Places in Cagliari, Sardinia
The city piles up lofty and almost miniature, and makes me think of Jerusalem: without trees, without cover, rising rather bare and proud, remote as if back in history, like a town in a monkish, illuminated missal.
The city centre develops around and above the harbour area and a steep cobblestone path takes you to the old town called Castello, a medieval district on a rounded hilltop surrounded by a limestone wall. Tiny alleys and long flight steps open into wide terraces overlooking the city and the harbour below, with the imposing gulf right in the background.

D. Obese female statuettes, bronze warriors and animals from the Middle and Late Neolithic, funerary urns, tools, artefacts and vases, from the dominations of Punic and Phoenician, from the Romans and ultimately the Byzantines. Before leaving the city centre, a visit to the fish market of San Benedetto is a true must. Open to the public and the trade every morning except on Sundays, it is a striking place for its colours and its shouting vendors. They loudly sell a huge variety of fish tidily lined up in marble stalls with busy customers bargaining over fine tuna and lobsters. Not unusual to spot some very old woman making and selling fresh pasta right on spot! Cagliari city centre is a convenient starting point to some of the most enchanting beach locations of the area like Santa Margherita di Pula and Chia on the west and Villasimius and Costa Rei on the east, just to name a few.
Places near Cagliari
- 5 km Monserrato 881
- 6 km Selargius 890
- 6 km Quartu Sant'Elena 904
- 7 km Quartucciu 899
- 8 km Elmas 854
- 10 km Sestu 835
- 10 km Settimo San Pietro 871
- 12 km Sinnai 872
- 12 km Maracalagonis 890
- 13 km Assemini 796
Points of interest near Cagliari
Churches
- 0.1 km Chiesa di San Giovanni 746
- 0.1 km Cattedrale di Santa Maria 746
- 0.2 km Chiesa di San Giacomo 747
- 0.3 km Basilica di Santa Croce 746
- 0.4 km Chiesa di Santa Rosalia 745
- 0.4 km Chiesa e Cripta del Santo Sepolcro 744
Monuments
- 0.1 km Palazzo Regio 745
- 0.2 km Cripta e Chiostro di San Domenico 749
- 0.2 km Oratori delle Anime e del Santo Cristo 747
- 0.3 km Torre dell'Elefante 745
- 0.3 km Gabinetto delle Stampe Anna Marongiu Pernis 746
- 0.3 km Bastione di San Remy 745
Museums and Libraries
- 0.1 km Collezione del Duomo 746
- 0.3 km Collezione Sarda Luigi Piloni 745
- 0.4 km Pinacoteca Nazionale 749
- 0.4 km Centro Comunale d'Arte e Cultura Exmà 747
Airports