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Santa Maria Navarrese is set in a
green valley surrounded by wild olive, fig and carob
trees and scented Mediterranean bush.
Some say that the princess had been
kidnapped and had to land in Ogliastra when the ship she
was sailing on was caught up in a storm. According to
the legend which is based on historic facts the princess
and her travelling companions later left for the
peninsula of Sulis.
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The central
beach of S. Maria is an enchanting, sheltered bay with pretty red porphyry rocks
to the south. It is easily reached via the stairs opposite the church or by
those in the nearby road where the Saracen Tower is.
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It takes its name from the church
commissioned in 1052 by the Princess of Navarra,
daughter of King Garcia Sanchez V, who wished to thank
the Madonna for being saved when her ship was almost
wrecked near the dreaded “Monti Insani” now known as
Monte Santo. |
