Rough guide to Sardinia: Cagliari - Villasimius [Travel Guide]

SARDINIA „In Italy you won’t find what you find in Sardinia and in Sardinia you won’t find what you find in Italy“ that wrote the natural scientist and Jesuit monk Francesco Cetti during a visit at the end of the 18th century . Sardinia, that means respect for the traditions which are deeply laid down in the minds of the people and they are living them day by day. This means passionate resistance against every invasion as a result of an ancient and constant fight against the ambitious Mediterranean Empires who wanted to enlarge their territories. During the course of the history the Sardinians had only few contact with the sea. Their history and their activities developed in the interior part of the country where they retired in order to escape from the coasts that were occupied by the invaders and conquerors. There they developed a civilisation which is firmly connected with the mountains and plains as well as the meadows. The origins of the Sardinian economy lay in the animal breeding (especially sheep) and agriculture. Sardinia has a lot to offer! Most peoples visit the second biggest island in the Mediterranean sea because of it’s 1.850 km long coast line and the crystal clear seawater that gleams in all facets of green, blue and turquoise. In fact, the water around Sardinia is among the cleanest in whole Mediterranean basin. On the other hand there is a lot of history to discover: thousands of years old archaeological sites are testimonies of the strategic and geographic importance of Sardinia and the peoples who settled on it. Starting with the prehistoric tombs caved in the rocks – Domus de Janas, followed by the “nuraghe” buildings which are unique in Sardinia and the most monumental and astonishing buildings of the ancient history after the pyramids – giant tombs, sacred wells continuing with Phoenician-Punic-Roman trade centres and commercial cities – Paleo-Christian churches, Medieval abundance and richness and the Spanish occupation as well as the modern live of today. Centuries old traditions, wild, uncontaminated nature, intact landscapes give Sardinia a strong taste of originality – get enchanted by the magic of the island! Also discover the interior of the country the landscapes where olive trees grow on granite rocks and longhair sheep graze the highland meadows around the villages of the mountains.

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GEOGRAPHIC ASPECTS Sardinia is situated almost in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea. It has a surface of almost 24‘090 km2 and is therefore the second biggest island of Italy and the whole Mediterranean Sea. It’s about 3 times Corsica and 7 times Mallorca. The rhomboidal shape of the island explains the name that it was given by the Greek Ichnusa (Icnos = trace footprint) and Sandaliotis (sandal). The Roman name Sardinae is supposed to result from the legendary Sardus son of Hercules, who is supposed to have brought a group of Libyans to the island. Sardinia has a lot of space and landscape but the population is rather few with only 1.7 million inhabitants. 17% are occupied with sheep breeding and agriculture which is the double of the European average. In Sardinia there are about the double of sheep rather than inhabitants! Sardinia is mostly hilly, the biggest mountain massif is the Supramonte – Gennargentu in the centre of the island. The highest summit is Punta La Marmora with 1‘834 m. Nevertheless the mountain chains seem very majestic because of their bizarre granite rocks looming up to the sky. The steep cliffs of the mountains that end in the sea on the West and East coast, the fertile plains, of the West or the fjords in the North are typical imagines of this very individual island. The short rivers which deserve their name only in spring during the melting of the snow and the rain period. After short flooding periods most of them dry out in summer. The biggest river is the Tirso. It has its source in the mountains close to Buddusò and leads to the Golf of Oristano. The only navigable river is the Temo which passes through Bosa. When the river deltas were dried out in order to extinguish the marshland because it was dominated by malaria flies which transmit the malaria disease until the 1950’s, the water was blocked and accumulated at the beginning of many rivers. In this way small lakes were created like the Lago Omodeo (not far from the Tirso), the Lago Coghinas etc. In the rivers there can be found eels, trouts and mullets. Sheep breading and minery have a long tradition in Sardinia. Coal, iron, lead, zinc, copper and silver were mined. Lead and zinc mineries were founded as well as petrol refineries, chemical and textile works. In the Gallura, in the North-East of Sardinia, there are many granite caves and also the cork production and elaboration is an important economic branch. Another good is sea salt from the Salinas of Cagliari for example which has been traded since ancient times. But Sardinia is also famous for wine- and olive-oil production. Sardinia has about 64‘000 acres forest territory with mostly cork oaks which are the origin of this branch. Sardinia for a long time was leader in the cork production until it was passed by Portugal and Spain.

