reasons. First, it’s island geography gives a nice demarkation of area to explore. You can organize a sea-to-sea trip and travel from the east coast to the west coast and enjoy everything in between in a couple of days or perhaps take the longer north-south route and enjoy what each different area has to offer.

Another great reason Sardinia is an excellent slow travel destination is its amazing and unique local culture. Sardinia’s ancient–indeed, the very first–polyphonic musical style has influenced all other music that has come since. Several famous musicians have come to Sardinia expressly to hear the music first hand. Peter Gabriel even recorded it and made a cult sensation of an album.

Slow travel means staying in local style and immersing yourself in their culture as well as really familiarizing yourself with the entire area. The way to do this is in a local rental from which you can explore the ancient ruins, test your bravery with local food and see how much of the language you can decipher. Know you’ve left home: consider a rental like this one as a more enjoyable and affordable alternative to an impersonal hotel.