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Valle della Luna, Sardinia, Italy
A groovy getaway
Perhaps the group of hippies that settled this Sardinian cove in the 1960s named it the Valle della Luna, or Valley of the Moon, as a nod to the then-raging Space Race (or could it have been inspired by some other out-of-this-world trip?). It certainly wasn't referencing the bright blue waves or green shrubbery – though the dust-toned stones around here have a certain lunar character. In any case, the Moon commune proved persistent, populating the cove's nooks and crannies well into the 2020s – and their spaced-out name for the place stuck.
A groovy getaway
Perhaps the group of hippies that settled this Sardinian cove in the 1960s named it the Valle della Luna, or Valley of the Moon, as a nod to the then-raging Space Race (or could it have been inspired by some other out-of-this-world trip?). It certainly wasn't referencing the bright blue waves or green shrubbery – though the dust-toned stones around here have a certain lunar character. In any case, the Moon commune proved persistent, populating the cove's nooks and crannies well into the 2020s – and their spaced-out name for the place stuck.
Since the 1960s, this nifty cove has had a reputation as a hangout for hippies and countercultural types.
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