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Inland Gallura: history and tradition one step away from the Costa Smeralda

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The experience

La Gallura, regione nord-orientale dell’isola, è oggi famosa soprattutto per la Costa Smeralda, nata negli anni ’60 come luogo di villeggiatura per i più importanti esponenti del jet-set mondiale.
Pochi sanno che la Gallura è una terra ancestrale, con alcuni dei più importanti siti archeologici nuragici, in particolare il nuraghe la Prisgiona e la Tomba dei Giganti di Coddu Ecchiu, risalenti all’ Età del Bronzo.

 

Grazie a questo percorso potrai scoprire e toccare con mano le tradizioni di questa terra:

  • La sua tradizione pastorale che ha plasmato il paesaggio e la cultura;
  • L’arte della tessitura, da secoli praticata in molti paesi;
  • La cucina tradizionale, con i suoi piatti tipici come la zuppa gallurese;
  • L’antica storia della Sardegna con i suoi siti nuragici e gli olivastri millenari.

In a few words

Tastings
Archaeological sites
Weaving workshop
Museums
Cooking class

Tour

Olbia

A visit to one of Gallura’s most renowned wineries, famous for its DOCG vermentino.
Here we will visit the winery and learn about the different stages of winemaking, before moving to the vineyards for a wine tasting with picnic among the vines.

San Pantaleo

A visit to San Pantaleo, a small village famous for its art galleries and craft workshops: here you will meet local artisans and learn more about their work.
At the end of the day there is some free time in the village, to relax walking through its alleys and breathe in the atmosphere of this small village located in the mountains behind the famous Costa Smeralda and surrounded by the unique shapes of granite blocks shaped by time and wind.

Cooking class and lunch

Cooking class in a typical Gallura farmhouse, during which you will learn how to prepare Gallura soup, a traditional dish of this area of Sardinia.
Here you can also visit a typical stazzo, a traditional Gallura dwelling, and learn about its main features.
Typical lunch at farmhouse

Nuraghe and tomb of the giants

Guided tour of two of Gallura’s most important nuragic sites: the nuraghe la Prisgiona and the Tomb of the Giants of Coddu Ecchiu

Luras

Guided tour of the thousand-year-old olive trees of Luras, one of which, named “The Patriarch”, is considered one of the longest-lived trees in the world, at 4000 years old.

Aggius

After a lunch in a typical restaurant in the center of town, a guided tour of the village of Aggius, a quaint inland Gallura town, characterized by its granite historic center and famous for the art of weaving.
After a guided tour of the village, you will visit the MEOC, one of the most important ethnographic museums on the island, where you will also attend a workshop on wool weaving and dyeing.

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