Places in Nurachi, Sardinia
History, sport, nature and folklore. That's what you will find in the west coast area from Penisola del Sinis to the town of Arborea. By visiting this area you will discover one of the most beautiful and important marine reserve in Italy.Less popular than the Park of Asinara or the National Park of Maddalena, within the Penisola del Sinis and the satellite island of Mal di Ventre is a marvellous sea park whose marsh landscape alone represent 2/3 of the Italian protected wetlands.
It is a perfect place for bird watchers, excursions and even sunbathing at Putzu Idu, S'arena Scoada or Sa Mesa Longa, although the most beautiful beach of the area is indeed Is Arutas, known by locals as 'the beach of the rice grains' because of the fine, smooth and bright quartz grains.
Collecting the quartz grains is prohibited by law. All around this area, lagoons and ponds characterize the landscape. In places like the salt mine of Putsu Idu, the pond of Marceddì or the saltpan of Porcus, bird watchers will be able to take great pictures of many protected species.
The biggest attraction are surely the pink flamingos that come in thousands in May. The nearby Monte Arci is home of another regional reserve, well known since prehistoric time, for the great abundance of obsidian stone.
You can literally walk on dark carpet of this mineral but you'll be careful because this stone can be sharp-edged like a razor. The columns of Tharros are the typical subject that cannot be missing in your pictures.
This famous historical settlement founded in the 8th century BC by Punics, and later conquered by Romans, is located near San Giovanni Sinis on a thin strip of land stretching out into the sea. Here you can also encounter some Baraccas, a typical fishermen hut.
Completely made with local materials, the frame is build with trunks and logs and the roofs are padded with overlapping layers of sedge. Sedge is a local marsh plant also used by locals to build their typical boats called Is fassonis, some still in use with fishermen.
Places near Nurachi
- 2 km Riola Sardo 324
- 3 km Baratili San Pietro 391
- 5 km Cabras 463
- 5 km Zeddiani 405
- 7 km San Vero Milis 276
- 8 km Torregrande 440
- 9 km Siamaggiore 400
- 9 km Narbolia 148
- 9 km Oristano 391
- 10 km Penisola del Sinis 327
Points of interest near Nurachi
Monuments
- 5 km Oru Simbale 478
- 5 km Francisca Perra 311
- 9 km Torre di Mariano II 397
- 9 km Statua di Eleonora d'Arborea 388
- 9 km Torre di Portixedda 394
Nuraghe
- 6 km Nuraghe Goau 419
- 6 km Nuraghe Errai 420
- 6 km Nuraghe Civas 388
- 6 km Nuraghe s'Urachi 256
- 7 km Nuraghe Tradori 180
- 8 km Nuraghe Canevadosu 346
Museums and Libraries
- 6 km Museo Civico Archeologico 448
- 9 km Pinacoteca Comunale 391
- 9 km Antiquarium Arborense 393
Ports
- 9 km Porto turistico Sa Mardini 410
Hospitals
- 9 km Casa di Cura Madonna del Rimedio 380
Churches
- 9 km Chiesa di Santa Chiara 394
Airports
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