Letsgotosardinia

10/09/2024

🏛️ In Sardinia, there is a museum that houses unique menhirs, with few equals worldwide. Carved with enigmatic symbols, such as trident figures, these menhirs are interpreted as stylized, upside-down human figures, thought to represent the passage into the afterlife. ☠️
While most scholars agree on the meaning of the upside-down men, the elements depicted at the base of the menhirs are more challenging to interpret.
Some believe the carvings represent a double dagger, while others associate them with a symbol of the female ge***al organ, a motif dating back to the Paleolithic era. 🌷
According to this theory, man returns to Mother Earth through the maternal womb 👶🌍, a concept of primitive yet profound sacred regeneration, also represented in the domus de janas and the tombs of the giants. In this form of pre-Nuragic art, the statue-menhirs may have been dedicated to a tribal chief 🗿, a brave warrior who died in battle 🛡️, or represented a funerary deity guarding the tombs. 👻
In all cases, and especially in the creation of statue-menhirs, it is evident that the cult of the dead and reverence for ancestors 👴👵 held immense significance for ancient pop**ations. 🌄
Do you know the name of the museum?

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12/07/2024

🗡 The gamma-shaped hilt daggers depicted in the pictures were found in the hypogeic temple of Su Benatzu, Santadi.
🐂 Belonging to the early Iron Age, these daggers were widespread among the Nuragic clans in Sardinia and were used for animal sacrifices.
🧐 The name derives from the inverted gamma-shaped handle, which provided practical advantages in terms of grip and control.
🏦 They are now displayed at the National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari.

Letsgotosardinia, a trip through the inexhaustible beauty of Sardinia. ✨
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11/04/2024

Handles, blades, anvils, furnaces, and sharpeners are just some of the objects that make up the Sardinian Knife Museum in Arbus. Mr. Paolo, a third-generation artisan and master knife maker, warmly welcomes visitors to his workshop and museum.

Here, he passionately shares the intricate process of crafting the Arburesa, a pocket knife featuring a robust stainless steel blade and a handles crafted from ram horn.

The Arburesa is the brand created by Paolo Pusceddu, who seeks to revive the ancient-shaped blades typical of the Arbus area, originally used by hunters for skinning animals.
Divided into four rooms, the museum showcases artifacts scrupulously collected by Paolo over years of dedicated research and through exchange.

Among the treasures, visitors can admire a hundred antique knives, each holding significant historical value. Notable pieces include the 'Sardinian leppa' or 'buschesa,' issued to the regular troops of the Judicate of Arborea, as well as collectible knives adorned with horn handles intricately carved into shapes resembling deer, wild boar, and other native Sardinian fauna.

A highlight of the museum is the recreation of the Ancient Blacksmith's Workshop, 'su Ferreri,' with old and original tools from the last century.
Visitors can marvel at the bellows, flywheel drill, pedal grindstone, and ancient anvil, all meticulously preserved to offer a glimpse into the craftsmanship of bygone eras.

And if that's not impressive enough, visitors can also lay eyes on the heaviest knife in the world, immortalized in the Guinness World Records since 2001.

Letsgotosardinia, a trip through the inexhaustible beauty of Sardinia. ✨

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13/09/2023

🤠 Cart Ruts, also known as Track Ruts, are parallel and criss-crossed tracks carved into the rock.
They vary in depth and width and are likely the result of erosion caused by wooden-wheeled carts.

To date, the age and purpose of these tracks remain unclear, despite many hypotheses.

Several researchers have suggested that these tracks were primarily used to transport stones from quarries. 🛻

Other attribute religious significance to them, pointing to their proximity to burial sites and sacred areas, as seen in the pictures. These tracks can be found within the domus de janas necropolis of Su Crocifissu Mannu in Porto Torres, northern Sardinia. ⬆️

🔭 It also has been theorized that these lines could serve as an astronomical calendar, similar to the cart ruts found in Malta, which are aligned with the directions of the winter solstice and equinox sunset.

Regardless of their purpose, these tracks represent a puzzling and mysterious legacy of the ancient Sardinian pop**ation and are well worth visiting.

Letsgotosardinia, a trip through the inexhaustible beauty of Sardinia. ✨

07/04/2023

In the pictures, a few beaches in southern Sardinia…
…Because no visit to Sardinia would be complete without enjoying its sea! 💦💙✨

08/03/2023

The bluetiful and quiet bay enclosed between Punta Giglio and Capo Caccia in Alghero.

