Memories and hints of a travelling IT professional.
Traveling to Sardegna is a pretty easy thing and you don’t need too many language skills. Most times you can communicate in English, some staff in our hotel also spoke German. Only one time in a very remote location I had to rely on my minor knowledge of the Italian language. Only when you look at the names of places you can see that there is another language spoke on the island: Sardinian.
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The Cala Monte Turnu beach is a sandy beach at Castiadas, Italy – in the southeast of Sardegna, named after the mountain next to it. After a very short steep section it is pretty flat and good suitable for children. You’ll find parasols, sunloungers and a beach bar there, but you can also rent a boat or join a boat tour. Continue reading “Cala Monte Turnu”
High above the beach of Porto Giunco at Villasimius, Italy you can see an old Spanish tower made of stone which isn’t in best condition. It is a fortification from the 16th century protecting the bay. You can’t enter it but it’s location gives you great views on the coast line around it. Continue reading “Torre di Porto Giunco”
If you go to the southeastern end of Sardegna you’ll reach the Capo Carbonara located near Villasimius, Italy. It is a nice area obviously mostly used for tourism. There you will find several beautiful beaches that invite you to some hours at the shore. Continue reading “Capo Carbonara”
A special flora and fauna awaits you on the tableland called Giara di Gesturi. Wonderful macchia and cork oak trees that are covered with moss and plats can be seen, flat lakes called pauli and 600 rather shy wild horses that live freely on the area – accompanied by sheep, wildcats and pigs. Continue reading “Giara di Gesturi”
In the mountains of the island of Sardegna you can find different flowstone caves that you can visit – one of them is the Grotta Is Zuddas near Santadi, Italy. They have been opened to tourism in 1985 and you can have a guided tour on 500 meters of the 1650 meters long cave. Continue reading “Grotta Is Zuddas”
When preparing for the trip to Sardegna I learned that in the south of the island you can see flamingos in the wild. As I only knew these colorful birds (gaining their color from eating red crabs) from zoological gardens I was keen to see them in their natural habitat. But for days there was not a single fenicottero to see. Continue reading “Fenicotteri”
Close to the small village Domusnovas, Italy you can find a special flowstone cave created by river San Giovanni. On the other side of the mountain there are several old minded and that is why at the end of the 19th century a road has been built through the cave. Therefore it is paved and the road is secured so that you can’t fall into the river in the cave. Continue reading “Grotta di San Giovanni”
The south of Sardegna is closer to Africa than to Roma, Italy and therefore you have a special flora and fauna there. You can see giant African snails, many lizards, big grasshoppers and dragonflies. In higher areas you will see a lot of macchia and everywhere some special trees unknown from home. Continue reading “Special trees”
The best preserved nuraghe on Sardegna is the complex Su Nuraxi de Barùmini near Barumini, Italy. Therefore it became a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997 – the only one on the island. The fortification is linked to the Bonnanaro culture dating back to 2200 BCE. It was destroyed in 600 BCE by the Punics. Continue reading “Nuraghe Su Nuraxi”