Nurra

Nurra is a flat and fertile area in the extreme northwest of the island, characterised by a rich complexity of landscape, where the lowlands alternate with hilly areas, vineyards, mining zones, Nuragic villages, descending, toward the north, to the blue sea at the beach of Pelosa near Stintino or, to the south, to the promontory of Capocaccia.

In the wide open rural spaces traces of settlements in the territory going back to the Neolithic are found in the graves in the Grotta Verde, in the necropolises at domus de janas of Anghelu Ruju in the municipality of Alghero, in the proximities of the rows of vines belonging to the "Sella e Mosca" wine makers, so in Santu Pedru and Calvia, to the Nuragic complexes of Palmavera and Sant'Imbenia; testimony of the Roman era is found in the remains of the various towns that were built, and of the long Spanish domination in the coastal towers erected to protect the territory.
The landscape of Nurra is further enriched by the presence of Sardinia’s only natural lake, Baratz, harmoniously surrounded by tall sandy dunes that recall its sea origin.

The inhabited areas are, with the exception of Alghero and Fertilia, foundation towns and very small, but of great interest for their historical peculiarities: first of all, the mining villages of Argentiera and Canaglia, where until some time ago the silver-bearing lead deposits were mined and which are today able to be visited, above all the evocative sea fronted area of Argentiera.