Lonely Planet Author Kerry Christiani and husband Andy visited The Lemon House in March as they researched Sardinia and took photos for the new edition of the Lonely Planet guide to Sardinia coming out in January 2012. Kerry and Andy both like walking, and Peter spent a lovely afternoon with them, walking down to a deserted Cala Goloritzè after the rain stopped but with the sea very rough after a storm. Kerry has included this walk along with the Gola su Gorroppu from Genna Silana and Tiscali from Sa Barva as her three favourite Sardinian walks on articles just published on the BBC Travel Site and on Lonely Planet’s site. Details of all these walks can be found in the Cicerone walking guide and the Rother walking guide to Sardinia as described on our page Sardinia walking guidebooks.

The new Cicerone guide to walking in Sardinia comes out next week. Author Paddy Dillon writes, “So what’s Sardinia like? Well… until recently it had the reputation of being stunningly beautiful, abounding in interest, and desperately difficult to explore because so many paths and tracks would simply peter out in dense, thorny macchia, miles from anywhere. It’s all changed in the past year or two, and there are now lots of well-signposted and waymarked trails, so you can stride out confidently knowing that there’s a way through.The routes in the book stretch from the astounding limestone cliffs of Ogliastra, through the barren Supramonte, to the broad whaleback mountains of Gennargentu. This encompasses some of the highest, wildest and most popular walking routes in Sardinia.”

Paddy stayed with us at The Lemon House for two years running when he was writing the guide so we get a good mention. You will be able to buy the guide from us.

Also read about the book on Paddy’s website.