With over 7,000 all over Sardinia, the Nuraghes are among the most significant monuments of ancient western Mediterranean megalithic cultures and the Palmavera village is one of the most important that the Nuraghic civilization has built on the island of Sardinia.

It is divided into two towers made up of large blocks of limestone and sandstone, surrounded by an wall and by a village made up of an estimated 150-200 huts (now about 50 remain). The various architectonic elements used, such as the tholos vault, are proof of the building skills of this fascinating, and in some ways unexplored, civilization.

It is located at the foot of the hill of the same name about 1.5 km from the sea.

How to get there: from the port, along the coastline, you take the “Lungomare Barcellona' via “Lido' and “Viale 1°Maggio,' continuing along the “strada statale 127 bis', which leads to Fertilia. After you pass the town on the right, carry on towards Porto Conte-Capo Caccia. The archeological area Palmavera, clearly indicated by a tourist sign, can be seen on the right after the straight stretch of road at Km 45,5300.

Times:

From April to October every day from 09:00 to 19:00

From November to March every day from 10:00 to 14:00

Tickets:

Entrance for only 1 site: € 3.00

Entrance two sites: € 5.00

Entrance and guided tour for 1 site: € 5.00

Entrance and guided tour for 2 sites: € 9.00