Holidays in Carloforte

Carloforte is famous for its Genoan origins. The construction of the town and its architecture recall those villages of the Ligurian coast. The island offers the opportunity to taste the Genoese cuisine. To visit the beaches of the island proceeding in a south direction, pass beside the astronomical observatory, in the south-east coast you arrive to the beaches of Girin and that of Punta Nera where there is a burial cave of the Bronze Age and the beach of Bobba. From here you can walk to the famous columns, trachyte spires emerging from the water that are the last residues of a lava blanket eroded by the sea. Going always along the coastal road your cross the provincial road to La Caletta, and if you make a detour to the left you can visit Cala Mezzaluna with its majestic cliffs. Here the sea has created wonderful caves that were once the ideal habitat for the monk seal. Always following the main road and going left to the beach La Caletta, located between Cannoni and Spalmatore.In the southern Carloforte, along the salt marshes, you can see groups of flamingos. In the inner parts of the island you can still admire various quarries manganese, diaspri, ocre red and yellow. In route by car you can admire the vineyards and the typical white houses in the carlofortine hinterland that characterize San Pietro. The provincial road ends in capo Sandalo where it is possible to admire the view to the west coast. In the promontory there is the lighthouse, built in 1864, which is still a point of reference of maritime traffic in the western Tyrrhenian Sea.

Holidays in Cagliari

Cagliari is the capital of Sardinia. The city offers many opportunities for the tourists who want to spend their holidays on the island. Located in southern Sardinia, the city offers the possibility to make a beach and cultural holiday. The Poetto beach, about eight kilometers long, has many services offered by the various bathing establishments. Despite the disastrous restructure made by the province of Cagliari the beach is still one of the most beautiful of Sardinia. Unfortunately the sand is no longer the white flour that used to be. Despite this the beach is wide and on weekends there are thousands people who bathe in its waters. For those not satisfied with the sea, the city offers the possibility to visit many museums and monuments.
The castle, the most ancient part of town is surrounded by high walls and protects the old town. Among the sights worth visiting are the cathedral and the royal palace. Among the museums certainly the most famous is the archaeological one located at the "Citadella dei Musei" in the castle containing archaeological findings of Nuragic and Phoenician time.

Barumini The Nuragic Village Su Nuraxi

The nuraghe of Barumini, UNESCO World Heritage, is certainly the most famous nuraghe of Sardinia. Its history dates back to about three thousand and five hundred years ago when the ancient people built a nuraghe and a small settlement of huts on the hill. The nuraghes are the symbol of the civilization that lived in Sardinia. They are an exceptional testimony of the constructive capacity of the Sardinian people. These buildings combine in a perfect way the needs of of the time to create buildings with a defense and a civilian purpose. Today, thousands of years later, they are the witness of a culture linked to the megalithic civilization of the Mediterranean. The site is one of the main tourist attractions of Sardinia. The nuraghe of Barumini consists of a central body enclosed by a square bastion and further walls with 4 towers. Around the nuraghe there is a large village of huts, including the so-called head of the hut and those related to domestic activities or rituals. The huts have a structure that consists of a story usually circular, an atrium, the well and the oven (kitchen) in addition to a number of rooms up to 8.

The town of Bosa

Bosa is located 2 meters above sea level and has 7813 inhabitants. Located in the western part of Sardinia is spread in a beautiful basin on the banks of the river Temo. Its origins date back to centuries. IX to C. From XI century it became feud of Malaspina, who fortified the town. Even today you can admire the castle and the walls built at that time. The Castello di Serravalle or Malaspina was built in stages from the second decade of the twelfth century when the towers were made. The scheme is similar to that of the castle of St. Michele in Cagliari. The great tower was designed by John Còpula, built in the tufa color pink. The successive enlargements brought the castle to reach a perimeter of 300 meters including the seven towers. Within the castle was built in the XIV century. the church of Our Lady of Regnos Altos. In the town deserves a visit of the leather tanneries along the banks of the river Temo. The complex was still functioning until the end of the Second World War and it is now a national monument subject to protection.
The construction of the cathedral of the Diocese of Bosa dates back to the period between 1062 and 1073. The facade, attributed to Anselmo from Como, was done by a shrine with columns on the top. There are also representations of S. Peter and S. Paul, Madonna col Bambino and St. Costatino imperatore. In the apse there are pagan inscriptions from nearby Roman necropolis and medieval town of great interest.

The south west of Sardinia: Sant'Anna Arresi and Porto Pino

Sant'Anna Arresi is a small town in Sulcis, especially busy during the summer due to its closeness to some of the most beautiful sea locations of this territory, one of all is Porto Pino, with its beautiful dunes and crystal clear sea. Sant'Anna Arresi is a very lively cultural town and an important jazz review takes place in August and hosts big names of world. Very near Sant'Anna Arresi there are many attractions among which it is worth pointing out the mining of a Suclisi and Monteponi and Porto Flavia, and the beautiful islands of Sant'Antioco and Carloforte. Porto Pino is formed by a wonderful system of dunes of fine white sand, overlooking a turquoise sea and coming out of a natural sea-pine forest. Behind the dunes there are the ponds Is Brebeis and Maestrale exploited by local crops. In spring-summer period it is possible to admire numerous species of birds, including the famous pink flamingo.

The South West of Sardinia: Pula and Chia

Pula and Chia, with their beautiful beaches and crystal clear waters, are two of the main Sardinian tourist localities in the south-west. Located on the border between the territories of Campidano and Sulcis they represent one of the favourite destinations for summer holidays. Pula is known above all for the famous golf green Is Molas Golf Club, one of the most striking in Italy, with its 18 holes. A few kilometers from Pula is Nora, an ancient city founded by the Phoenicians in the VIII century BC, one of the first true cities of Sardinia (for some scholars, the first).
Chia belongs to the tourist town of Domus de Maria, famous for having 10km of coast 4 or 5 among the most beautiful beaches of the whole Sardinia, with Su Giudeu, Cala Cipolla and Tuerredda above all. There are many hotels, houses and villas for the holidays, and dozens tour operators offer excursions on sea and on land, and ever more Chia is a Do Not Miss destination for tourists in Sardinia.

Holidays in South Sardinia: Villasimius

One of the most popular holiday locations in Sardinia, as well as one of the most known, is certainly Villasimius. Located on the extreme south east point of the island, just ahead of Capo Carbonara, Villasimius presents a naturalistic and service offer really irresistible for tourists, with a fantastic sea, beaches of fine white sand for kilometres, a marine protected area, a town that in summer months, from June to September, has a very complete and attractive offer. Villasimius is a holidays destination suitable for families as well as for young people, although in recent years it has favored the holidaymakers in search of serenity and peace with a series of restrictions on closing hours which have aroused many doubts in tour operators. Not to be missed, returning from the beaches or the sea, the beach of Timi Ama and the beach of Porto Giunco. Villasimius has a tourist harbour where it is possible not only the rental of the dock for those arriving by boat and but also to rent RIBs to spend a splendid day in the area where it is possible to encounter rare fish species not suspicious to men. Fishing, of course, is forbidden and severely punished.