Isola di San Pietro is a beautiful island off the South West coast of Sardinia. It's history and location mean that it is relatively untouched by the massive tourism seen in other Mediterranean (sometimes former) beauty spots. It is therefore perfect for anybody looking for an intersting and peaceful holiday in an unpolluted and authentic maritime style.

The islanders of Carloforte came in 1542 from Pegli and other villages of the Liguria Riviera and started a new life on the coast of Tunisia on an island called Tabarca where they fished coral. In 1738, 50 families accepted a proposition from King Carlo Emanuele III, and with Agostino Tagliafico as their leader they colonized the previously uninhabited island of San Pietro. In honour of the King Carlo Emanuele the town was called Carloforte, it slowly grew larger with the arrival of more people from Tabarca and more families directly from Liguria. In 1798 Carloforte suffered a ferocious pirate raid: 900 of its inhabitants were captured and kept as slaves in Tunis for 5 years. As a testimony of these barbaric raids there still remain some parts of the oldtown walls and the fort.