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âThe physician treats but nature heals,â wrote Hippocrates. And having recently been divested of my appendix, it was time for some recuperation. In September, Sardinia was one of the few destinations free from travel restrictions and, heeding Hippocrates again (âHealing begins with an aromatic bath and daily massageâ), I took myself to Capo dâOrso Thalasso and Spa.
It was an inspired choice. With the exception of the Costa Smeralda, created as a jet-set playground by the Aga Khan in the 1960s, Sardiniaâs landscape is as much âout of time and historyâ as DâH Lawrence found it, in 1921. The north of the island is famed for its granite mountains and sculptural boulders that sprout from plains along the shore. Such was the setting of Capo dâOrso, lodged in 25 acres of fragrant macchia (shrub), overlooking the limpid waters of the Mediterranean.