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The Nuraghe Tour: Day Trip from Cagliari

By Genna Tours
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Exceptional
Free cancellation available
Price is Rp2.660.290 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Explore one of Sardinia's finest Bronze Age complexes
  • Discover the remarkable architecture of a trilobate nuraghe up close
  • Learn about Nuragic society, culture and ancient construction techniques
  • Sardinia's geology and landscape influenced prehistoric settlement
  • Enjoy sweeping panoramic views over the unspoilt Trexenta countryside
Activity location
    • Cagliari
    • Cagliari, Città Metropolitana di Cagliari, Italy
Meeting/Redemption Point
    • Viale la Plaia, 2, 09124 Cagliari CA, Italia | Meet your guide in Viale La Plaia, 2 in Cagliari in front of the ENI Gas Station.
    • Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy

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The Nuraghe Tour: Day Trip from Cagliari
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English
Starting time: 9:00
Price details
Rp2.660.290 x 1 AdultRp2.660.290

Total
Price is Rp2.660.290
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Expert English-speaking guide throughout the tour, including during transfers
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Driver for the duration of the tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Complimentary transport throughout the entire tour
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Meals and drinks

What you can expect

There are moments in travel when time seems to fold upon itself — when you place your hand on a stone and feel, with startling clarity, the presence of those who shaped it long before recorded history began. Nuraghe Piscu, perched on its hilltop above the quiet valleys of the Trexenta, is precisely such a place.

This tour invites you to discover one of Sardinia's finest Bronze Age monuments in the company of fellow travellers who share your passion for history, archaeology and the deeper stories that landscapes hold. Your expert English-speaking guide will accompany you from Cagliari through the rolling countryside of the Sardinian interior, revealing along the way the geological storey of the land — how ancient volcanic forces and millennia of erosion have shaped the landscape.

Nuraghe Piscu is a trilobate complex — an architecturally remarkable form featuring a central tower flanked by three lateral towers, all connected by a formidable outer wall — dating back approximately 3,500 years. At its peak, the central tower reached a height of ten metres, rising from a hilltop position chosen with extraordinary strategic intelligence by builders who understood both the landscape and the sky above it. Within the walls, a courtyard, a well and the remains of a village that once housed around one hundred souls speak quietly of a community that was organised, sophisticated and deeply rooted in this land.

Your guide will bring the Nuragic world to life with a depth and passion that goes far beyond conventional archaeology — exploring the theories surrounding these enigmatic structures, the social organisation of Nuragic communities, their trade connections across the ancient Mediterranean and the mysteries that scholars are still working to unravel.

The hilltop setting rewards visitors with sweeping panoramic views over the Trexenta countryside — a tranquil corner of Sardinia where the silence is broken only by the wind and the distant sound of bells. The site is fully accessible without the use of stairs, making the visit comfortable for all guests.

Location

Activity location
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    • Cagliari
    • Cagliari, Città Metropolitana di Cagliari, Italy
Meeting/Redemption Point
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • Viale la Plaia, 2, 09124 Cagliari CA, Italia | Meet your guide in Viale La Plaia, 2 in Cagliari in front of the ENI Gas Station.
    • Cagliari, Sardegna, Italy