Places in Monserrato, Sardinia
Monserrato is a municipality located about 05 km northeast of Cagliari, the capital city of the island. Being the main town, Cagliari has become a centre of gravity for many villages of the area. Cagliari is set in a favourable position in the middle of a huge natural harbour boasting 8 Km of white sandy waterfront, called Poetto, enlivened by cafes and lounges and providing well equipped areas and facilities to hundreds of beach and water sport lovers.The waterfront beauty and uniqueness is enhanced by the surrounding Molentargius lagoon and saltpans, residence of thousands, flourishing pink flamingos and water birds nesting and breeding in a safeguarded and protected marine environment.
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. Sofas and cafes, music and cocktails are the setting for every night entertainment and enjoyment and a perfect location for tourists to mingle with the friendly, suntanned and fashionable local people.
Easy to explore over a week-end, its blend of narrow streets and boulevards are lined up with 14th and 15th century buildings where churches alternate with old cafes and designer's shops. Within a short distance, the Archaeological Museum opens into an unimaginable past of the island with thousands of findings ranging from 6000 BC until 800 A.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 Monserrato
- 2 km Selargius 1934
- 3 km Quartucciu 1933
- 4 km Quartu Sant'Elena 1974
- 5 km Cagliari 1876
- 5 km Settimo San Pietro 1717
- 7 km Sestu 1455
- 7 km Sinnai 1579
- 8 km Elmas 1559
- 8 km Maracalagonis 1453
- 11 km Soleminis 124
Points of interest near Monserrato
Museums and Libraries
- 0.9 km Museo delle Ferrovie 1889
- 3 km Museo di Antropologia ed Etnografia 1870
- 4 km Museo di Mineralogia e Museo Sardo di Geologia e Paleontologia Domenico Lovisato 1902
- 4 km Casa Museo sa Dom'e Farra 2000
Stations
- 1 km Monserrato 1896
Churches
- 2 km Centro Don Orione 1961
- 4 km Chiesa di Sant'Elena 1970
- 4 km Chiesa di Santa Maria di Coepola 1966
- 4 km Chiesa di Sant'Efisio 1979
Hospitals
- 2 km INRCA 1874
- 3 km Presidio Ospedaliero Armando Businco 1870
- 3 km Presidio Ospedaliero Microcitemico 1870
- 3 km Azienda Ospedaliera Giuseppe Brotzu 1854
- 3 km Casa di Cura Polispecialistica Sant'Elena 1957
- 4 km Casa di Cura Villa Elena 1893
Monuments
- 3 km Croce Gotica 1965
- 4 km Stagno di Molentargius 1910
Airports
Places in Sardinia
Cagliari
Oristano
Olbia
Sassari
Alghero
Villasimius
Pula
Porto Cervo
Orosei
Arbatax
Chia
Carloforte
Buggerru
Costa Rei
Cala Gonone
Fonni
Orroli
La Caletta
San Teodoro
Castelsardo
Santa Teresa Gallura
Bosa
Berchidda
Aritzo
Lanusei
Bari Sardo
Tertenia
Nuoro
Muravera
Barumini
Badesi
Santu Lussurgiu
Stintino
Porto Torres
Ozieri
Macomer
Senorbì
Villacidro
Porto Pino