Sardegna

We spent about 10 days in Sardegna. The weather started to be variable so after a few days of sun and sea we decided to adventure inside the island. We heard on the radio about Wine and Sardegna event at Sorgono village so that was our first stop😉.
 But on our way we did a little trekking at Gennargentu mountains. We started the Punta Marmora trekking which is the highest peak of Sardegna (1800m) but we had to turn around at the bottom because of the weather forecast. You have to know when to quit.

As you probably know Sardegna is famous for it's Blue Zones ( where you can find a high concentration of people living over 100 years old). One of the factors of their vitality is wine- in particularly Canonau variety. So we bought some from the local canteen to take it home.The event was full of wine and food stands and exhibition.I particularly liked the Is Arrested 'E S'Urtzu - dedicated to the ancient rite in Sardegna (see Google).
 It's quiet scary because of the costumes and masks but fascinating. We opted to have lunch in a local agriturismo where we met a lovely couple Ilaria and Antonio and we spent a lovely afternoon eating, drinking and chatting surrounded by a vineyard.What more can you ask for?
The next day we visited Pozzo Santa Cristina which is best preserved nuragic well temple in Sardinia used for offerings and rituals. You can definetly feel the energy there! 
And for the first time I saw the cork tree that produce cork which is used for wine bottles.( Also have other uses).
The bark is cut every 10 years and Sardegna is the main producer in Italy. On our last day we slept at the archeological site " Tomba dei Giganti" ( the Giant's tomb). In Sardegna you can find about 7 thousand Nuraghe - a characteristic prehistoric construction and giant's tombs.
 The locals have always called them the Tombs of the Giants because of their sheer size: In reality they are communal burial tombs dating back to ancient times.So when you think about Sardegna you also think about it's nuraghe that sculpture the landscape.

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