IT - Sardinia

Sardinia is a region of island Italy.

Territories and tourist destinations.
Tourism represents a fundamental activity in Sardinia, favored and supported by the breathtaking landscapes, the purity of the sea waters and the wide variety of stories and traditions in every point. In 2008 there were 11,896,674 tourists arriving in Sardinia. Among the most visited places are Gallura and Ogliastra.

Northern Sardinia – Includes Logudoro and Gallura. The most relevant places in this area are the Costa Smeralda, Olbia, Alghero and Sassari. The main economic center of Sardinia, the historic region of Gallura finds interesting destinations also in the hinterland. Calangianus, the Capital of Cork, is an example.
Eastern Sardinia – Includes Ogliastra, Barbagia and Baronie, characteristic areas of Sardinia. Ogliastra features a predominantly summer destination, endowed with marvelous maritime destinations such as Tortolì. The relevant centers are Tortolì, Lanusei, Nuoro, Siniscola, Orosei.
Southern Sardinia – Includes Sulcis-Iglesiente, Campidano di Cagliari, Campidano di Sanluri, Parteolla, Sarrabus-Gerrei, Quirra, Trexenta, Sarcidano and Marmilla. Relevant centers: Cagliari, Iglesias, Carbonia.
Western Sardinia – Includes Campidano di Oristano, Sinis, Montiferru and Planargia. Most important center: Oristano.

Urban centers.
Cagliari – Capital of Sardinia. Italian capital of culture in 2015, it is the most relevant city in Sardinia.
Abbasanta – Here is the Nuragic complex Losa
Alghero – Important tourist destination and important historical stop in Sardinia, Alghero is the only Sardinian city to have preserved the Catalan language.
Barumini – Famous for the presence of the Su Nuraxi nuragic complex
Borore – Here is the museum of ritual bread
Cabras – Famous for its wine production and for the Giants of Mont’e Prama
Calangianus – A town in the center of Gallura, it has been chosen as one of the hundred richest and most industrialized cities in Italy. Important from the historical point of view, it is the Capital of the Cork.
Cuglieri – Municipality of Montiferru, it is the capital of oil and panadas
Iglesias – Capital of the Iglesiente, has a historic center full of ancient churches. It preserves the castle and medieval fortifications.
Mamoiada – Famous for masks
Nuoro – Nuoro is the main center of the Sardinian hinterland.
Olbia – Olbia, the historic capital of Gallura, is today the main port of Sardinia.
Oristano – Oristano is the mother city of the Giudicato of Arborea, important from a historical point of view in Sardinia.
Orroli – Famous for the presence of the Nuraghe Arrubiu nuragic complex
San Teodoro
Sassari – The second largest city in Sardinia by extension and inhabitants.
Sedilo – Capital of Ardia
Torralba – Torralba offers the famous nuraghe Santu Antine and a nice city center
Tortolì – Tortolì is the main city of Ogliastra, a renowned seaside resort.
Tuili – Here is the theme park Sardegna in Miniatura

Other destinations:
Urban centers.
Cagliari – Capital of Sardinia. Italian capital of culture in 2015, it is the most relevant city in Sardinia.
Abbasanta – Here is the Nuragic complex Losa
Alghero – Important tourist destination and important historical stop in Sardinia, Alghero is the only Sardinian city to have preserved the Catalan language.
Barumini – Famous for the presence of the Su Nuraxi nuragic complex
Borore – Here is the museum of ritual bread
Cabras – Famous for its wine production and for the Giants of Mont’e Prama
Calangianus – A town in the center of Gallura, it has been chosen as one of the hundred richest and most industrialized cities in Italy. Important from the historical point of view, it is the Capital of the Cork.
Cuglieri – Municipality of Montiferru, it is the capital of oil and panadas
Iglesias – Capital of the Iglesiente, has a historic center full of ancient churches. It preserves the castle and medieval fortifications.
Mamoiada – Famous for masks
Nuoro – Nuoro is the main center of the Sardinian hinterland.
Olbia – Olbia, the historic capital of Gallura, is today the main port of Sardinia.
Oristano – Oristano is the mother city of the Giudicato of Arborea, important from a historical point of view in Sardinia.
Orroli – Famous for the presence of the Nuraghe Arrubiu nuragic complex
San Teodoro
Sassari – The second largest city in Sardinia by extension and inhabitants.
Sedilo – Capital of Ardia
Torralba – Torralba offers the famous nuraghe Santu Antine and a nice city center
Tortolì – Tortolì is the main city of Ogliastra, a renowned seaside resort.
Tuili – Here is the theme park Sardegna in Miniatura
Other destinations:
Monte Annaru, Monte Limbara – In northern Sardinia.
Monte Minerva – In Villanova Monteleone (Sassari).
Monte Ortobene – In Nuoro. Monte Nellevista – In Galtellì (Nuoro). Natural monument Dome Andesitic of Acquafredda, Natural monument Le Colonne, Natural monument Perda ‘e Liana – In Nuoro. Natural monument Scala di San Giorgio di Osini, Natural monument Su Sterru (Il Golgo)
Perda Longa di Baunei, Punta Goloritze
Su Suercone, Supramonte – In the province of Nuoro. Texile.

Architectures.
Nuraghe Barumini (Barumini, province of Cagliari)
Nuraghe Cuccurada (Mogoro, province of Oristano)
Nuraghe Palmavera (Alghero, province of Sassari)
Nuraghe Santu Antine (Torralba, province of Sassari)
Nuraghe Su Nuraxi (UNESCO heritage in Barumini, in Medio Campidano)
Pozzo di Santa Cristina (Paulilatino, province of Oristano)
Church of Santa Trinità di Saccargia
Church of San Pietro di Sorres (Borutta, province of Sassari)
Ardara church
Church of San Gavino in Porto Torres
Natural areas.
Capo Caccia (west of the northern Sargegna). At this spur of rock there are the Porto Conte Regional Park and the Capo Caccia-Isola Piana Marine Protected Area.
Grotta Is Zuddas Located in the south-western part of Sardinia, they constitute a splendid underground scenario created by the incessant action of the water.
Museums.
Museum of Mining Art In this museum it is possible to see machines that already at the end of the 1800s were used in mines or flotation cells still used today in mineral enrichment plants, as well as around 400 m of tunnels which, started in 1934 as a laboratory for the students became safe air raid shelter in the last years of the 2nd world war.
Porto Flavia Built in 1924 by digging the mountain for about 600 meters, the underground complex consists of two superimposed tunnels and a conveyor belt which received the minerals from the underground deposits and then transferred them, with an ingenious mobile arm, to the cargo ships hold at anchor.

What to do
Windsurfing, the most famous places are: Porto Pollo, Capo Mannu, Alghero Mugoni, Alghero Lido, Porto Ferro, Coluccia, Platamona, Stintino, Funtana Meiga and Sant’Antioco.