Bosa is a town of colorful houses lining the Temo river, the only navigable river in Sardinia. The ruins of a castle built by the Malaspina family in the 12th century crown the city. Inside the walls of the castle you’ll find the 14th century church of Regnos Altos, where recent restoration works have uncovered important medieval frescoes. There are...

One of the biggest festivals in Sardinia is L’ardia di San Costantino.  It commemorates Constantine’s victory over Maxentious at Rome’s Mulvian Bridge in 312, in which Constantine is reported to have seen a flaming cross inscribed with the words “in this sign thou shall conquer”. The highlight of the festival is a race on the grounds of the Santuario di...

Nuoro is the the chief town of the Barbagia mountainous area of central Sardinia. Every culturally curious visitor should spend some time wandering this town and surrounding area to discover the original Sardinian pastoral culture. In the city they called “the Athens of Sardinia you’ll discover the local ethnography and literature by visiting its museums, especially the Museum of Costumes...

Sacred wells pop up on the archaeologist’s radar in the Nuragic Iron Age (X-IX Century BC). These are votive spring temples found in different areas of Sardinia, an island with limited water resources, especially in summer. Many have a domed cover at the top that allowed the observation of the sun and stars. Archaeologists believed that the Nuragic people gathered around...

Sassari, the second largest city in Sardinia, lies in the north and is surrounded by beautiful countryside with lots of olive groves. Sassari has often been described as the intellectual city of Sardinia where important Italian governors and politicians were born and educated in its old and prestigious University. It is a busy city with a lovely medieval center where...