Detourmap
Places worth the detour in Sardinia
Detourmap lists 202 places in Sardinia, Italy, across 2 kinds of detour. Best known: Su Nuraxi di Barumini. 183 rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Places
- 202
- Oldest
- Giants of Mont'e Prama 1000 BC
- Little known
- 183 of 202
- Share of Italy
- 10%
Sardinia 202
The 120 best known of 202. The other 82 are on the map and on the Italy pages.
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3.Tavolara Island
Nature · Notable
Tavolara is a small island off the northeast coast of Sardinia, Italy.
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10.Giants of Mont'e Prama
Archaeological · 10th century BC · Notable
Archaeological site in the Italian municipality of Cabras (OR) where Nuragic age sculptures were found
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20.Santa Maria
Nature · Hidden gem
Island in the La Maddalena archipelago in the far north of Sardinia near the Bocche di Bonifacio
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41.Temple of Antas
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Ancient Carthaginian-Roman temple in the commune of Fluminimaggiore, southern Sardinia, Italy
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42.Nuragic complex of S'Arcu 'e Is Forros
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Nuragic site in the Italian community of Villagrande Strisaili (NU)
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52.Serra Orrios
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological complex in Dorgali, Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy
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59.Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site of Cagliari, Italy
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66.Giants' grave of Sa Dom'è s'Orcu
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Quartucciu, Italy
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69.Gremanu nuraghe sacred place
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Prehistoric archaeological area in Fonni, Nuoro
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78.Hypogeum of Sant'Iroxi
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site near Decimoputzu, South Sardinia, Italy
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79.Casteddu de Fanaris
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in the Province of South Sardinia, Italy
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80.nuraghe Fenu
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Nuraghe in the municipality of Pabillonis in Sardinia, Italy
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87.Necropolis of Is Loccis-Santus
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Sardinia, Italy
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105.Sa Perda Pinta
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Standing stone with cup and ring marks in Mamoiada, Sardinia, Italy
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108.Domus de janas di Campu Lontanu I
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Florinas, Italy
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115.Nuragic complex of Sa Sedda e Sos Carros
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archeological site in Italy
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116.Tomba dei giganti di Sa Domu 'e s'Orcu
Archaeological · Hidden gem
Archaeological site in Siddi, Italy
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118.Lu Brandali nuragic complex
Archaeological · Hidden gem
A nuragic complex that includes a 'giant's tomb' and a nuragic village
Elsewhere in Italy
Questions about this page
What is the best known place worth the detour in Sardinia?
Su Nuraxi di Barumini. Nuraghe. It leads because more Wikipedia language editions cover it than any other place here.
How many places worth the detour are there in Sardinia?
202: 144 archaeological & historic sites and 58 nature & landscapes. 183 of them are little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages.
What is the oldest place on this map in Sardinia?
Giants of Mont'e Prama, dated to 1000 BC. 5 of the 202 places here carry a founding date at all.
What counts as Sardinia here?
Wikidata's own administrative boundary: a place is in Sardinia if its located in the administrative territorial entity chain leads there. Sardinia is a first-level division of Italy, the same level as a state or a province.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.