The only place you’ll find nuraghi is in Sardinia, and there are thousands of them. Compared to the Island’s territory, however, there are very few inhabitants and they are people of very few words with a rare sense of hospitality. They speak several variants of a language all of their own and their habits and customs are deeply rooted in their ancient and original cultures. Then there is the beauty of the places, which touches the soul. All this was enough to intrigue nineteenth-century European travellers, curious pioneers of unexplored worlds, thirsty for new experiences. They set out to explore and travelled around the Island with the only means available at the time, the steam train. Meanwhile, they wrote: you will find places, encounters and emotions in their travel notes, identical to those that, at a slow pace, you’ll experience yourself, along the same itineraries travelled by the forerunners of responsible tourism.