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HISTORY In order to understand Sardinia better we would like to introduce you to Sardinian history. Sardinia never “made” history but Sardinia had always to stand it. Some parts of Sardinia are 600 million years old. The island has situated in its today’s position for 65 million years. Geologically it is one of the oldest territories of Europe, older than Italy, and has been inhabited for about 10.000 – 8.000 years The Sardinian people of the prehistory lived in villages with huts or pile dwellings, in grottos along the lagoons or in megalithic fortresses (nuraghs). Their religion consisted in the symbols of life and fertility. They worshiped the mother goddess and the bull deity, did the death cult and buried their death in tombs caved in the rock which were called “Domus de Janas” – fairy tombs. From the year 2.200 – 1.800 B.C. other peoples of the East arrived in Sardinia, spread over the whole island and constructed buildings megalithic style, that means with big stone blocks, on heights, on the promontories or at the valley’s ends. From this nuraghe civilisation there are still today 7’000 nuraghe ruins on the island. The nuraghe people worshiped the water cult with their sacred wells “pozzo sacro” and venerated their ancestors with the “giant tombs” by offering them bronze figures.

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CAGLIARI

The main town of Sardinia is one of the oldest cities in Europe. The area around Cagliari has been settled for at least 3.000 years. The Phoenicians who came around the year 1.000 – 900 B.C. to Sardinia and established commercial places and storage houses had their centre on the Laguna S. Gilla where today the airport is situated. When Carthage in the 6th century B.C. achieved more commercial and political importance than their homeland also the Phoenician places on Sardinia became Carthaginian colonies.

„Karalis“ was nominated for the first time as a city foundation and the settlement enlarged slowly from along the today’s viale Trieste in direction to via Roma. 239 B.C. when the Punic lost the war against the Romans Sardinia became a Roman colony. During the Roman domination the city centre run from Piazza del Carmine to via Regina Elena. Especially in the Marina quarter testimonies of the Roman period were found. After the decadence of the Roman Empire in 455 A.C. for 80 years Sardinia came under the domination of the Vandals which lasted about 80 years. Until the year 800 A.C. the island suffered from the incursions and attacks of Sarazenes, pirates and Arabs. During the domination of Emperor Justitian I. Sardinia was brought back to the East Roman Empire. The island together with Corsica and the Balearic islands was part of the diocese Africa which was part of the Byzantine Empire. Because of the distance to Byzance the connection between them was rather weak. Therefore Sardinia was able to develop a kind of independence und the island was divided in four parts. These areas were called “Giudicati”. Every area was governed by a “judge” who had the entire might. However, the judges were not able to stop the invasions of the Arabs and when in 1014 the Arabian fleet appeared in front of the Sardinian coast the Marine Republics Genoa and Pisa came to help the Sardinian people. Once they drove the Arabs away they settled on Sardinia: the Genoese in the North and the peoples from Pisa in the South and an important exchange of knowledge, methods, handcraft took place. Sardinia was living a prosperous period of commerce and trade. On the limestone hill which overlooks the Gulf of Cagliari called “Angel’s Gulf”, the peoples of Pisa built a fortress “The Castello”. On the Castello hill in the Castello quarter all the important public offices were located. It was the religious, economic al and political seat of Cagliari until 100 years ago.


CAGLIARI In 1323 the Aragonese army conquered Cagliari and so slowly the whole island. They introduced a feudal system and the island and the local inhabitants were exploited and hat no civil rights. In 1708 after the Spanish heritage war Cagliari was assigned to the Habsburg court and became Austrian. In 1717 the Spanish tried again to re-conquer the Sardinian main town. In 1718 they were forced to leave it to the Savoyan court but they assured their privileges until 1836. The economic and social problems which had appeared in 400 years of Spanish reign remained unresolved until 1836 when the feudal system was abolished. In 1861 Italy was united thanks to the efforts of Giuseppe Garibaldi and Sardinia became Italian. All that conquerors left traces in the main town of the island therefore one can find Phoenician-Punic-Roman testimonies as well as Byzantine, Romanic-Pisan, Gothic-Catalan and Piemontese Barock. A visit of Cagliari means also to get in touch with the various epochs of the Sardinian history.