Take me there, NOW!

14/02/2023

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❤️ "Cagliari è la città dell'amore; non v'è fanciulla che dal suo balcone non parli con l'innamorato".

✍️ Così il capoluogo sardo fu definito da Grazia Deledda, che soggiornò in città tra il 1899 e il 1900 dedicandosi all'attività del giornalismo. Durante la sua permanenza, la grande scrittrice nuorese ebbe l'occasione di conoscere e innamorarsi di Palmiro Madesani, suo futuro marito.

💍 La Città del Sole si candida a diventare una delle mete predilette per celebrare i matrimoni e le unioni civili, grazie agli splendidi luoghi che possiede capaci di radunare insieme storia, cultura, natura e paesaggi mozzafiato.

📍 Sono ben undici "i posti del cuore" dove tutti coloro che lo desiderano potranno scambiarsi le promesse di eterna e felice unione. Oltre a quelle istituzionali del Palazzo Civico di via Roma e della Municipalità di Pirri, si potranno scegliere ulteriori location.

🌊 Dall'amata spiaggia del Poetto (con ben 11 postazioni) all'antica fortezza del Castello di San Michele, dalla terrazza panoramica del Bastione di Saint Remy all'ex Palazzo di Città, dal Lazzaretto di Sant'Elia fino ad arrivare alle magnifiche cornici verdi del Parco dell'ex Vetreria e dei Giardini Pubblici.

Per maggiori dettagli ➡️ bit.ly/CagliariWD

16/12/2022

Water and food sharing at the Giara Plateau. ✨

26/11/2022

Stufi delle solite code nei paesi dove si svolgono le Cortes Apertas? 🙃

🤩 Desiderate immergervi nella cultura locale procedendo con calma e lentamente in modo da cogliere ogni straordinario particolare dell’ambiente circostante? ✨

📌 Ebbene, il 10 e l’11 DICEMBRE ad ARITZO 🌰 ci sarà la manifestazione Sardinia Experiences: Antichi Saperi e Sapori, un nuovo format di turismo esperienziale in cui sarete voi i protagonisti!

Sarete voi a impastare, stendere e a modellare la pasta 🥟, voi a fare la carapigna, voi a incollarvi le mani di torrone fresco.

2 giorni per apprendere i Saperi e gustare i Sapori autentici di uno dei borghi pulsanti e più noti della Barbagia di Belvì. ✨

2 giorni coronati da visite presso i musei del paese e trekking nella suggestiva natura circostante. 🌲

👉🏽 PROGRAMMA COMPLETO

⏰ 10 Dicembre 2022

ore 9:00 ► Ritrovo presso Casa di Nonna

ore 10:00 ► Esperienza naturalistico storico museale: Trekking “Sulla via delle Bruxas” (visita del borgo, dei 4 musei e del tacco monumentale naturale Texile)

Pranzo: pack lunch a base di prodotti tipici locali

ore 15:00 ► Attività Esperienziali:
- Esperienza gastronomica: Laboratorio de “Su Turroni”
- Esperienza Natalizio tradizionale: Realizzazione del Presepe Rionale
- Esperienza Artigianale: Laboratorio dell’intaglio su legno

ore 20-20.30 ► Degustazione a base di prodotti locali presso tipica casa barbaricina

⏰ 11 Dicembre 2022

ore 9:00 ► Ritrovo presso Segreteria Organizzativa

ore 9:15 – 17 ► Esperienze gastronomiche:
- Laboratorio dei seguenti prodotti tipici locali: pasta fresca, pane, salumi
- Preparazione del dolce tradizionale di Aritzo “Sa Carapigna”
- Realizzazione del “Pranzo in Famiglia” a base di prodotti tipici locali

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🫰🏽 PREZZO della 2-GIORNI comprensivo di pernottamento e trasporto da Cagliari su una base di 6 partecipanti:

€245,00 a persona

Il costo include i seguenti servizi:
- Pernottamento in camera doppia/matrimoniale e colazione presso l’hotel La Capannina di Aritzo o similare
- Attività esperienziali come da programma ⤴️, inclusi:
*pranzo al sacco e degustazioni di prodotti locali nella giornata del 10 dicembre
*pranzo in famiglia nella giornata dell’11 dicembre
- Servizio transfer andata e ritorno da Cagliari

