Sardinia - 79 Attractions You Must Visit

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About Sardinia

Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous region of Italy. The island attracts more than a million tourists from both Italy, from the rest of Europe, and, to a lesser degree, from the rest of the world. According to statistics, tourist arrivals in 2016 were 2.9 million people.

Types of Attractions in Sardinia

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List of Attractions in Sardinia

Sella del diavolo

Sella del diavolo

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The Sella del Diavolo is the promontory that rises in the southern area of Cagliari and separates the Poetto beach from that of Calamosca. There is a naturalistic and archaeological path that runs along the entire promontory, created thanks to the initiative of the environmental non-profit Group of Legal Intervention and Friends of the Earth.

Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria

The Shrine of Our Lady of Bonaria also known as Our Lady of Fair Winds is a Marian title associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary as Star of the Sea and patron of sailboats. In addition, it is first associated with a Roman Catholic shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary located in Cagliari, Sardinia. The Shrine is part of a complex of buildings which include the Basilica of Our Lady of Bonaria, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Bonaria and the monastery which houses the friars of the Order of the Blessed

Sini, Sardinia

Sini, Sardinia

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The Sinis is a peninsula of the Sardinian west-central located between the Bay of Is Arenas in the north, and the Gulf of Oristano in the south. In the sea to the west of the peninsula is the island of Mal di Ventre and the Scoglio del Catalano. The coast is rocky in the southern part around San Giovanni di Sinis, proceeding northwards it first becomes sandy then, proceeding further north, it is characterized by high cliffs up to Capo Mannu.

Sorgente Su Gologone

Sorgente Su Gologone

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Su Gologone is the main resurgence of a vast karst system located in Sardinia, in the Supramonte di Oliena area, in the province of Nuoro. The water escapes from a crack in the limestone rock, which penetrates underground to the depth currently explored by speleologists of 135 meters. The maximum lean flow rate of the spring was measured in 1995 as 60 liters per second while the full flow rate is estimated at 8,000 liters

Spiaggia di Li Cossi

Li Cossi beach belongs to some of the most famous beaches of north Sardinia. Enclosed in a natural amphitheater of granite rocks, the beach has a length of just 80 meters but can be up to 70 meters wide, reaching all the way back to the riverbed. It's a great spot for taking pictures of the sunset as Li Cossi faces due west.

Spiaggia di Mugoni

The Mugoni beach is a beach of Sardinia North West located in the locality, in the territory of Alghero. It faces the bay of Porto Conte and is part of the Porto Conte Regional Natural Park, the entire bay of Porto Conto is an integral part of the Capo Caccia - Isola Piana marine protected area, therefore "hunting, capture, collection, damage and, in general, any activity that may constitute a danger or disturbance of animal and plant species, including the introduction of alien species.

Spiaggia Marina di Orosei

Spiaggia di Marina di Orosei with its beach of golden sand and seashells of all colors and sizes, is nearly 3 kilometers long and is located just north of Su Barone beach . Its sea is deep and can get rough, and it has a steep slope. The area of ​​Marina di Orosei - near the Cedrino river - has lush greenery and rich birdlife, and is surrounded by pine forests. Just behind the beach is the Marina Beach Resort and Club Hotel Marina Beach, with car parkings in the area.

Spiaggia Pittulongu

Pittulongu is a small seaside town in the province of Olbia-Tempio in the northeast part of Sardinia. The largest beach is around 800 meters long, and all four beaches feature tantalizing views of Isola Tavolara located 12 kilometers off the coast. From the beach, ferryboats can also be seen entering towards the harbor of Olbia all throughout the day, and the area is also particularly ideal for both surfing and snorkeling.

Su Giudeu Beach

Su Giudeu is a long, sandy shore with fine, white sand and a shallow seabed. It is particularly suitable for children and has smooth rocks that form a small island a little way out. A popular beach for the alternative and surfing crowd of the island, Su Giudeu features several reefs just above the surface of the sea that make it good scuba diving spot.

