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The Green Horses: Legends From Monteleone Rocca Doria
Categories Traditions & Folklore Nature & Landscape Tags: traditions & folklore nature & landscape 0 Comments
" Sos Caddos Birdes ", the legendary green horses, and unfortunately nowadays extinct, smaller than the little horses of the Giara's plateau & its wild horses originate many bivalen...
Read More7 Sardinian Handicraft Products You Should Know
Categories Traditions & Folklore Nature & Landscape Experiences & Activities Arts & Artisans Tags: traditions & folklore nature & landscape experiences & activities arts & artisans 0 Comments
Sardinia is a land able to charm thanks to the versatility of the territory and of the millennial culture. Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites aims to let these multiple wonderful aspects of the S...
Read MoreDomus De Janas Of Malghesi: A Fairy House
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An hour's drive from the Gabbiano Azzurro Hotel & Suites , we arrive at an enchanted place near Oschiri town: " Oh my, this is the Hobbits land! " I tell myself. And I recall the stor...
Read MorePinna Nobilis Or Noble Pen Shell
Categories Sealife & Watersports Nature & Landscape Tags: sealife & watersports nature & landscape 0 Comments
The Pinna Nobilis , commonly known as Noble Pen Shell or Fan Mussel , is one of the largest bivalve molluscs living in muddy bottoms, with the toe of the shell firmly planted in the sand thr...
Read MoreSardinia: Not Only Sun, Salt and Sea
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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...
Read MoreDolmen, Menhir & Cromlech
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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 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 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 MoreThe Precious Wines Of Sardinia
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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...
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