Cala Gonone

Cala Gonone 3 nights

WiFi – welcomepalmesera

Hotel – Palmasera bed & breakfast

Approach through campsite then Enter the building to find a small sign showing directions to reception

Outer gate closes for parking at 11pm

• can book tour at b&b – Blu Marino tour = boat trip and caves €21 (if buying boat tour check if cave entrance separate is €10)

To do

• 6 min walk from Palmasera beach – 2 sunbeds with an umbrella €20 – Palmasera resort has their own sunbeds 3 beaches by centre this one over to right near mini orange bar – middle rockiest – 3rd bear boat tour area and can swim further out before reaching rocks – loads of fish swimming in shallow water (they bite)

• Boat tour €10 for blue grotto and €11 entrance fee €18 blue grotto and Cala Luna + €11 fee

• Cala Fuili beach (43min walk 5 drive) parking along the road (5min walk down from parking) rocky but beautiful don’t need to spend all day there (no bars)
• Cala Luna beach – get there by boat around €8 some bars/cafe there – not much parking
• Beach di Zui Martine 4 min drive 38 min walk – very clear water
• Cala Cartoe sandy beach (quiet) hard to get to in car
• Cala Gabbiani – boats not allowed near 1.45hr
• Su Barone beach – 45min drive

Eating

• Gelateria Fancello – snickers, kinder bueno
• Zio Pedrillo – dinner pizza or pasta and affordable – risotto/ravioli – sausage gnocchi, cuglorrines- tomato pasta filled with pecorino and potato – vegetable risotto with pesto – €35 with beer and lemon soda

• Pizzeria la Poltrona – veggie risotto or pasta/steak – check menu none online
• Nuraghe hotel, where I ate a traditional dish called angellotos (a sort of overstuffed ravioli/dumpling filled with ricotta and fresh mint and covered in a butter-sage sauce) that began to melt as soon as it touched my tongue.

• Apertivo normally 7-9 and includes free snacks with your drink
• Picnics

Food/drink

• sfogliatella – shell pastry filled with custard
• Arancini snack – Pall’e riso
• Saltinbocca – oven baked sandwich with mozzarella and ham
• Limoncello
• Lemon granita
• Lemonade
• Torta caprese choc cake
• Risotto

Shop

• Positano – homemade sandals they measure your feet
• Limoncello
• Pasta
• Cameo necklace Sorrento