
"This land does not resemble any other place. Sardinia is another thing: enchanting space around and distance to travel, nothing finished, nothing definitive. It\'s like freedom itself."
D. H. Lawrence
(David Herbert Richards Lawrence, British writer who died in 1930)
Sardinia is an island where everything can happen. It is characterized by a mild climate all year round and four wonderful seasons: a mild winter, never too cold; a very colourful spring, rich in smells and sounds of nature; a hot summer tempered by the north-west wind; a warm and welcoming autumn with its typical yellows and reds, nature’s colour during this season.
Ideal for your holidays in Sardinia, choosing from the proposals:
24,000 square meters of land surrounded by the sea, but also mountains, hills, rivers and lakes, towns and villages; centuries-old traditions, folklore, arts, culture, sports, uncontaminated landscapes, long silences, wide/vast lands/fields, undefined places.
Sardinia is considered as the most ancient and mysterious land of the Mediterranean area, located between Europe and Africa. Nuraghi, whose number is estimated to be 9.000 or maybe even 20000, are the evidence of Sardinia’s ancient history.The Nuraghi are unique in the world. They present as towers made of stones built 4000 years ago, sometimes surrounded by huts or isolated, transmitting quite the same deep sense of solitude of the Moai of the Easter Island or the pyramids of Egypt. The nuraghi are mysterious towers, whose function is still uncertain: they probably were old meeting halls or military strongholds, sacred temples or astronomical observatories, graves and much more.There are many theories on their origins. The famous Sardinian writer and journalist Sergio Frau in his historical research came to the conclusion that the Nuraghi are the Atlantis towers described by Plato.According to Sergio Frau Sardinia and Atlantis are the same place.
But Sardinia is much more: it is the people who live in it, their dignity, discretion and their hospitality, never intrusive, which made Sardinian people silent observers of the visitors coming from all over the world. For everyone who is looking for an experience in close contact with nature, far from the noisy modernity, Sardinia is the ideal place to visit.Enchanting and wonderful places transmit you/visitors unforgettable feelings straight at the heart, and make you come back/oblige you to come back. Sardinia is the ideal place for people looking for a direct relationship with nature as well as for everyone who wants to spend a seaside holiday and experience Sardinian lively and noisy towns: Cagliari, Sassari, Oristano, Nuoro, Carbonia and Iglesias, Olbia and Tempio Pausania, Tortolì and Lanusei, Sanluri and Villacidro, just to cite the main regional cities. Numberless of mysterious and fascinating archaeological sites are scattered all over the territory: Nuraghi and nuraghic villages, domus de janas, betili, menhir, dolmen, sacred wells, giants’ graves, Roman and Phoenician-Punic towns and necropolis.The territory offers many typologies of pathways: from the religious, artistic, literary, archaeological and naturalistic paths, to the wonderful seagoing, upland, mineral, wine-and-food and photographic paths.
Sardinia offers the opportunity to practice a wide range of sports: it is the ideal place to go biking, sailing, surfing, windsurfing, kite surfing, walking through the seaside parks, the protected areas as well as WWF oasis, national and regional parks, UNESCO sites. In Sardinia even the smallest town is located nearby the sea, very closed to many of the world’s most beautiful beaches, in the shelter of the mountains, at the foot of a hill or on the flat land. Every town is surrounded by different kinds of natural beauties, situated very closed to each other as well as by many archaeological sites. The mild climate gives the opportunity to discover the Island in every period of the year. Even in winter, when the sun shyly appears in the earth, you can walk on the foreshore or along the countryside.Sardinia offers many kinds of events such as concerts, theatrical performances, feasts and folk festivals all over the year. In January you can admire Saint Anthony’s bonfires in the 50% of the Sardinian towns. In February the Carnival and in March or April the rituals of the Holy Week are celebrated. In May you can see the Saint Ephysius Festival celebrated in Cagliari and the Sardinian horse riding celebrated in Sassari. June offers many artistic exhibitions all over the Island. In July the Discesa dei Candelieri in Sassari and S’Ardia in Sedilo (OR). In August the Assumption Day is celebrated in many Sardinian coastal towns with the procession towards the beach, as well as the Saint Ignazio da Laconi Festival and The Festa del Redentore in Nuoro. September is the month of the barefoot running in Cabras and the Selargino Wedding in Selargius. october presents the the Saint Francis festival in Lula; in October, November and December you can participate to Autumn in Barbagia and Cortes Apertas which involve about 20 Sardinian towns of the Nuoro territory, in the heart of Sardinia.
In Sardinia you can experience many events, shows and festivals, as well as jazz concerts. The local food and wine production captures every kind of visitor: fish, meat, fruit and sweets represent the essential ingredients of our cuisine.
Fabrizio De Andrè, a famous Italian songwriter and poet born in Genua in 1940 and dead in Milan in 1999, chose to live in Sardinia for a long period of the year in his beautiful agritourism. He said:
“Life in Sardinia is maybe the best life a man can hope to live: 24.000 km of forests, countryside and coasts deep into a supernatural sea should be what I suggest God to give us as the Paradise.”