Feast of Saint Teresa of Ávila
📅 Every year, on 15 October
On 15 October Gesturi celebrates its patron Saint Teresa of Ávila; the town is also linked to Blessed Nicola da Gesturi, beatified in 1999 by John Paul II.
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South Sardinia is a province that was assembled rather than grown. In 2016 the regional government merged the former provinces of Carbonia-Iglesias and Medio Campidano with the municipalities left outside the Cagliari metropolitan area, producing a huge territory with no real centre: Carbonia, its administrative seat, has fewer than 30,000 residents. It runs from the Sulcis mining country through the Campidano plain out to the islands off the south-western coast.
The main reason to come is Barumini, a village of barely a thousand people, home to Su Nuraxi, the best-known Bronze Age nuraghe complex in Sardinia. Everything else rewards patience: Iglesias and its mining past, Sant'Antioco on its own island, the farming towns around Villacidro and Guspini. There are 107 municipalities here, many with a few hundred inhabitants, and almost none built with visitors in mind.
Towns in the province of South Sardinia
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107 towns
Arbus Armungia Ballao Barrali Barumini Buggerru Burcei Calasetta Carbonia Capital Carloforte Castiadas Collinas Decimoputzu Dolianova Domus de Maria Domusnovas Donori Escalaplano Escolca Esterzili Fluminimaggiore Furtei Genoni Genuri Gergei Gesico Gesturi Giba Goni Gonnesa Gonnosfanadiga Guamaggiore Guasila Guspini Iglesias Isili Las Plassas Lunamatrona Mandas Masainas Monastir Muravera Musei Narcao Nuragus Nurallao Nuraminis Nurri Nuxis Orroli Ortacesus Pabillonis Pauli Arbarei Perdaxius Pimentel Piscinas Portoscuso Sadali Samassi Samatzai San Basilio San Gavino Monreale San Giovanni Suergiu San Nicolò Gerrei San Sperate San Vito Sanluri Sant'Andrea Frius Sant'Anna Arresi Sant'Antioco Santadi Sardara Segariu Selegas Senorbì Serdiana Serramanna Serrenti Serri Setzu Seui Seulo Siddi Siliqua Silius Siurgus Donigala Soleminis Suelli Teulada Tratalias Tuili Turri Ussana Ussaramanna Vallermosa Villacidro Villamar Villamassargia Villanova Tulo Villanovaforru Villanovafranca Villaperuccio Villaputzu Villasalto Villasimius Villasor Villaspeciosa
The top 4 places in South Sardinia
Our editors' ranking: the area's most important places, drawn from the individual town guides. See the national rankings →
1 🏺 Archaeological sites Su Nuraxi 📍 Barumini A UNESCO site since 1997, Su Nuraxi is Sardinia's grandest Nuragic village, built around a 17th-century BCE basalt tower. 
2 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Chiesa dell'Immacolata Concezione 📍 Barumini Barumini's late gothic parish church, a step away from the famous nuraghe. 
3 ⛪ Churches & sanctuaries Chiesa di Santa Lucia 📍 Barumini Barumini's sixteenth-century church, with its loggia and two old bells. South Sardinia and around, on the map
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🏖️ Seaside 7 🏘️ Villages 4 🏝️ Islands 1 🏛️ UNESCO heritage 1
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Feast of Saint Raphael
📅 Every year, on 24 October
On 24 October Villasimius celebrates its patron Saint Raphael; the town preserves the Fortezza Vecchia and hosts the Archaeological Museum of Villasimius.
Feast of Saint Saturninus
📅 Every year, on 30 October
On 30 October Isili celebrates its patron Saint Saturninus; the town hosts the Museum of Copper and Textile Art.
Saint Charles Borromeo, patron of the Tabarkin community
📅 Every year, on 4 November; 29 June brings a procession to the sea, and the Madonna dello Schiavo is the most heartfelt feast
Carloforte celebrates Saint Charles Borromeo on 4 November. To this day, 29 June is a solemn feast, with a procession to the sea and fireworks; the feast of the Madonna dello Schiavo is, however, the one most deeply felt by the Carolina community.