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Selvaggio Bike Baunei: New technical mountainbike descent to sea East Coast Sardinia

Selvaggio Bike Baunei is the name we’ve given to the Iltiera charcoal burners’ muletrack, an escape route from the Selvaggio Blu trekking, a superb technical ride that we have ridden (80%) for the first time ever with our mountain bikes. … Continue reading

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The Lemon House Newsletter May 2012

Download our May 2012 Newsletter (PDF 170 kb) with The Lemon House rated “Top Choice“ and “Don’t Miss“ in the new editions of the Lonely Planet guides to Italy and Sardinia, our web site and newsletter are now in German … Continue reading

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The Lemon House – web site in German and blog on sardinien.com

In summer 2011 we had lots of lovely German guests, most of whom didn’t find us via the internet since at the time we only had web sites in English and in Italian, and there are lots of German language … Continue reading

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Lonely Planet Italy, Sardinia: DON’T MISS The Lemon House

From Lonely Planet’s Italy travel guide Feb 2012, Lonely Planet’s #1 selling European country guide! Sardinia chapter: DON’T MISS “THE LEMON HOUSE A terrific base for outdoor escapades is the Lemon House (0782 669507; www.peteranne.it; Via Dante 10, Lotzorai; per … Continue reading

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Great mention for The Lemon House in Lonely Planet Sardinia

From the new Lonely Planet guide to Sardinia PETER AND ANNE, OUTDOOR EXPERTS Owners of the Lemon House (p 213 ) in Lotzorai, Peter and Anne have been exploring Ogliastra’s wilderness since the 1990s. Peter has bolted some of the … Continue reading

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The Lemon House – Newsletter January 2012

Download our latest newsletter (200 kb: 4 new guidebooks to Sardinia and walking, climbing and mountain biking; Peter learns Sard and has promised to speak in Sard next time he’s on TV; Anne’s busy gardening (lettuces at Xmas!) and has … Continue reading

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New routes Monte Oro Baunei

Monte Oro (Baunei) The Czechs Jan Karěs, Slavek Dostál and Tomas Truhelka have added 18 routes to Monte Oro, where there are now 25 climbs, from easy routes for kids to 8a, and making this a winter sector for everyone … Continue reading

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New Lonely Planet guide Sardinia

On 10th January 2012 the new Lonely Planet Guide to Sardinia should be in the shops. You can already pre-order it. We helped author Kerry Christiani and her husband Andy with the guide, suggesting walks/climbs/MTB rides and enjoying a lovely … Continue reading

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Sa limba sarda – learning Sardinia’s language

Sardinia island has it’s own language, Sard, derived directly from Latin (it’s NOT a dialect of Italian) and which is spoken above all in the mountain towns. Peter started to try to understand Sard (“limba sarda”) seriously when he was … Continue reading

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Mountain bike Sardinia guide goes to the printers

Mountain biking was one of the least-documented activities in Sardinia but we have (just about) fixed that! In December 2011, Versante Sud publishes (it goes to the printers on Monday Dec 5, and will be available just before Xmas) Italian … Continue reading

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