USEFUL INFORMATION – PLACES TO VISIT NEAR SAN SPERATE

Altough San Sperate is not a typical tourist destination, thanks to its strategic position it is the ideal starting point for your sightseeing tour. A stay in San Sperate is the occasion for a break in a rural environment rich in art and culture.

Thanks to its many local artists, San Sperate is an open-air museum : sculptures, wall murals or murales and other works of art are located all around the town and visitors are warmly welcome everywhere.

http://www.sardegnadigitallibrary.it/index.php?xsl=626&s=17&v=9&c=4460&id=205649
www.turismosansperate.com
www.paesemuseo.com/
http://www.sansperate.net/

PLACES TO GO:
(From San Sperate, by car)

15 minutes - Cagliari, City Centre
http://www.cagliariturismo.it/tip/it/homepage.wp

45 minutes - Barumini, Nuragic Village of “su Nuraxi”
http://www.sitiunesco.it/index.phtml?id=184

50 minutes - Sulcis-Iglesiente (abandoned mines and stunning views)
http://www.carboniaiglesias.net/miniere.asp
http://www.minieredisardegna.it/CatMin.php?CA=13
http://www.isolasarda.com/museocarbone.htm

50 minutes - Parco della Giara di Gesturi (a basalt tableland home to the cavallini della Giara, Europe’s last wild horses)
http://www.parcodellagiara.it/

50 minutes - Nora-Pula (Roman theatre and archeological site )
http://www.nora.it/

60 minutes - Chia (long sandy beaches, small inlets and bays)
http://www.chia.it/
http://www.isolasarda.com/psammofila.htm

60 minuti - Piscinas (desert dunes overlooking the see of Costa Verde, western Sardinia)
http://www.lacostaverde.it/Mare/Piscinas/Piscinas.htm

60 minuti - Santadi – Caves of Is Zuddas
http://www.grotteiszuddas.com/

60 minuti - Villasimius (beaches with crystal clear waters)
http://www.villasimiusonline.it/

75 minuti - Costa Rei (sandy shores, emerald green sea)
http://www.costarei.com/

80 minuti - Tharros (Oristano) archeological site.
http://www.sardegnacultura.it/j/v/253?s=17745&v=2&c=2488&c1=2125&t=1

90 minuti - Nuoro - National Archeological Museum
http://www.museoarcheologiconuoro.it/
http://www.museoarcheologiconuoro.it/index.php?en/1/home

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