02 Porto Rafael

On our left is Porto Rafael, a small seaside village in the municipality of Palau, near Punta Sardegna, at the northern tip of Sardinia.Porto Rafael was founded in the early 1960s by Rafael Neville, Count of Berlanga. Neville was a Spanish nobleman, and the son of film director Edgar Neville and Ángeles Neville y Rubio-Argüelles. According to tradition, he was deeply struck by the beauty of this coastline after seeing it in a dream. That inspiration gave rise to an exclusive village, with whitewashed buildings, little squares, and sea views set among Mediterranean scrub.