Spring and autumn tours in southern Sardinia

DAY 1 (Thursday or Monday)
The appointment at the airport with the guide of your group is scheduled for the early afternoon. After a warm welcome, the guide will accompany you to your bus and you will leave for Carbonia, a southwestern town built in the 1930s in an area with a strong mining vocation. After your arrival at the hotel, you will have free time to rest and settle down before dinner.

DAY 2 (Friday or Tuesday)
After an abundant breakfast, a day of local flavors will start. You will move to Decimomannu, where you will visit a local dairy and taste its products (you can also buy them!). At the end of this interesting visit, you will move to Sanluri, a small town with a long medieval history linked to the Giudicati in Sardinia. Here you will visit a modern winery that produces award-winning wines all over the world: after going through the production and conservation process, you will taste some wines accompanied by tasty and genuine typical local products. After this food and wine experience, you will move to the center of Sanluri to visit its fascinating castle, built between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries and enlarged by the Aragonese in 1436. At the end of this interesting dive into the most recent history of Sardinia, you will return to hotel in Carbonia to enjoy a few hours of rest and then have dinner.

DAY 3 (Saturday or Wednesday)
After breakfast, you will leave for the nearby Serbariu mine: it is a coal mine no longer in operation since 1964 and recovered and restored for museum purposes to become evidence of an activity that, between the 1930s and 1950s, represented one of the most important realities in Italy. By visiting the rooms of the lamp factory, the underground gallery and the winch room, you will discover the extreme conditions in which the Sardinian miners worked. The visit to the mine is enriched with information, images and testimonies displayed in the engaging museum set up just above the well. A tasty lunch in a farmhouse not far from the site will follow and, in the afternoon, you will enjoy a guided visit to the fascinating archaeological park of Monte Sirai, an important Phoenician and Punic settlement built around 750 BC. At the end of this interesting journey, you will return in your hotel in Carbonia for some free time before dinner.

DAY 4 (Sunday or Thursday)
After breakfast you will leave for Barumini, in the Marmilla region (the heart of Sardinia), where is a world-famous UNESCO site: the archaeological area of Su Nuraxi. It is an imposing complex nuraghe, built in different phases starting from the fifteenth century BC. and also including an extensive village of huts that developed during the following centuries. You will also visit another important complex nuraghe found more recently in the center of the town of Barumini during the renovation of an ancient noble residence of the Sardinian-Aragonese barons, built from the mid-1500s right above the ancient Nuragic building. This fascinating day dedicated to the Nuragic history that is the symbol of our island also includes a visit to the very interesting Giovanni Lilliu center which, dedicated to the archaeologist who brought Su Nuraxi to light in the 1950s, offers many interesting exhibitions. The program also includes an appetizing lunch in a local restaurant to discover the typical dishes of the area. Return to the hotel in Carbonia for dinner.

DAY 5 (Monday or Friday)
After breakfast, you will proceed to check-out and leave for Cagliari, the capital of Sardinia where you will discover the magic of a city with a long history which, enjoying a privileged position in the heart of the Mediterranean, was and still today is a crossroads of people and exchanges which make it extremely rich in history, culture, food and wine. You will visit the historic center, Castello, and its oldest neighborhoods, lively areas close to the port whose narrow streets are full of curious tourists and offer fascinating colorful glimpses. Here you will enjoy an excellent fresh fish lunch in one of the trattorias that overlook these streets. In the afternoon, you will move to Cardedu, where is the second welcoming hotel that will host you for the last three nights of your holiday in Sardinia. Upon your arrival you can enjoy a few hours of rest and relaxation by the pool or on the beach before dinner.

DAY 6 (Tuesday or Saturday)
After breakfast, you will go to the nearby town of Ulassai, where you will visit caves of incredible charm, considered among the most important in Europe for their imposing size: they extend for over 850 visible meters, with peaks of a height of as many as 70 meters. Divided into six rooms, all different in characteristics, these caves represent a priceless naturalistic heritage. An excellent typical lunch will follow in a nearby restaurant that offers fresh local products and, in the afternoon, you will visit a textile cooperative company that will welcome you in its artisan workshop, where you will admire manual weaving on a semi-mechanical loom. You will discover the production technique of the expert weavers of this cooperative and their beautiful collection, which includes a rich range of rugs, fabrics and furnishing accessories made of precious materials. After returning to the hotel in Cardedu, free time and dinner.

DAY 7 (Wednesday or Sunday)
This last day of your tour in southern Sardinia is dedicated to discovering other tastes and other traditions of the heart of our island. After breakfast, transfer to Orgosolo, a charming town in Barbagia known all over the world for its "murals", paintings that decorate the houses throughout the historic center and related to various topics, all born from the desire to express freedom or criticize social and political injustices. At the end of the walk in this open-air museum, you will move to the countryside, where you will taste the typical Sardinian shepherds' lunch and listen to the fascinating performance of tenors’ singing, a Sardinian choral singing style of great importance in local tradition, recognized World Heritage Site by UNESCO. You will then leave for Mamoiada, a nearby town known for its carnival. In fact, you will visit the Museum of Mediterranean Masks and, later, the laboratory of a local craftsman who will show you the production process of the famous masks of his country: the Mamuthones. You will return to Cardedu in the late afternoon, in time to pack your bags and enjoy the last dinner of this exciting tour of southern Sardinia.

DAY 8 (Thursday or Monday)
After check-out and breakfast, you will leave for Cagliari airport for your departure by morning.

Departures on Monday and on Thursday following these dates:
- Thursday from 9th April to 28th May (last arrival) and from 24th September to 122nd October (last arrival)
- Monday from 13th April to 25th May (last arrival) and from 21st September to 19th October (last arrival)

From € 850,00 in double room (€ 993,00 in single room).
For groups of at least 20 people.