Places in Cabras, 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 Is 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 Cabras
- 3 km Torregrande 579
- 5 km Nurachi 600
- 6 km Oristano 520
- 7 km Riola Sardo 429
- 7 km Baratili San Pietro 516
- 9 km Santa Giusta 484
- 9 km Zeddiani 527
- 9 km Siamaggiore 525
- 10 km Penisola del Sinis 435
- 10 km Tharros 331
Points of interest near Cabras
Museums and Libraries
- 0.8 km Museo Civico Archeologico 590
- 6 km Pinacoteca Comunale 520
- 6 km Antiquarium Arborense 522
Ports
- 5 km Porto turistico Sa Mardini 546
Hospitals
- 6 km Casa di Cura Madonna del Rimedio 507
- 6 km Presidio Ospedaliero San Martino 494
Monuments
- 6 km Torre di Mariano II 526
- 6 km Statua di Eleonora d'Arborea 517
- 6 km Torre di Portixedda 523
- 7 km Oru Simbale 630
- 8 km Francisca Perra 425
Churches
- 6 km Cattedrale Chiesa di San Francesco 508
- 6 km Chiesa di Santa Chiara 523
Stations
- 7 km Oristano 503
Nuraghe
- 7 km Nuraghe Civas 519
- 8 km Nuraghe Canevadosu 460
- 8 km Nuraghe Suergiu 375
- 8 km Nuraghe Giovanni Nieddu 377
- 8 km Nuraghe Goau 550
Airports
Places in Sardinia