Su Nuraxi di Barumini

Su Nuraxi di Barumini

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Su Nuraxi is a nuragic archaeological site in Barumini, Sardinia, Italy. Su Nuraxi simply means "The Nuraghe" in Campidanese, the southern variant of the Sardinian language. Su Nuraxi is a settlement consisting of a seventeenth-century BCE Nuraghe, a bastion of four corner towers plus a central one, and a village inhabited from the thirteenth to the sixth century BCE, developed around the Nuraghe.

Supramonte

Supramonte

Mountain Peaks

The Supramonte is a vast limestone-dolomitic mountain complex formed by carbonate plateaus that occupies the central-eastern part of Sardinia. It covers an area of ​​about 35,000 hectares. In prehistoric times, the Supramonte area was more densely populated than it is today, as attested by traces of at least 76 villages, 46 nuraghes, 14 dolmens, 40 Giants' graves, 17 holy wells, and 3 megalithic walls.

Tavolara Island

Tavolara is an island of 5.9 km² in north-eastern Sardinia, part of the municipality of Olbia in the subregion of Gallura. Rich in history and ancient and modern legends, this island with a very singular conformation is proposed on the scene of classical mythology to represent the ship of the Phaeacians petrified by Poseidon, with its rudder facing the open sea, guilty of having brought Ulysses back to his homeland. Since 1991 it hosts the film festival "Una Notte in Italia".

Temple of Antas

Temple of Antas

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Old Ruins

The Temple of Antas is an ancient Punico-Roman temple in the commune of Fluminimaggiore in southern Sardinia. One of Sardinia's most important monuments dating back the Roman period is located in a lush valley in the Iglesias area, a site that emerged as a Nuragic sanctuary, also used in the Carthaginian and Punic-Hellenistic era.

Tirso

Tirso

Lake/ River/ Ponds

The Tirso is the most important river in Sardinia in terms of length and width of its catchment area. however it is not clear whether the Tirso springs, which are on the border between the provinces of Sassari and Nuoro, really fall within the territory of Buddusò (SS) or that of Bitti (NU). The Tirso crosses the island from east to west and beyond152 km flows into the Gulf of Oristano.

Tomba dei Giganti

The tombs of the giants are monuments made up of collective tombs belonging to the Nuragic age and present throughout Sardinia. The name, born from the popular imagination, was assimilated by archaeologists who often prefer the name "tombs of giants". They are imposing constructions with a rectangular apse base, built with large blocks of stone planted in the ground.

Torre dell'Elefante

Torre dell'Elefante

Iconic Buildings

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Monuments

The Elephant Tower is the second highest medieval tower in Cagliari, after the tower of San Pancrazio. The building, one of the most important monuments of the city, is located in the Castello district next to the church of San Giuseppe and can be reached from via Santa Croce, via Università, and the Cammino Nuovo. The visit to the monument allows you to admire vast views of the city and the surrounding area.

Torre della Pelosa

Torre della Pelosa

Iconic Buildings

Man-made Structures- Other

The Torre della Pelosa is a tower that is part of the complex of fortified structures which, from the early Middle Ages to the mid-nineteenth century, formed the defensive, sighting and communication system of the Sardinian coast . It is located on an islet between Isola Piana and Capo Falcone right at the entrance to the Asinara strait, a strategic position for controlling the traffic of boats that headed from the "outside sea" to the low and sandy coast of the gulf.

Tuerredda Island

Tuerredda Island is an island located in an inlet between Cape Malfatano and Cape Teulada, in the territory of Teulada, on the southwestern tip of Sardinia. The profile of the island, which is often green due to its vegetation, also shows its rocky nature from afar It is located about 150 meters from the Sardinian coast and administratively belongs to Teulada, an Italian town in the province of Southern Sardinia, where there is a beach that takes the name of the island.

Valle della Luna

Valle della Luna

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Mountain Peaks

Cala Grande is a small valley, about 500 m long, located in the western area of ​​the Capo Testa promontory, in the municipality of Santa Teresa Gallura, in Sardinia. "Valley of the Moon" is the name given to this place around the '60s by a hippy community. It is characterized by the presence on both sides of the valley of granite rocks with unusual shapes which, although not unlike those present in the rest of the promontory, here form a straight valley that runs down to the sea.

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