Il costo del supplemento in camera singola è di €30 (totale €275,00)

🫰🏽 PREZZO della 2-GIORNI comprensivo di pernottamento:

€165,00 a persona

Il costo include i seguenti servizi:
- Pernottamento in camera doppia/matrimoniale e colazione presso l’hotel La Capannina di Aritzo o similare
- Attività esperienziali come da programma ⤴️, inclusi:
*pranzo al sacco e degustazioni di prodotti locali nella giornata del 10 dicembre
*pranzo in famiglia nella giornata dell’11 dicembre

Il costo del supplemento in camera singola è di €30 (totale €195,00)

👉🏽 Prenota la tua 2-giorni ora!

✍🏽 Scrivi a [email protected] o chiama o scrivi al 389 0190 723 per prenotare o avere maggiori informazioni. ✨

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16/11/2022

Is everything alright down there, Miss? 🐂

16/06/2022

📍 Art installations, churches and historical buildings.
These are only some of the attractions you can come across when strolling through the medieval quarter of Castello in Cagliari.
Not all streets are wide enough for vehicles to circulate, and one in particular, due to the presence of plant and flower vases on either side of the passageway, can be challenging even for pedestrians: its name – Via Stretta (Narrow Street) – and picture, leaves no doubt about its width.
But, how lovely it is! 😍

27/05/2022

Guardians of our thousand-years past. 🐂

17/05/2022

MAMOIADA & CO.

🎭 Did you know that, during Carnival, besides Mamuthones and Issohadores from Mamoiada, other symbolic figures feature in the dances and celebrations?

👺 Boes and Merdules and Su Bundhu, for example, are the typical Carnival costumes respectively from the villages of Ottana and Orani, both located in the Barbagia region.

🧑‍🌾 They also perform mysterious rituals and propitiatory dances and have achieved fame as symbols of Europe’s lost peasant and pagan heritage.

🛫 Are you planning a winter getaway to Sardinia? Feel free to contact us at [email protected] and we will customize an itinerary for you.

Letsgotosardinia, a trip through the inexhaustible beauty of Sardinia. ✨

03/05/2022

Who says skirts are only worn by women? 🤔
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Sardinia dress code at the Feast of St. EFISIO ✨

Learn more at
🌐 https://www.letsgotosardinia.eu/en/events/feast-of-santefisio/

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Letsgotosardinia

24/03/2022

🌈 A stylized dance scene depicted in a bright tapestry.

Traditional weaving and dance have always played a central role in the life of the Sardinian people.

Since prehistoric times they have woven to protect themselves from cold, to meet the needs of the household, but also to embellish their houses and clothes.

At the same time, social dances have been a celebrated cultural tradition in Sardinia, marking the most important moments of community life during ceremonies and rituals. 💃🕺

Letsgotosardinia, a trip through the inexhaustible beauty of Sardinia. ✨

🌐 www.letsgotosardinia.eu

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16/03/2022

👩 During our SULCIS TOUR, we will meet CHIARA VIGO, the last master of the BYSSUS, the sea silk secreted by the mollusk pinna nobilis.

In her workshop and museum, we will appreciate the textile crafts she makes and attend the rites that accompany the various phases necessary to get the byssus ready to be worked. 🕸

The beautiful art of handcrafting sea silk carried out by CHIARA will be definitely one of the most memorable experiences of this tour. ✨

📆 MAY 25 - 29, 2022

To join the tour or learn more, tap the following link: https://cutt.ly/9Sec6le

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Museo del Bisso di Chiara Vigo

11/03/2022

👩🏻‍🦳 The artist MARIA LAI, a follower of the Arte Povera movement, moved from sculpture to textile art.

📖 Playing with wires and books, stones and bread, she has translated the archaic symbols and legends from Sardinian civilization into the languages of contemporary art, creating complex and poetic works.

🎗️ In her work, Legarsi alla Montagna (“binding to the mountain”), she not only created relational art, linked and connected with the environment, but left a message of hope that men would end the deadly feuds that plagued Sardinia.

🏛️ The Stazione dell’Arte, the museum that shows her works, will be one of the attractions included in our EARTH TOUR taking place JUNE 7 - 12, 2022.

🛫 To join the tour or learn more, tap the following link: https://cutt.ly/vAL5sMK

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Fondazione Stazione dell'arte Ulassai

04/03/2022

🧑🏼‍🎨 Located at the foot of the beautiful Supramonte plateau, what makes the village of Orgosolo well-known is its distinctive political and illustrative murals that depict the problems of the world.

