This island, a favourite with the British since the early nineteenth century, is much-loved throughout the world. The first clashes between Admiral Horatio Nelson and a young artillery officer called Napoleon took place in these seas, long before the battle at Trafalgar. Since the first settlers came in the 1600s, La Maddalena, over the course of its history, have been subject first to Genoese and later Savoy influences. As a strategic location for the Royal Sardinian Navy, it became an important crossing point in the Mediterranean that deserved the renown of "Little Paris", “ Piccola Parigi”. which brings us to Giuseppe Garibaldi who, after his exploits all around the world, chose the island of Caprera as a buen retiro. Here, he spent 26 years establishing a state-of-the-art farm and building his well-known "white house", which forms part of the Garibaldi Museum itinerary. You will discover many tales, casa bianca mysteries and pieces of history   to intrigue you during your stay on our shores.  The delightful inlets and coves found along the 180 km of coastline have earned this archipelago a reputation among the tour operators of Northern Europe, for being the "Caribbean of the Med". The long, open stretches of coastline will give you a feeling of an immense area just waiting for you to explore it.