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| Santuario di Bonario, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. |
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| View from above the city from Mount Urpino |
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| View from above the city. |
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| A third view from above Cagliari, Sardinia. |
Ancient Ruins of Barumini 5.5 hours 8:00 - 1:30 .
Sardinia’s Archaelogical Wonders. Visited an ancient fortress site dating back to the 15th century BC among the hills of Sardinia. Took a scenic drive and passed the church of Santuario di Bonario. Photo stop at the top of Monte Urpino, a park with views of Cagliari. At Barumini, visited the Su Nuraxi fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built during the Bronze Age and discovered in the 1950’s. The fortress has four corner towers surrounding a central one. Some towers are up to 60 feet in height. “Nuraghi” is a unique defensive system found nowhere else in the world. Passed rustic, agricultural landscapes of Sardinia during the return drive to our ship.
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| Cagliari |
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| This was the pilot arriving this morning to bring us through the narrow opening. |
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| Our ship had to pass through this opening and then did a 180 and backed into our docking spot. |
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| Sunrise in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. |
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| Cagliari |
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| Salt ponds are too polluted to still produce salt. The specks in the water are flamingos. |
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| Cagliari. |
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| Sheep grazing near Barumini. There are more sheep on the island of Sardinia than there are people. I saw a black sheep and some lambs in among all the white sheep. |
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| Google this for more information. Quite fascinating. |
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| Sheep near Barumini. |
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| We climbed stairways and rock paths to get to the opening. Then we walked through a narrow passageway and descended to an interior courtyard. After that we entered and learned about several chambers. |
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| This is a look from above at the area where we arrived after we walked through a narrow passageway and descended the stone stairway. We entered some of the five chambers off this open courtyard. |
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| We had to walk through a narrow passage and climb down a stone stairway similar to this to get to the inside courtyard. |
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| Looking at the top of one of the chambers. |
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| Inside the ruins. The openings on the bottom were for food storage. The upper openings may have been connecting tunnels. |
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| This was a wall of the interior courtyard. |
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| Inside the ruins. |
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| This collection of rocks was a series of circles which were the bases of the houses. |
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| I saw the bases today. These frames were covered with leaves/vegetation to make the top. |
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| As you will be able to tell by the number of photos, I found this site very interesting. It also helps that the Wifi connection is quite strong at this time. Lucky me. |
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| Foundations surround the conical towers. |
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| Flamingos in a former salt pond. |
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| Flamingos in a former salt pond. |
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| Passed a lot of pretty countryside on the way to Barumini. |
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| Castle ruins on the top of the hill. |
Hello! Hope that all is well and that you enjoy the last week of your adventure! I can’t believe that it is almost over! Looking forward to seeing you both! Let me know the details of your flight when you can so, I can plan... TY DP
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