Category General Travel

• Sardinia Travel 101: Barbàgia: What to Expect

  A photo essay showing the potential tourist what to expect when you visit the Barbagia mountain region around Nouro, Sardinia.

  Posted Apr 26, 01:05 PM, Author James Martin

• Santa Cristina: The World's Best Off-Ramp Attraction?

  Get off the SS131, have a coffee or a whole meal, and see thousands of years of Sardinian history unfold before your eyes. Visit the Sacred Well of Santa Cristina, a Bronze Age nuraghe, a Romanesque Church, and pilgrim houses built in the 1700s.

  Posted Oct 16, 05:17 AM, Author James Martin

• A Time for Masks: The Mamoiada Mask Museum

  Mamoiada is a small town tucked into the Barbagia mountains in the Nuoro region of Sardinia. Shepherd country. Living by the land and discovering its secrets were always part of the deal. People clung to their pagan ways, and masks were a big part of their spiritual festivals.

  Posted Oct 14, 06:18 AM, Author James Martin

• Making Culurgiones

  Culurgiones are a variety of ravioli, typical of the Ogliastra district, prepared with a simple water and flour dough and a filling consisting of potatoes and acid cheese (casu de fitta)

  Posted Dec 12, 12:52 PM, Author James Martin

• Unusual Pasta Shapes: Lorighittas

  Posted May 5, 07:27 AM, Author James Martin

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