Via Roma Port church “San Saturnino” town hall

Gulf of Cagliari

Bastione “San Remy” Cathedral


SOUTH COAST – VILLASIMIUS

GENERAL INFORMATION Villasimius is located around 50 km from Cagliari – the island capital city. In early history this area has been populated grace to the very good strategically location. The youngest testimony goes back to 1820 where proves of a little neighbourhood district has been found. A Spanish successor of an aristocratic family was the creator as he was enchant of the beautiful nature and fruitful land. The territory of Villasimius covers an area of 58 square km. It starts at Capo Carbonara in the very South East of the island and it connects, in a natural way, directly to the Gulf of Cagliari. From the city of Quartu the itinerary passes by the “Seven Brothers” mountains – National Park with it’s highest mountain Monte Sette Fratelli of 1,023 meters.



This place has been growing more and more by tourism since the sixties thanks to its various landscape and its picturesque bays. Villasimius has about 2,860 inhabitants, in summer it raises up to 50,000 and from June to September more than one million visitors.

The village Villasimius is located in the area „Sarrabus“ and it is known for its shepherd traditions and agriculture. Almonds, lemons, peaches and oranges are cultivated mainly in this area and then exported to Middle Europe as well wine cultivation has good results. You definitely should try the fresh sea food and fish! The seawater of Sardinia are among the most clear and clean ones in the whole Mediterranean area. There are mussels and clams as well as lobsters and crabs, oysters, sea bass, dentex, pikes, guilt head, tuna fish, sword fish and many others are on the Sardinian fish card.

There are several professional fishermen in the area, however most fishermen do fishing as a free time activity, some do also organise excursions and as their policy they highly respect the nature and surroundings. In 1998 the sea around the Villasimius coast has been declared as natural “Sea Park” and therefore fishing and water sports can be practiced only on a limited way. Nevertheless with our professional diving schools you are able to discover more of the fascinating underwater world! Besides the good fish specialities, the typical Sardinian food belongs to the shepherd tradition, which comes mostly from the heart centre of the island. The good meat of the little goats, lambs and suckling pigs is legendary and also well known to our visitors. Featured by Charming Sardinia www.charmingsardinia.com tel.: +39 070 513 489 fax: +39 070 554 964 E-Mail: [email protected]


BEACHES Driving along the costal road, before arriving to Villasimius, you will see marvellous beaches as Geremeas, Torre delle Stelle and Solanas with their turquoise-blue and emerald-green water which are surrounded by the typical vegetation, the Mediterranean maquis consisting of myrtle, lentisc, juniper and broom. The most known and famous beaches of Villasimius are Capo Boi, Porto Sa Ruxi, Campus, Campulongu, del Riso, di Simius, Porto Giunco, Cala Burroni, Cala Caterina and north way in direction of Costa Rei there is Punta Is Molentis. In front of Capo Carbonara there are located two small islands the “Isola dei Cavoli” and “Serpentara”. In front of the fantastic Timi Ama Thalassa & Spa Hotel is the lagoon Notteri where the big nice birds Flamingos can bee watched. Nowadays Villasimius is a popular and loved holiday and tourism centre which offers more than 6,500 guest beds, moreover some camping places as several holiday residences and further the new tourist harbour, which was opened some years ago, offers parking space for about 750 boats.

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Sofitel Thalassa Timi Ama – Villasimius http://www.charmingsardinia.com/sardinia/wellness_hotel/sofitel_timi_ama.html

Cala Caterina – Villasimius http://www.charmingsardinia.com/sardinia/hotel_villasimius/cala_caterina.html

Stella Maris – Villasimius http://www.charmingsardinia.com/sardinia/hotel_villasimius/stella_maris.html

Cruccuris Resort – Villasimius http://www.charmingsardinia.com/sardinia/hotel_villasimius/resort_cruccuris.html Featured by Charming Sardinia www.charmingsardinia.com tel.: +39 070 513 489 fax: +39 070 554 964 E-Mail: [email protected]

SOUTH COAST – VILLASIMIUS FEASTS & TRADITIONS Traditions on Sardinian Island are very important and the folk is very proud of it. Sardinia has many folkloristic festivals where shepherds, farmers and fishermen show proudly their culture and knowledge about local values. On these feasts and traditional ceremonies guests are always very welcome and it is a great pleasure to participate and for them. In this way tradition, history, hospitality and Sardinian kindness is shown. A big and famous event during the summer month is the feast of the “holy Madonna of the castaways” who’s stone statue has been placed in 1979, 10 meters below the sea level and in front of the little island “Isola dei Cavoli” in order to protect the navigators.

