Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Getting There & Around
From the bus station on Via Cagliari buses leave for the following destinations.
TO
FARE (€)
DURATION (HR)
FREQUENCY
Cagliari
7
1½
2 daily
Nuoro
7
2½
6 daily
Santa Giusta
1.20
¼
half-hourly
Sassari
8-10
2
3 daily
The main train station is in Piazza Ungheria, east of the town centre. Up to 15 daily
trains run between Oristano and Cagliari (€6, one to two hours).
City buses on the
azzurra
(blue) line run from Via Cagliari to the beach at Marina di
Torregrande (€1.20, 20 minutes).
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Barumini & Around
In the heart of voluptuous green countryside near Barumini, the
Nuraghe Su Nuraxi
(
www.nuraghi.org
;
adult/reduced €10/6.50; 9am-7pm summer, to 4pm winter)
is Sardinia's sole
World Heritage Site and the island's most visited
nuraghi
(stone tower). The focal point is
the tower dating from 1500 BC, which originally stood on its own but was later incorpor-
ated into a fortified compound. The first village buildings were erected in the Iron Age,
and it's these that constitute the beehive of circular interlocking buildings that spread
across the grass.
Five kilometres west of Barumini, the village of
Tuili
is a gateway to
La Giara di Gesturi
,
a high basalt plateau famous for its population of wild
cavallini
(literally 'minihorses').
These are most likely to be seen beside shallow
pauli
(seasonal lakes) at daybreak or
dusk.
To the east, it's a 25km drive to the village of Serri and the
Santuario Santa Vittoria di
Serri
(Serri; adult/concession €4/3;
9am-1pm & 3-7pm)
, the most extensive
nuraghic
settle-
ment unearthed in Sardinia.
Three weekday buses run from Cagliari to Barumini (€5, 1½ hours); otherwise, you'll
need your own transport.
