"There is nothing to see in Nuoro: which to tell the truth, is always a relief. Sights are an irritating bore," wrote D.H. Lawrence, though he omitted to mention the town's superb position beneath the soaring peak of Monte Ortobene and opposite the sheer and stark heights of Supramonte. In many respects NUORO is little different from the other villages of the region, but no place on the island can match its extraordinary literary fame. This was the town Lawrence made for in his Sardinian excursion of 1921, when it appeared to him "as if at the end of the world, mountains rising sombre … more »
For the real Sardinia you should head for Nuoro. Located in the mountainous... more »