The feast starts each third Saturday in July. The stone statue is brought by a procession and after a ceremony in the church of the village to the harbour of Villasimius where the festivities starts with several food tasting of specialities accompanied by folkloristic music. The next day the Madonna statue sails on a decorated flowered boat to the “Isola dei Cavoli” where a priest practice a ceremony and the day ends with further festivities.

Another nice traditional feast is the Santa Maria feast which takes place the 7th and 8th September. The statue of the Madonna is brought from the church of the village to the small church Santa Maria. The origin of this feast comes from the agriculture folks, where farmers prayed for rain during this procession. Shopping in Villasimius – is possible one the main road where the central Piazza and the village church is situated. There is a post office, some banks, supermarkets, bars, ice-cream shops, restaurants and cafés and many other little shops where particularly Sardinian specialities hand handcraft products can be found. Saturday mornings the local market takes place where you can buy fruits, vegetables, cheese, bred, eggs but also shoes, household articles, clothes, leather products, souvenirs, etc. Featured by Charming Sardinia www.charmingsardinia.com tel.: +39 070 513 489 fax: +39 070 554 964 E-Mail: [email protected]


GASTRONOMY

RESTAURANTS & PIZZERIAS IN VILLASIMIUS

� At the entrance of Villasimius Loc. Campus is the Trattoria il Miraggio know fort he seafood and fish specialities phone n° 070 798 021

� On the main road of Villasimius Loc. Campus is the Restaurant Santa Maria with traditional and Italian food. Next door is the Restaurant El Pejote with Mexican food and disco club La Fortezza.

� The Hotel Simius Playa has a known à-la-carte Restaurant suggested in the Michelin Guide, they offer a variety of Sardinian, Italian and international specialities phone n° 070 791 227

SANTA MARIA (on the main road around 3 km in direction of Villsimius) phone n° 070 790 205

IL MORO (on the main road in direction of Villasimius, close to restaurant Santa Maria, typical food phone n° 070 798 180

TRE LUNE (Villasimius Beach) Seafood and fish specialities phone n° 070 790 302

LA LANTERNA (Centre of Villasimius) Seafood and fish specialities phone n° 070 791 659

ANCORA (by the Hotel dell’Ancora, Centre of Villasimius) local food and Seafood and fish specialities phone n° 070 791 272

IL RAGNO BLU (by the Hotel Cala Caterina, Loc. Santo Stefano) Restaurant-Pizzeria and specialities phone n° 070 797 061

EAT & DANCE

LA FORTEZZA Restaurant in Loc. Su Pranu (main road around ca. 3km in direction of Villasimius) phone n° 070 791 539

IL PEYOTE Restaurant and Disco-Club in Loc. Su Pranu

BARS & NIGHTLIFE

BAR GARIBALDI Via Garibaldi 1

LAGOON CLUB Via del Mare direction Simius Beach

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COSTA REI – CASTIADAS The Beach-Holiday destination Costa Rei is 70 km far away from Cagliari and 20 km located north from Villasimius. Costa Rei belongs to the area of Castiadas which is located around 10 km inland. Unique and beautiful landscapes with hills and forests and kilometre long white sandy beaches and clear blue turquoise sea water cover a big part of the whole south east coast of Sardinia. The long sandy beach is interrupted from time to time from rocks and sand dunes. The area is limited from Monte Nai, on the very south of Costa Reiy territory until Capo Ferrato on the very north. BEACHES Starting from Villasimius up to the north point of Costa Rei the beaches that you can find are: Le Piscine, Cala Pira, Cala Sinzias, Cala Marina, Monte Turno, Sant Elmo, Santa Giusta. Costa Rei is a popular holiday destination and is developing every year more and more thanks to tourism. During high season – July and August – Costa Rei is very lively and crowded. During springtime and autumn Costa Rei is peaceful and quieter and you are able to find less crowded beaches and many restaurants are starting to close down for the winter break.

Magic atmosphere with lot’s of flowers and colours with Mediterranean perfume in the air is given during spring and autumn time. Costa Rei’s sea water is famous for its clearness blue colour and invites for swimming or long walks on the beach. For whom likes to discover more of this area interesting walks can be found on nature path inland. On the 2 km long beach of Cala Sinzias the maquis blooms in luxuriance. The region of lemons and oranges grow best in the plain of Castiadas.

How about a walk north way of "Capo Ferrato" – here the landscape is signed by various lagoons, for who wants to watch birds in the “stagni" (little saltwater lakes) has to be literally “an early bird” and who is a bit curious to know what is away from the big tourist masses you will be remunerated with silence and beauty.


