In its rooms you can go on a journey through time, to medieval Sardinia with its fortresses, wars, treaties, intrigues and stories halfway between fantasy and reality that have survived to this day, with special focus on the events of the four Sardinian judicates of Calaris, Arborea, Torres and Gallura. The Museum of Sardinian Castles is located in the heart of Burgos, in the rooms of a late 19th-century manor house, which belonged to a family of local landowners. The building, which has been refurbished and renovated, has three floors. The museum itinerary is structured into various thematic spaces. One part contains temporary exhibitions on the subject of castles, another displays thematic maps that indicate the coastal towers of the Spanish era and the strategic defence points on the Island, constantly subjected to attacks due to its geographical position, in the centre of the Mediterranean trade and military routes.

There is also an area of the museum entirely dedicated to the reconstruction of rural life. You can deepen your knowledge of the work instruments from the past and of the tools of different shapes that illustrate man’s work and toil. In an area of the museum, there is an exhibition of old and recent photos on the subject of castles. The itinerary ends with a multimedia room that allows you to enjoy a historical reading of the approximately one hundred castles of Sardinia.

Walking a few hundred metres to the east, along a cobbled path, you will reach the Castle of Burgos, also known as the castle of Goceano. It stands in an isolated position on the top of a rocky massif, a position that helped make it practically unassailable. You can still see the fortress’s triple surrounding wall, the perimeter walls and the large tower, over fifteen metres high.

After the visit, it’s worth taking a walk around the narrow streets of the village, observing brick houses with gabled roofs and losing yourself in the medieval-looking alleys of the historic centre. A good way to relive the medieval atmosphere of Burgos is to participate in Prendas de Adelasia, a festival that takes place in December.