I Dammusi di Borgo Cala Creta

In a scene of African flavor, overlooking the sea in one of the most beautiful bays of the island, Directly on the marine reserve of the Pelagie Islands, the Village is made up of a small village of 23 authentic stone dammusi immersed in the maquis.

Built in the pure local style with its strong Arab connotations, with dry-stone walls, long narrow windows and a withe dome to retain coolness. Each Dammuso is a room tastefully decorated in a functional way and has a covered patio and a private garden.

The interior is always fresh thanks to the dome and the drywall Has 2 beds with Possibility of extra bed, bathroom with shower, ceiling fan, radio and fridge. There are 16 dammusi “comfort”, recently refurbished, and 7 dammusi “standard”.

DAMMUSI
Based on the conviction that there is no real differentiation between the different ways of interpreting the holidays, the village will appeal to those traveling (unlike the tourist that binds it’s activity holiday for mobility) to Create Their Own idea of living as a refuge, rest and relaxation.

In other words , and in full empathy with the island , is a classic site where you can spend and enjoy a true “vacation” Among the most intense colors and scents of the Mediterranean and the dazzling light of Africa .

The Village, in fact, perched on the cliffs of Cala magical Crete , facing the birth of the sun and moon, are a unique and different for transfer provisoriamnete Their sedentary lifestyle without having to give up trips to the real world, noisy, chaotic and That tourism is consumed in the West.

These color changes always accompanied the passage of whales each year in April lapping the Island with their small, drifting currents rich in shrimp, accompanied also hunting falcon of the queen arborea that exchanges the prey with his partner beaten in at over 120 km away. And witness the ancient ritual of return from the oceans of the turtles to lay their eggs in the place where they were born.

DAMMUSO SUITE
Dammuso consists of a double bedroom, a bedroom with two single beds, bathroom, living room with two sofa beds and patio facing the Sea. The Suite has air-conditioned. The rate includes 4 people.

TRIPLE ROOM STANDARD
Dammusi style Standard island, can accommodate two people with double bed or two single beds or three persons with an extra bed. For stays of more than three days we require payment of Formula Blue, which provides a transfer service from the airport or port, a shuttle service from the village to the beach at fixed times, the beach towels changed mid-week and one outlet with our Caique Turkuaz, with meal on board, to discover the hidden bays of Lampedusa.

RESTAURANT
Our restaurant, in the “Arabian Garden”, offers specialties of the “Mediterranean kitchen” based on fresh seafood. The Dinner, in order to offer always fresh products, is composed of a set of starters, by a first and a second course, fruit or dessert.

The menu of the day, exposed every morning in the ‘Terrace’, varies each day depending on food supplies and the fish available. On Wednesday the “Dinner with Dragut” is dedicated to the Tunisian cuisine and its spicy flavors.

Alternatively and on reservation, the Chef Amar offers a special menu of tasting based on raw fish, shellfish and the best our Sea can offers. We remind you that our kitchen staff is at your disposal for every need.

LAMPEDUSA
Despite being considered by the English, which for the first “map”, the top seven islands in the world for beauty of the sea and beaches, Lampedusa not only sea but offers some wonderful shows floral and fauna.

The island, now “garrigue irreversible” changes its appearance and color and flavor changes with the changing of the seasons: the Scilla stretch in October, making it white and blue, the bloom of acacias and Gaggia covers the yellow in March/April and immediately after the cushions of wild thyme and the flowers of the thistle turn purple and lilac.

This alternative color scans from the position of whales every year in April lap Lampedusa with their young and let the currents carry rich with shrimp, accompanied by less time hunting falcon of the queen, now settled, that the exchange prey with his beaten in more than 120 km.l ‘now., witnessing the ancient rite of the return, even by the ocean, the turtles to lay their eggs in the same place where they are formed.

SOME MORE NEWS…
The Pelagie (from the greek Altomare) with the island of Lampione is, because of their belonging to the African continental shelf, the area is not relevant to the island of Sicily itself.

This “.. their unique history, marked by periods of abandonment antropico whole centuries and lasted almost always held the edge of Sicilian history have given to these strips of land of unique characteristics that allow them to be distinguished by a decision by the other satellites dell’Isola Mother.

“In this brief and rigorous description of these islands, taken from the Natural History of the Pelagie Islands, you can find the salient and incontrovertible of” character “of Lampedusa character .. that the” passengers “have turned more attention, translate the feelings and the soul of a famous book, in the simplest, and perhaps trivial, “Lampedusa … my Africa.”

A void that is the fact that the Paleolithic, periodically up to the Phoenicians, the Greeks, Romans and Arab Island has been inhabited and abandoned, and after four hundred years of solitdine pirates and in 1760 it was colonized by six French followed, after sixteen years, by a Maltese family.

And then, while the West consolidated its primates, was a succession of small groups of farmers, led now by Maltese English now. Even the Russians, with Prince Potemkin tried purchasing the island to house a colony of subjects of the Empress.

It may have even less significance with ‘arrival of the first 120 panteschi in 1843 we can begin to talk of a community resident. Indeed, no trace remains of any vicissitude past, being, the essence, the soul of this island is firmly anchored to its physical geography, with its light, its smell, its color.

“Isola” hard, harsh, dry, strong bumper and primitive island but also unique, magical, rich, intoxicating, immersive and fascinating one that emanates a scent a breath essence anesthetic.

Rooms: 23

Price: from 151 EUR per night

Source: www.calacreta.com