The notebook of Costa Verde et Iglesiente
Seek the most beautiful shades of blue.
Wild Sardinian west coast, with dunes, mines, cliffs, long beaches and villages in the mining hinterland.
At your own pace
Identity summary
3 to 6 days
Spring · Summer · Autumn
Recommended car
Coast · Nature · Heritage
Variable accessibility
Modular rhythm
General presentation
Costa Verde et Iglesiente
Wild Sardinian west coast, with dunes, mines, cliffs, long beaches and villages in the mining hinterland.
To understand what Costa Verde and Iglesiente are, look at Dunes de Piscinas, Arbus and Montevecchio. These places give you the opportunity to see a territory marked by the coastline, natural spaces and heritage and allow you to move from emblematic sites to more intimate stages.
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For a stay of 3 to 6 days, it is better to balance visits and travel times. Also to be anticipated: sea sometimes strong and dispersed services. A car is usually the easiest way to connect different sectors. Accessibility varies from site to site and deserves to be checked step by step.
Strengths and constraints
Strengths
- Dunes of Piscinas
- Arbus
- Montevecchio
- Buggerru
- Pan di Zucchero
Before you choose
- Essential car
- Sea sometimes strong
- Dispersed services
Places worth visiting
A selection to start dreaming and organizing the stay — not an exhaustive list of everything there is to see.
World Heritage
Su Nuraxi
Su Nuraxi, in Barumini, is the most famous nerve complex in Sardinia, consisting of a central tower, bastions and a dry stone village. The narrow passages, the internal staircases and the thick walls make the singularity of this island civilization feel very different from the ancient and more familiar Mediterranean sites.
Nature
Dunes de Piscinas
At the dunes of Piscinas, the sand progresses in high golden waves to the sea, with tufts of vegetation and traces of wind on the ridges. Access takes time, but the reward lies in this rare impression in Sardinia: a vast, mineral, almost deserted beach, open on the Costa Verde.
Place
Arbus
Arbus offers a dense local face, made of streets, modest architecture and a simple lifestyle movement that avoids any tourist distance. The city reveals itself by taking the time to cross its center and then exit to its quieter edges, where the details of the daily talk as much as the buildings. A good doorway to feel the region.
Nature
Montevecchio
Montevecchio keeps the powerful traces of the former Sardinian mining basin: laundries, management buildings, workers' houses and roads hanging from the hills. The place is affected by this mixture of maquis, rusty metal and abandoned facades, with a harsher than picturesque atmosphere, particularly for those interested in industrial landscapes.
Practical tips
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