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Cabras and Tharros. You'll get abundant antipasti,
primo
(first course),
secondo
(second
course), desserts and wine in the fixed-price menus, and the freshest fish you're likely to
taste on the island.
Just beyond the turn-off for the village, the excellent
Agriturismo Su Pranu
( 0783 39 25
61;
www.agriturismosupranu.com
;
half-board per person €55-65; )
is a genuine working farm of-
fering six bright guestrooms and superb home-grown food.
In July and August, there are five daily buses for San Giovanni in Sinis from Oristano
(€2, 35 minutes).
Cabras
POP 9169
This straggling lagoon town is really only worth stopping at for the
Museo Civico
(
www.penisoladelsinis.it
; Via Tharros 121; adult/reduced €4/3, incl Tharros €7/4; 9am-1pm & 4-8pm
summer, 9am-1pm & 3-7pm winter)
at the southern end of the town. It houses finds from the
prehistoric site of
Cuccuru Is Arrius
, 3km to the southwest, and Tharros. Buses run every
20 minutes or so from Oristano (€1.50, 15 minutes).
Riola Sardo
POP 2146
The single main reason to stop off at this otherwise nondescript town is to stay at the won-
derful
Hotel Lucrezia.
( 0783 41 20 78;
www.hotellucrezia.it
; Via Roma 14a; s €104-114, d €129-169
; )
Housed in an ancient family
cortile
(courtyard house), the luxuriously rustic
rooms surround an inner courtyard complete with a wisteria-draped pergola and fig and
citrus trees. Free bikes are provided, and the welcoming staff regularly organise cooking,
painting and wine-tasting courses.
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North Oristano Coast
North of the Sinis Peninsula, there are some superb beaches in and around the popular re-
sort of
Santa Caterina di Pittinuri
. These include
Spiaggia dell'Arco
at
S'Archittu
, and further
south,
Is Arenas
, one of the longest beaches in the area. Nearby,
Camping Is Arenas
(
0783