COSTA REI – CASTIADAS The landscape consists in hills, rocks and mountains (the area of the “Seven brothers”), which are thickly over grown with centenary junipers, corbezzoli (Mediterranean bush kind with orange/red coloured round small fruits), well-smelling herbs like myrtle, rosemary, cyst and in spring the enchanting play of the colours of the oleander which blooms in white, pink or red. The closest location and villages are Castiadas, Muravera, San Vito and Villaputzu. Although the area around Castiadas was already inhabited in former times, it gained importance only from the prisoner’s colony from 1875 on. The prison was closed in 1956 and nowadays it can be visited.

FEASTS & TRADTITIONS 25th June "San Giovanni Battista" the saint patron of the commune Castiadas takes place in the neighbourhood of Olia for ¾ days with folkloristic festivities and fireworks. 15th August "Festa dell'Assunta Vergine" takes place in the neighbourhood of San Pietro with a nice fair along the “Via del Mare” celebrated and accompanied by decorated ox-carts and horses. It ends with a procession by boat along the beaches Cala Sinzias, Cala Marina and Monte Turno. End of August the grapes – country fair takes place in the neighbourhood of Olia Speciosa in collaboration with the wine maker association of Castiadas. Together with traditional folkloristic performances wine can be tasted. In July/August you can visit the exposition "Mostra dell'artigianato e dell'Agroalimentare" (fair of handcraft products and homemade specialities) which is every year newly organised. Local handcraft products are exposed and a tasting of typical specialities is offered. All this is accompanied by traditional music, dances and folkloristic performances and takes place in the Villa del Direttore in the old prison colony at Castiadas. Shopping in Costa Rei is one the main road where different shops are situated. Thursday mornings the local market takes place where fruits, vegetables, cheese, bred, eggs but also shoes, household articles, clothes, leather products, souvenirs etc. can be found. Featured by Charming Sardinia www.charmingsardinia.com tel.: +39 070 513 489 fax: +39 070 554 964 E-Mail: [email protected]

COSTA REI – CASTIADAS GASTRONOMY

RESTAURANTS & PIZZERIAS IN COSTA REI

- L'Escargot Via Marco Polo 7 phone n° 070 991 61 11

- Club Miraggio phone n° 070 991 444 Specialities of the sea

- One Way Piazza Italia 15 phone n° 339 198 4287

- Il Vascello phone n° 070 991 188

- Restaurant “Spaghetteria” CHAPLIN MARE Via delle Ginestre 65 phone n° 070 991 233

- Soro Fabrizio Piazza Sardegna 46 phone n° 070 991 319

- Su Nuraxi da Luciano Location Piscina Rey phone n° 070 993 0991

- Rosticceria Rei Marina Via dei Tamerici phone n° 070 991 550 GELATERIA (Ice-cream – house)

- Pink Lady Bar, Restaurant, Pizzeria, Gelateria (home made) "da Gerardo" Piazzetta Rei Marina phone n°070 991 374

- Ristorante Bar Tropical Pizzeria, Gelateria phone n° 070 991 015

- Pittau Giuliana Piazza Italia phone n° 070 991 373

- Il Regno del Gelato Piazza Italia - Bar Gelateria Via Colombo phone n° 070 991 107

NIGHTLIFE MAKLAS Disco-Bar-Club in Cala Sinzias Location San Petro


GENERAL INFORMATION Bus Public busses are more frequent during the main season (June – September). Car rental Charming Sardinia will helps you with renting a car. Please follow this link

http://res.rent.it/sites/EN/Default.aspx?l=EN&siteid=13-80B6E139 Doctor In case of emergency the hotel reception calls a doctor at any time.

Important: You will have to pay right away for every visit. Please keep the receipt in order to get refunded by your insurance.

Drinking water Water is very precious in Sardinia. Water from the tap generally is clean, if not

indicated differently. However, we recommend to use bottled water for drinking. There is “frizzante/con gas“ (sparkling) or “naturale/senza gas“ without carbonic acid.

