La Maddalena

Member of I Borghi più belli d'Italia

Reached only by boat from Palau, this is the largest town of a granite archipelago in the Strait of Bonifacio. It grew up after a Savoy garrison arrived in 1767, and life still gathers around Piazza Umberto I and the shops and bars of Via Garibaldi. From the harbour, boats head out to the islands of a national park, while a causeway leads to Caprera, Garibaldi's last home.

Highlights

Garibaldi's White House and tomb on Caprera, now a museum
Boat trips through the La Maddalena Archipelago National Park
The protected Spiaggia Rosa on Budelli, set of Antonioni's Red Desert
Nino Lamboglia naval archaeology museum on the panoramic road
Feast of Santa Maria Maddalena, the town's patron, on 22 July

Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.

Population: 10,592

Things to see

Travel guide (Wikivoyage)

La Maddalena è una città dell'arcipelago omonimo, situata nell'isola omonima.

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Events through the year

Festa della Trinità Religious · Pentecost Sunday (May or June)Procession to the 18th-century Trinità chapel, three kilometres from town
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene Religious · 22 JulyPatronal feast celebrated in the town's squares and streets
Santa Maria Bambina Religious · 8 SeptemberFeast of the Nativity of the Virgin

Dates follow the traditional patterns described on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage: check locally before you travel.

Based on Wikivoyage (La Maddalena) (CC BY-SA).

Specialities of Sardinia

Typical of the region rather than of this village.

Porceddu (IT)DishSuckling pig roasted slowly on a spit, flavoured with myrtle or rosemary
Carasau breadBread and pasta
MalloreddusBread and pasta
CulurgionesBread and pasta
FregulaBread and pasta
Casu martzuCheese