Nuragic testimonies, important Phoenician and Punic remains, imposing Roman remains, places of pirate battles, rock houses, catacombs: all this marks the beautiful town center. In a few hundred meters of walk, you will go through four thousand years of history.
Start by visiting the Archeological Museum and the Phoenician tophet (infants' cemetery) to walk to the Roman Acropolis and Punic graves carved in the rock. Discover the underground village where poor people lived until the '60s and the Sant'Antioco Basilica, one of the oldest churches in Sardinia. If possible, you'll visit the living museum of Byssus, the golden silk of the sea.
Calasetta is the other town on the island of Sant'Antioco, which also has its own history, but is more recently linked to the Ligurian people of Tabarchini.
Here you can breathe a sweet holiday atmosphere and there is no shortage of breathtaking landscapes, visible with an easy walk from the port to the Sabauda Tower. There are beautiful views along the square streets overlooked by the very white houses of the small seaside village. Don't miss a visit to the famous Mangiabarche lighthouse, in a landscape context of great impact.
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