Blog
Dolmen, Menhir & Cromlech
Categories Nature & Landscape History & Culture Tags: nature & landscape history & culture 0 Comments
A few years ago in England, 13 kms far from Salisbury, I was fascinated observing Stonehenge, supposed to represent an "ancient astronomical observatory" consisting of megaliths. Stonehenge is undou...
Read MoreTiscali's Nuragic Village
Categories Nature & Landscape Hiking & Trekking Experiences & Activities 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 ...
Read MoreWas Christophers Columbus Sardinian?
Categories Personalities History & Culture Tags: personalities history & culture 0 Comments
I remember that Sister Anna Concetta, my elementary school teacher, always reminded us on October 12th of the discovery of America by Ligurian Christopher Columbus who, with his famous three caravel...
Read MoreSa Pompìa: The Unique Citrus Of Sardinia
Categories Nature & Landscape Food Tags: nature & landscape food 0 Comments
In mid-November the Competition for 2019 Best Panettone in the World took place in Rome, meaning that the panettone is now belonging not only to Milan's history and tradi...
Read MoreChristmas & New Year's Eve In Sardinia
Categories Traditions & Folklore History & Culture Tags: traditions & folklore history & culture 0 Comments
Christmas and New Year's holidays in Sardinia have always been the Family's reunion quality time, being many relatives often away from home because of their jobs: a beautiful occasion to finall...
Read MoreThe Arbustus
Categories Traditions & Folklore Nature & Landscape History & Culture Food Tags: traditions & folklore nature & landscape history & culture food 0 Comments
While most of us know that the Arbutus is an evergreen sapling, typical of the Mediterranean scrub in Sardinia, perhaps not everyone knows that during the Italian Risorgimento it was one o...
Read MoreBeer In Sardinia
Categories Food Arts & Artisans Tags: food arts & artisans 0 Comments
A nice glass of cold beer on a sunny day and you'll feel it down your throat, taking away the dryness and switching it into a delicious and thirst-quenching bitterish taste! " For a quart of Ale is ...
Read MoreMother Of The Murdered: The Sardinian Piety
Categories Personalities History & Culture Tags: personalities history & culture 0 Comments
I n an extensive area of central-eastern Sardinia, rich in splendid mountains with steep walls, deep ravines, caves and caverns, where archaeological research is bringing to light the remains of the ...
Read MoreThe Precious Wines Of Sardinia
Categories Nature & Landscape History & Culture Food Experiences & Activities 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 h...
Read MoreSu Zinzulu: The Jujube
Categories Nature & Landscape Food Tags: nature & landscape food 0 Comments
The vegetation in Sardinia is mainly formed by the Mediterranean scrub which includes holm oak, cork, phillyrea, arbutus and some species of juniper (high scrub), and the lentisk, the heather, the s...
Read More