Golf 18-hole-camp Golf Club Tanka in Villasimius. Horseback Horseback riding and scuba diving places are possible in the surrounding. Riding / Diving The hotels or the Charming Sadinia team will give you more information. Markets Typical Italian markets where you can get fruit, vegetables, fish, cheese but also

clothes, shoes, leather articles, household and handcraft articles. They take place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.:

Wednesday Quartu S. Elena – in Via San Benedetto (food & cloths) Thursday & Saturday Costa Rei Saturday Villasimius Sunday Cagliari – Flee market Monday-Saturday Cagliari – “Mercato San Benedetto“ (food)

Post office «Ufficio Postale» in Villasimius in Via del Mare General opening hours: Monday to Saturday from 08.30 – 13.00h Kosten für Briefe und Postkarten 0.65 Euro Precious objects Cash, cheques, jewellery and other precious objects can be deposited in the

hotel safe or in your room safe. No hotel is responsible if precious objects are stolen from your hotel room.

Shopping Usually the shops are open as follows: Morning 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Evening 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and in tourist areas during high season shops are

often open from 6 p.m. until midnight. Souvenirs Baskets, products of cork, wooden sculptures or caved patterns on furniture,

ceramics, hand-woven Sardinian carpets, embroidery, golden jewellery and leather articles.

Sardinian wines are among the best in Italy. The Romans called Sardinia “a

swimming vineyard”. You can find good Sardinian wines in every supermarket. Featured by Charming Sardinia www.charmingsardinia.com tel.: +39 070 513 489 fax: +39 070 554 964 E-Mail: [email protected]

GENERAL INFORMATION

Sport On the beach in Chia you find some surf or scuba centre. It is also a very nice

area to bike and hike. Tips Normally tip is included. However, every employee of the hotel will be pleased

about a further recognition. In the restaurants, if not especially indicated, tips are not included and you are expected to give about 10% of the amount of the bill.

Traffic rules It’s compulsory to fasten the seat belt.

Speed limit is 50 km/h within cities.

There are no highways in Sardinia. The speed limit on the “superstradas = SS” the fast roads is 90 km/h.

Drive carefully and defensive, Italian drivers can hardly be previewed.

Always be aware of animals (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) on the road, especially in the mountain regions. Keeping animals in stables is not very common in Sardinia.

In the case you may have an accident please always call “Polizia” or “Carabinieri” and fill out the accident report “CID”. Your rent car is insured therefore you can’t do without the damage report. Please note the no-claims bonus. We ask you kindly to inform the Charming Sardinia Team.

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SARDINIAN SPECIALITIES

Carta da Musica very thin flat bread

Pane Frattau Carta di Musica with tomato sauce and fried eggs

Zuppa Gallurese a kind of “Lasagne” bread with broth baked in the oven

Gnocchetti Sardi small noodle “Gnochetti” wit tomato sauce and pieces of meat

Ravioli alla Ricotta Ravioli filled with a fresh cooked cheese

Porcetto suckling pig (about 6kg)

Capretto small goat

Agnello Lamb

Orata, Spigola, Cernia, Dentice, gilthead, sea brass, brass, dentex, Pagello, Triglie, Ricciola, Sarago red sea bream, red mullet, other local fish

Aragosta Spiny lobster

Arselle Venus clams (white)

Vongole small Venus clams

Cozze black mussels

Bottarga Dried fish eggs which are served with spaghetti or with celery as starter.

Pinzimonio Raw vegetables consisting in tomatoes, celery, radishes, carrots served with a dip from olive oil, lemon juice and salt.

Seadas Sweet dessert: “pastry bag” foiled with fresh Pecorino cheese, fried and served with a spoon of honey or sugar on top.


LOCAL DRINKS Dry white wines Torbato, Cala Viola, Terre Bianche, Funtanaliras, Vermentino,

Seleme, Giogantinu, Ladas und Balari lightly sparkling Dry red wines Thaora, Rosé di Alghero, Filieri rosato Red wines Cannonau, Monica, Tanca Farra, Filieri, Terre Brune, Santa

Cristana Abbaia, Nepente As an aperitif you may have “spumante“ or “frizzante“ which is a dry sparkling white wine. Vernaccia is a kind of dry Port wine as aperitif or the sweet “moscato” and among the dessert wines there is “Malvasia di Bosa” or “Malvasia di Alghero” which is a kind of “Vin Santo” sweet white wine for after meals, ideal digestive. The most produced liqueur of the island is the “Mirto”, red (berries) or white (leaves) made from the myrtle bush. The famous “Filu e Ferru“ is another “effective” digestive. It’s the Sardinian grappa which is very strong. “Fil de Ferru” means a peace of wire.

„Mallureddus“ and „Culurgiones“ typical Sardinian pasta „Dolci Sardi“ Sardinian sweets

Variety of Sardinian cheese, dry sausage, typical bread and wine

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