Sardegna Escape

Sardegna Escape

Dates:

Group 1  –  29^th June – 2^nd July (29^th June – Public Holiday)

Group 2  – 7th – 10^th September (8^th  September – National Holiday)

Group 3  –  21^st  – 24^th  September (21^st  September – National Holiday)

Visiting:

Cagliari, Poetto, Monte Urpino, Carloforte and St. Antioco, Tharros, Oristano & Barumini

THURSDAY

We meet at the airport at 4.15 am for our Ryanair flight to Cagliari airport departing at 6.45 am and arriving at 8.05 am. We go on an optional half-day excursion to Cagliari, Poetto, and Monte Urpino. Cagliari is the capital city of the Italian Island of Sardegna and it’s known for the hilltop Castello, a medieval walled quarter situated high over the rest of the town. Architectural highlights include the 13th-century Cagliari Cathedral, and the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cagliari displays bronze objects and Roman ceramics. Then we head to Poetto, to take a nice walk along one of the largest city beaches in Europe. On the way back to the hotel, we will stop at the urban park of Monte Urpino.

FRIDAY

After breakfast today we join the leader for a full-day excursion and visit Carloforte and St. Antioco. Our coach will take us to Porto Vesme where we will board the ferry (included) that takes us to Carloforte a fishing and resort town located on Isola di San Pietro. Along the rocky coastline, one can find several caves, cliffs, and rock pools with a number of small beaches. According to a legend, a local church was founded in the early 14th century in honor of hundreds of participants in the so-called Children’s Crusade, who perished in a shipwreck just off the island on their way to North Africa during a gale. We will have some free time and then board again the ferry which takes us to calasetta and visit St. Antioco the second largest island of the Sardinian region. Here we will have the opportunity to see the basilica of Sant’ Antioco, the Roman Bridge, and the Ancient Acropolis.

SATURDAY

Today we join the leader on an optional excursion to the Sinis Peninsula visiting Tharros and Oristano. We start by exploring Tharros which was an ancient city on the west coast of Sardegna, an archaeological site near the village of San Giovanni di Sinis. Until some years ago the archaeological findings in Tharros (ent. extra) supported the theory that Phoenicians founded the town. A submerged 100m wall seems to be part of a port structure much older than the Phoenician one. We then proceed to Oristano, which during medieval times vied power over the whole island of Sardegna. Here we have free time to visit the Tower of St. Christophoros the most striking remaining evidence of the old walls of St. Mary Cathedral and the Gothic Chapel of the Rimediom, which houses some medieval sculptures.

SUNDAY

Today, we will check- out and head on an optional excursion to Barumini, home to Su Nuraxi di Barumini – a Nuraghe complex listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites (entr. extra). The oldest part of the nuraghe consists of a central tower with three superimposed chambers, which were built in blocks of basalt between the 7th and the 13th centuries BC. There is no consensus on the function of the nuraghes, they could have been rulers’ residences, military strongholds, meeting halls, religious temples, ordinary dwellings, or a combination of the former. We then proceed to Cagliari Airport for our Ryanair flight departing at 6.20 pm and arriving in Malta at 7.35 pm.

PRICE PER PERSON

SPECIAL PRICE*

Adult in Triple €529/* €479

Adult in Twin €549 /*€499

Adult in Single €649/* €599

Child sharing with 2 adults €459 /*€409

*Special Price applies when all excursions are taken.

**Seats on flights are assigned directly by Ryanair.

Should you need seats near each other, this may incur a charge.

An additional charge applies for extra luggage

PRICE INCLUDES

Ryanair return flights to Cagliari airport including 10kg luggage

3 nights in a 4-star Hotel hotel or similar

Rooms with private facilities, TV, A/C & Wi-Fi

Daily buffet breakfast

Return airport transfers

Services of tour leader

Airport taxes & service charge

Insolvency fund

EXCURSIONS FOR ADULT /CHILD

Cagliari €45 /€23

Carloforte/St. Antioco including ferry €49 €33

Sinis Peninsula – Tharros/Oristano €45/ €23

Barumini/Sardegna in Miniatura €30/ €15

NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRICE

City tax of €2 per person per night is to be paid directly at the hotel

Tharros Escavation €5 per person

Nuraghe complex €8 per person