La Casa Via Belvedere

The island of Sant 'Antioco, the fourth largest in Italy, located in the extreme southwest of Sardinia and is connected by an artificial isthmus and a bridge with Sardinia. The tourists quite unknown island has much to offer. It is especially rich in unspoilt nature and has beautiful coasts, where the visitors, depending on the wind direction, can select the protected beaches, bays or cliffs. In the lagoon of Sant'Antioco can always see pink flamingos, stilt and white herons. The interior of the island is full of typical Mediterranean shrubs: myrtle, strawberry tree and rosemary give the air an intense odor, which the ancient Nuraghe (stone fortresses) and Domus de Janas (caves) surrounds. In addition to the main center of Sant'Antioco, which has about 12,000 inhabitants, there are on the island nor the town Calasetta, a colony founded in 1773 by the Genoese. The main town of Sant'Antioco is today as the island. He is the oldest of Sardinia and was originally called Sulky when the Phoenicians founded it nearly two thousand eight hundred years ago. In the historical center is the ancient Basilica Sant'Antioco of the Martyr, which was built on the first Punic vaults, later Christian catacombs. The ethnographic archaeological sites of Tophet, as well as the Archaeological Museum, the historic punischphönizisches village Fort Sabaudo and ethnographic museums are within walking distance.