Cagliari is located in southern Sardinia, overlooking the Gulf of Angels. The city is perched on seven limestone hills: Castello, San Michele, Tuvixeddu, Monte Urpinu, Bonaria, Monte Mixi and the Sella del Diavolo. The urban area stretches along the gulf, then develops north-west towards the Campidano plain, bordering neighbouring towns and cities such as Quartu S. Elena, Selargius, Monserrato and Quartucciu.
Cagliari is a lively and modern city that looks to the future but keeps alive its historical memory and its link with the past. Try walking through the streets of the historic centre and observing the houses, walls, ramparts, churches, old shops and everything that passes before your eyes: there is no better way to get to know it.
Faith and passion and a thousand other reasons, such as having experienced the colonisation of the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Genoese, Pisans, Aragonese and Piedmontese make the people of Cagliari the guardians of rich traditions.
Cagliari looks to the future but keeps its historical memory alive through the sacred and pagan festivals and rituals that take place throughout the year: Carnival, Easter, Sa Die de sa Sardigna and the Sagra di Sant’Efisio are examples. Traditions also live on in the numerous craft workshops in the neighbourhoods of the historic centre, where one can enjoy the rich cuisine and wines of the trattorias and wine cellars that abound throughout the city.
