Cathedral of Cagliari

Cagliari, Piazza Palazzo, 4

 Sardinia Attractions The historical center of Cagliari is crowned by a beautiful medieval structure - the Cathedral of St. Mary. Rising above other buildings of the Royal Square, he literally sets the mood for the local architectural ensemble. The cathedral was reconstructed according to old original samples

Bastion San Remi

Cagliari, Via San Giuseppe, 6

 Sardinia Attractions San Remi Bastion does not claim a particular historical significance and artistic value, Sicilian myths and legends are not associated with him, he was not subjected to severe enemy attacks and destruction, and there were no holy relics within its walls.

Torre del Elephant Tower

Cagliari, Via Santa Croce

 Sardinia Sights At a height of 10 meters at Torre da el-Elephant is a stone figure of an elephant, and that's why the name of the tower can be translated as "elephant tower". The second tower, preserved in Cagliari since the Middle Ages, is the neighboring tower of Torre di San Pancrazio.

Cagliari Botanical Garden

Cagliari, Via Sant'Ignazio da Laconi, 15

 Sardinia Sights The first attempts to establish a botanical garden in the city of Cagliari go back to the 18th century. True, they can hardly be called successful: the terrain turned out to be inappropriate, then the frosts did not come on time. However, a hundred years later, the situation has finally recovered.

Mount Ortobene

Ortobene, Nostra Signora De Su Monte Nuoro

 Sardinia Attractions This mountain is difficult to name "mountain" in fact, in fact, it is a hill of granite with a height of 955 meters. Seven kilometers to the east of Mount Nuoro, and you will find yourself at Ortobene. And it would not have been so remarkable if it had not been for one feature - the bronze statue of Christ the Savior

Neptune's Grotto

Alghero Sassari, Località Capo Caccia

 Sardinia Attractions Love adventure and adore caves? In the summer heat it's so nice to hide in the cool, and therefore it's worth to visit the grotto of Neptune. These beautiful grottoes are just 25 kilometers from Alghero, from Cala Dragunara Bay

San Michele Fortress

Cagliari, Via Sirai

 Sardinia Attractions In the central part of Cagliari on San hill -Mikel is a mysterious medieval fortress. The whole area of ​​the hill is a beautiful park, and directly to the fortress is a serpentine footpath. The fortress of San Michele looks rather gloomy and even gloomy

National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari

Cagliari, Piazza Arsenale, 1

 Sardinia Sights Cagliari National Archaeological Museum is one of the largest and richest museums on the island. It covers the time frame from the Neolithic period (6,000 BC) through the Byzantine period (8th century AD) and concentrates the main archaeological sites of the provinces of Cagliari and Alghero.

Nora

Sardegna, Nora

 Sardinia Attractions The first city of Sardinia is partly on land, but mostly under water. This city is called Nora. Archaeologists have been able to restore the whole history of Sardinia: the city lies 30 kilometers from the capital and at different times it belonged to completely different peoples.

Molentarjus Park in Cagliari

Cagliari, Via la Palma

 Sardinia Sights Molentarjus Regional Natural Park in Cagliari is one of the most valuable preserves in Europe. It is a wetland system with a total area of ​​about 1600 hectares, forming an ideal habitat for many rare birds and small animals.

Roman Amphitheater in Cagliari

Cagliari, Via Fra Nicolo da Gesturi

 Sardinia Sights The most "adult" monument of Cagliari - the ancient Roman amphitheater - secretly testifies that you are in Italy - the heiress of the great Roman Empire. The construction of impressive dimensions, despite its age, has perfectly preserved both appearance and excellent acoustic properties.

Su-Nuraksy-di-Barumini

Barumini Medio Campidano, Viale Su Nuraxi, 6

 Sardinia Attractions A small village of Barumini is located 50 kilometers from Cagliari. It seems to be unremarkable, except that it is built around the most mysterious structure in Sardinia. The structure is called "nurag", and this word is just one of those that puzzles linguists.

Sardinia is a small island that belongs to Italy and boasts perhaps the most eventful history in the whole Mediterranean: here the Phoenician , Arab, Roman, Spanish, Greek, Byzantine peoples. They also liked to devastate local quarries in order to erect extremely intricate constructions - nuragi, the most famous among them being the village of Su Nuraksy-di-Barumini, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

There are many cities in Sardinia, one of which even had occasion to visit all the diverse population of the Mediterranean Sea - these are half-flooded ruins of the city of Nora. Now the city does not exist anymore, unfortunately, but it can reproduce the entire history of the island.

It is in Sardinia that you can find out where the expression "sardonic laughter" came from. In no case is it worth breaking off or splitting off parts of plants, because you can accidentally get on a ferul, or erbu sardony: its poisonous juice will instantly make you smile. Do not buy and local cheese, if you suspect that something is stirring in it: the cheese "Cassu Marzu" teems with live larvae, which are considered a delicacy. Try this only the most desperate!

And still curious is the fact that the highest structure in the city is still the medieval towers, such as Torre del Elephante tower in Cagliari . After all, it is not allowed to build above three floors in Sardinia . Even if this is a five-star hotel, on the territory of which there are a couple of pools, a palm grove and several cacti, and he has absolutely no place to grow, except up . By the way, walking in Sardinia, you can quite meet Julia Roberts or Tom Cruise: Costa Smeralda is elite coast on which the celebrity's mansions are bought up .