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The Sardinian 'Stonehenge': Pranu Mutteddu Park Tags: history & culture, experiences & activities 0 Comments

If we hear about Stonehenge , the Neolithic site north-west of Salisbury, England, we immediately picture the most famous and imposing cromlech (" stone circle " in Breton), composed of a set...

A merciful killer: the mysterious female Accabbadora Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture, experiences & activities, 0 Comments

Within 50 minutes drive from Golfo Aranci, you can easily reach Lura's tiny village , where you may visit the impressive Museo Galluras , a 3-storey building of an original local home, w...

Masks of Sardinia & its spectacular folklore Tags: entertainment - nightlife - music, traditions & folklore, experiences & activities, 0 Comments

The masks of the Mamuthones , Issohadores , Boes , and Merdules are among the best known in Sardinia. What perhaps the tourist doesn’t know is that they belonging to two different tradit...

Sardinia: not only sun, salt and sea Tags: nature & landscape, history & culture, experiences & activities, 0 Comments

While reading and studying Sardinia with immense wonder, I persist in discovering its countless cultural treasures. And the more I learn, the more I realize I still know very little ... and its appe...

Tiscali's Nuragic Village Tags: nature & landscape, hiking & trekking, experiences & activities, 0 Comments

Tiscali, the well-known Sardinian telecommunication company, founded in 1998 by Renato Soru, is well known to most of Italians, but perhaps not everyone knows that the company owes its name to ...

The precious wines of Sardinia Tags: nature & landscape, history & culture, food, experiences & activities, 0 Comments

The history of wine in Sardinia has very ancient origins. Iron Age’s Nuragic who lived on the island between 900 and 750 a. C. was the first red wine producers in the Mediterranean. This...

The Maddalena Archipelago Tags: nature & landscape, experiences & activities, sealife & watersports, 0 Comments

The islands forming the Maddalena Archipelago - 62 counting islands and islets - were baptized by the Romans Cuniculariae Insulae , "middle islands", for their position between Sardinia and Cor...

The sea as source of medicine Tags: nature & landscape, experiences & activities, golfo aranci, sealife & watersports, 0 Comments

Guest arriving at Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites has chosen, among the many merits of the holiday, the sea. The sea is a casket of beneficial preciousness of which we do not know everythi...

Berchidda: a Beautiful Full-Day Excursion Tags: nature & landscape, history & culture, experiences & activities, 0 Comments

Just an hour by car from the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites and the village of Golfo Aranci, the town of Berchidda does indeed deserve a trip to appreciate one of the places ...

Porto Cervo: the heart of Costa Smeralda Tags: personalities, history & culture, costa smeralda, experiences & activities, 0 Comments

Porto Cervo , under the municipality of Arzachena, 31 Km far and 35 minutes by car from Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites , is the main centre of Costa Smeralda . Till the sixties...