If you opt for a European tourist destination, consider the island of Sardinia, a region of southern Italy. Depending on the interest you to this beautiful region an ideal holiday destination. You can get classic Italian food, wash themselves and stay undetected with fine wine. Some parts of Sardinia by tourists, while other sites favorites of Italian and international jet-setters and correspondingly cheap. This article presents southern Sardinia. CompanionObjects attend, Northern Sardinia and central Sardinia.
We will continue our tour in the south of Sardinia in its capital and largest city, starts on the Golfo di Cagliari Cagliari (Cagliari Gulf). Then we are south-west along the coast near Pula and Nora and then continue on or near the coast, first to the southwest and then northwest to Sant'Antioco and neighboring Calasetta. We next visit the island town of San Pietro. Finally, we return to the mainland and Sardinia north come to an endOur tour of the Costa Verde.
Cagliari has a population of about hundertsechzigtausend or more than twice that, if you reckon the suburbs. It has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The city fought on the side of the Savoyards against the French Revolution. As a reward for their loyalty was not done, in Cagliari rose against the Savoyards, and drove them and their allies Piedmont. Cagliari last weekend in April celebrates the uprising in the Die de sa Sardigna(Sardinian Day). Its independence was short-lived.
The old city is called Castello (Castle). It is situated on a hilltop with excellent views known on the Gulf of Cagliari as golf Angels. Most of the old city walls of white limestone are intact. Look for two thirteenth-century white limestone towers, the Torre di San Pancrazio (Saint Pancras Tower) and Torre Elephant (Elephant Tower). DH Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia, wrote, and Lady Chatterley's Lover in comparisonCagliari, a "white Jerusalem".
Among the ruins of the ancient city you) in the second century Anfiteatro Romano (Roman Amphitheater, part of which can be found fairly well preserved, an aqueduct, ancient cisterns, and the ruins of an ancient temple. Summer, you can at open-air concerts and operas and concerts in the amphitheater. The Museo Archeologico (Archaeological Museum) is located in a fourteenth-century castle with many exhibits of unique Sardinian stone structuresNuraghe known which are discussed in the companion article I Love Touring Italy - Central Sardinia.
The Duomo, the Cathedral of Santa Maria (St. Mary's Cathedral) was built in the seventeenth century, but experienced major renovations in the 1930s. Other churches worth visiting are the fifth-century Basilica di San Saturnino (St. Saturnino Bascilica), the seventeenth-century church of St. Lucifer and the fourteenth-century Sanctuary of Our Lady of Bonaria.
Many old CagliariNeighborhoods retain their charm. Some buildings were built in 1930 Art Deco style, while others correspond to the Palazzo di Giustizia (Justice Court) to a fascist Neoclassist style. Cagliari also claims one of the longest beaches in Italy, the beach Poetto an amazing 8 miles (13 km), once famous for its fine white sand and one of the largest fish in all markets of Italy, the Mercato di San Benedetto (St. Benedetto Market) .
Pula, the population of over seven thousand, is knownfor its beautiful beaches, bays and coves. Marvel at the flocks of flamingos in the swamps. Just outside of Pula is the site of Nora, founded by the Phoenicians, and perhaps the oldest city in the whole of Sardinia. The excavations, while not yet complete, have discovered a large number of ruins from the days of Carthage and Rome.
From the first to the fourth of May each year the home of Nora and Cagliari are perhaps the largest and most colorful religious procession in the world, the "Festa di Sant'Efisio,in honor of martyrdom by a Roman soldier beheaded in 303 in Nora. In 1652 an epidemic is rampant in Cagliari, Sardinia, and half dead, lying According to popular belief that saints of intervention the plague. In gratitude, each year thousands of traditionally costumed demonstrators transport its statue of an old church in Cagliari to Nora and back. The end of the celebrations will be marked by a torchlight procession.
Sant'Antioco is an island off the coast of Sardinia. While the wholesmall, it is the seventh largest island in the Mediterranean. The island itself was settled way back in the fifth millennium BC and the city with the same name, population twelve thousand, was in the eighth century BC The Roman road is still standing but you will probably get to the mainland and advanced back through a permanent version.
Be sure to see the Zona Archeologica (archaeological zone) with a view to the mainland and Sardinia, an archaeological museum. There is even aNecropolis back to the days of Carthage. Then exit through the small town of Calasetta, population under three thousand, the first of Ligurian could in 1770. I have told the residents, their dialect, which is understandable as the Sardinians held, as it is, you or me, unless you are from Genoa and its surroundings. Do not care about language, enjoy the beaches and the harbor.
San Pietro was the Ligurian, who eventually settled in Calasetta. It was not longthey were enslaved. After their liberation, many went to Calasetta, but some others returned to the city of San Pietro di Carlo Forte, population eight thousand, once a center for tuna fishing and is now a tourism destination.
Costa Verde is a great combination of wilderness and resort life. They can only go from one lousy road. Take the advice of the people and not to the control in the heat of the day. But if you are even there, the Costa Verde is truly unforgettable. Dunes, wild landscapes and largeBeaches abound.
And the food? To be done, despite the beautiful coastline, native Sardinians apparently do not go much for fish and seafood. However, if you on or near the coast, there are fish and seafood to obtain. You burrida Search, a Sardinian fish soup at Shark basis. Other bounty from the sea include swordfish, tuna, sardines, squid, clams and mussels. An expensive specialty is mosciame di tonno, salted, dried tuna. A well-known and often expensive specialtyLobsters, some of the best in Italy.
Let's suggest a sample menu, one of many. Start with Impanadas (fried stuffed pastries). Then try Lepudrida (Soupy pulses and meat) with bacon. For dessert, you can be with Pabassinas (pastry topped with raisins and walnut paste). Be sure to increase your dining pleasure, including local wines with the meal.
We conclude with a brief look at Sardinian wine. Sardinia ranked eighth among the 20 Italian regions dedicated to surface Wine grapes and twelfth in total annual wine production. About 57% of wine production is red or rosé (not very much rosé), leaving 43% for white wine. DOC stands for Controlled Denomination of Origin, as Denomination of Controlled Origin, presumably a high-quality wine can be translated. The G in DOCG stands for Guaranteed, but it is in fact no guarantee that these wines are truly superior. The region produces 19 DOC wines and one DOCG> Wine, Vermentino di Gallura. About 15% of Sardinian wine carries the DOC or DOCG designation.
Carignano del Sulcis DOC is produced in the southwestern tip of Sardinia from red grapes, Carignano (Carignan in France) with a maximum of 15% of other local red grapes. The rosé wine is dry, still or carbonated. The red wine can be dry or sweet. Monica di Cagliari DOC is one of a series of similarly named wines with grapes like Monica, Nuragus,Monica di Cagliari, etc. in a large area in the south of Sardinia Monica from the local red grapes produced in a variety of styles both dry and sweet.