Other murals carry mocking themes, such as one about Leonardo's famous Mona Lisa portrayed in the traditional dress worn by the women of Orgosolo.

👍🏼 All of them are, in general, worthy of remark, you only have to choose which is the most inspiring for you.

Orgosolo is an essential stop-over when in the Barbagia region so much so that we have included it in two of our tours. ⤵️

🌺 https://www.letsgotosardinia.eu/en/tour/weekend-break-in-barbagia/ 23-26 APRIL, 2022

🍁 https://www.letsgotosardinia.eu/en/tour/sardinia-round-tour/ 14-22 SEPTEMBER, 2022

Have a look at them and if you have any questions let us know! 🤗

📲 +39 389 0190 723
📧 [email protected]

Letsgotosardinia, a trip through the inexhaustible beauty of Sardinia. 💛

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26/02/2022

A knight just hooked the star at the SARTIGLIA an equestrian race that is held in Oristano every year on Mardi Gras and the last Sunday of Carnival. 🎭

The pandemic impacted the race last year forcing the organizers to call off the event which normally is attended by thousands of people.

It would be devastating to cancel it for the second year in a row but safety has to come first. ☝️

Thus, due to ongoing uncertainty and Covid-19 risk, for this year the organizers have prepared a reduced version of the Sartiglia that will only feature the Vestizione (knighting) of and the knights' parade. 🏇

It will not take place in the way that we intend but we are comforted since we have the chance to glimpse as to how the traditional celebration looks like. ✨

Letsgotosardinia, a trip through the inexhaustible beauty of Sardinia. 💛

👉 Learn more at www.letsgotosardinia.eu/en/events/sartiglia/

Sartiglia
📸 Riccardo Melas

22/02/2022

ONCE WERE WARRIORS 🗿✨

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14/02/2022

🌀 Concentric circles embellish the surface of a 5,000-year-old slab of stone found in the village of Mamoiada, in the province of Nuoro.

These arcane symbols have been at the centre of the most primitive cults spread anywhere in the world during the Neolithic.

Although the people who carved the rock didn’t leave behind any writings to explain their purpose, it appears reasonable to believe that the engravings, reflecting astronomical phenomena, were associated with cults oriented towards fertility and nature’s cycles, in which the changing seasons came into play. 🌻

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08/02/2022

🏺 A ceramic pottery adorned with geometrical patterns dating to the 4th millennium BCE.

🤠 It was discovered inside the St. Michele Cave that it is thought to have been where the Ozieri Culture originally developed among the ancient pop**ation of Sardinia.

🏛️ Find it with us at the National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari in one of the following tours:

https://www.letsgotosardinia.eu/en/tour/sulcis-tour/ ➡️ 25 - 29 MAY, 2022 🌷

https://www.letsgotosardinia.eu/en/tour/the-earth-tour/ ➡️ 7 - 12 JUNE, 2022 ☀️

https://www.letsgotosardinia.eu/en/tour/sardinia-round-tour/ ➡️ 14 - 22 SEPTEMBER, 2022 🍁

Letsgotosardinia, a trip through the inexhaustible beauty of Sardinia. ✨

01/02/2022

Looking unstable at the Torre del Giunco. 💙

28/01/2022

🤓 Michael Hoskin, historian and lecturer at Churchill College, Cambridge, defined NURAGHI as the most sophisticated dry stone monuments on earth.

One in particular, due to its size and its perfect geometry, provides a clear example.

Defined as the House of the King, the SANTU ANTINE Nuraghe is truly a masterpiece of the Nuragic civilization.

☘️ A three-lobed nuraghe consisting of a wall of three towers and a central mastio, which initially rose between 22 and 24 meters, during the Bronze Age the mastio was the third tallest structure in the Mediterranean, after only the Pyramids of Giza and the Nuraghe Arrubiu in Orroli.

👉 Visit it with us on our Sardinia Round Tour in SEPTEMBER 2022

🌐 Click the direct link below for details: https://www.letsgotosardinia.eu/en/tour/sardinia-round-tour/

Letsgotosardinia, a trip through the inexhaustible beauty of Sardinia. ✨

21/01/2022

📌 NURAGHE OROLO

Praying for the sun to come out at the winter solstice (2019).