Castelsardo Attractions

A road through beautiful scenery, via the village of Sedini (16th century church), picturesquely situated above gorges, to the little port town of Castelsardo (114m/376ft; pop. 5,000), in a magnificent situation on a promontory which falls sheer down to the Golfo dell'Asinara. This is the principal basketwork center in Sardinia. In the parish church is a beautiful 15th century Madonna, a masterpiece of the Sardinian-Spanish school of painting. From the ruined castle there are fine views. Some 4km/2.5mi beyond the turning for Castelsardo, at Perfugas (just off S.S. 127), a fortified village of the nuraghic period and a spring sanctuary have been excavated.