Villasimius and Sarrabus
THE SOUTHEASTERN COAST
Departing from Cagliari you can follow the road along the Poetto beach.
The route goes through the strip of land, included between the sea and the
Quartu ponds, inhabited by rosa flamingos colonies and in part used as
salines. Then you continue towards the sea.
It is a succeeding of small residential centres. After about 10 Km, in direction of Villasimius, the
coast bcomes rocky and the road takes up and down in hairpins.
The sea is marvellous in summer. At 37 Km there is Solanas, a small tourist centre.
VILLASIMIUS
After Solanas the road climbs in correspondence of Capo Boi and the view
becomes splendid from the high over the coast. It arrives, always coasting
the sea, at Villasimius. The town is on the northern margin of a promontory
that extends to Capo Carbonara. On both sides there are white beaches and
grey granite rocks polished by the sea. Crossed Villasimius, a small
tourist port dominated by a seventeenth century castle, we arrive at a
panoramic terrace dominating Cavoli island.
Today Villasimius is a very poular summer vacation centre. There is
everything you want: a splendid sea, camping sites and hotels, the
opportunity to practice different sports, countless bars and discos. In
July there is an important festival with exhibitions and a handicraft fair.
A procession by boat arrives at the point where the beautiful statue of the
Virgin Mary had been found in the sea - you can reach it also by a short
swim just along the port.
COSTA REI
Leavung Villasimius we take the road along the coast in direction to Costa
Rei. It climbes on steep hairpins with attractive views on the profile of
Serpentara island. Along the coast to Capo Ferrato many caves with beauty
beaches wait for tourists. In the centre there are the famous sandy dunes of
Costa Rei, with a particular clear sea and golden sand.
Road Map
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CASTIADAS
A deviation takes to the small Castiadas centre, today a region rich in
citrus orchards. Castiadas is a small fraction of Muravera, once ethere was
a complex of nineteenth-century prisons that still today have a certain
glamour.
MURAVERA
Cross the plain of Castiadas til you reach the small suburb of San Priamo;
enjoy the sea view, the lagoon delimited by ponds bordered by dunes with
charmy sandy beaches. Arriving at Muravera, a big town grown at the feet of
the Sarrabus in the Flumendosa floody plain.
SAN VITO
Before arriving in the town, a road in good conditions carries to the left
silver mines of Narba Mountain. Who is interested in mineralogy can find
near the torrent rocks of various metals. At the beginning of the road for
Narba mountain, you see some domus de janas. San Vito is the homeland of
launeddas, an ancient musical tool composed by supported pipes that produce
a sound like that of the bagpipe.
QUIRRA
A bridge surpasses Flumendosa, lost in a sea of pipes. Surpassed the town
of Villaputzu, you reach the Porto Corallo sea. After ten Km you arrive at
Quirra, the province boundary of Cagliari. Here there is the small church
of San Nicoḷ of Quirra, in Romanic style of the XIII century influenced by
Pisan models, unique in Sardinia, built in brick and not in stone. There is
also the castle of Quirra, built by the Cagliari judges, to defend their
kingdom.
SARRABUS MOUNTAINS
The road climbs following the profile of the mountains for more of 20 Km.
It is a succeeding of curves, but enjoy these hills with the green
Mediterranean patch and the lollipops forests, the rosa and grey colours of
the granite. Here it is possible to have very interesting trips in the
Seven Brothers' mountains. Have a nice walk in the middle of the isolated
forests populated only by deer and different species of predatories.
Continuing the journey you arrive at Campidano, returning to Cagliari.
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