From the 9th century BC, Sardinia was also involved in the commercial expansion of the peoples commonly referred to, in the western Mediterranean, as Phoenicians. Born as trading emporiums, the settlements that arose on the coasts of the Island - or...
For centuries, the natural bays and harbours of the southwestern corner of Sardinia saw ships leave with their cargo of minerals extracted in the mines. Those same coves were sometimes threatened by pirates and invaders, and defended by fortresses...
Very ancient karstic systems, created by the incessant force of water, characterise the limestone elevations in the south-west of Sardinia. Hundreds of caves and ravines, among which four real natural ‘works of art’ stand out and are as precious as...
From the Malfidano mine of Buggerru to the ones at Masua and Nebida, in the Iglesias district. A long hike along the old miner trails of the Sulcis-Iglesiente in the company of former miners who today work as tourist guides and will...
