Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Cagliari, Italy

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Number of sights 36 sights
Distance 9.3 km
Ascend 405 m
Descend 365 m

Experience Cagliari in Italy in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in CagliariIndividual Sights in Cagliari

Sight 1: Teatro Lirico di Cagliari

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The Teatro Lirico di Cagliari is an opera house in Cagliari. It is the main theatre of the city.

Wikipedia: Teatro Lirico di Cagliari (EN)

366 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Auditorium del Conservatorio

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The auditorium of the Conservatory of Cagliari is a theater adjacent to the conservatory of Cagliari. After the Teatro Lirico, it is currently the second largest theater in the city.

Wikipedia: Auditorium del Conservatorio (IT)

371 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa di San Rocco

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The church of San Rocco is a small place of worship in Cagliari. It is located in a courtyard accessible from Piazza San Rocco, an important road junction in the city center, located between Villanova and the San Benedetto district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Rocco (Cagliari) (IT)

245 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Chiesa di San Mauro

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The church of San Mauro is a church in Cagliari, Italy, located in Via San Giovanni, in the Villanova district. The church is officiated by the Franciscans of the Order of Friars Minor, who live in the adjoining convent.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Mauro (Cagliari) (IT)

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di San Cesello

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The church of San Cesello is a church in Cagliari located in Via San Giovanni, in the Villanova district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Cesello (IT)

279 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Chiesa di San Giovanni

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The church of San Giovanni Battista is located in Cagliari, in via San Giovanni, in the heart of the Villanova district. The small temple is home to the "Archconfraternity of Solitude", active in the organization of some of the most evocative rites of the city's Holy Week.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giovanni (Cagliari) (IT)

562 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: Cathedral of Saint Mary and Saint Cecilia

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Cagliari Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and to Saint Cecilia. It is the seat of the archbishop of Cagliari.

Wikipedia: Cagliari Cathedral (EN), Website

7 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di Nostra Signora della Speranza

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Chiesa di Nostra Signora della Speranza Giova81 / CC BY-SA 3.0

The church of Our Lady of Hope, commonly known as the church of Hope, is located in Cagliari, in the historic Castello district, in via Duomo.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Nostra Signora della Speranza (Cagliari) (IT)

196 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Chiesa di Santa Lucia

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The church of Santa Lucia is a Catholic place of worship in the Castello, a district of Cagliari, located in Via Martini, the street that leads from the north side of Piazza Indipendenza to Piazza Palazzo, dedicated to the Syracusan martyr.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Lucia (Cagliari) (IT)

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Chiesa della Purissima

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The church of the Purissima, is a church in the city of Cagliari, located in Via Lamarmora, a few steps from Piazza Indipendenza, Castello district, in the historic center.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Purissima (IT)

196 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Ghetto degli Ebrei

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Ghetto degli Ebrei Knobloch, Ludwig / CC BY-SA 3.0 de

The ghetto is a delimited area, where certain people live in groups, voluntarily or forcibly, in a more or less strict regime of confinement.

Wikipedia: Ghetto degli ebrei (IT)

12 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 12: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Monte

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Chiesa di Santa Maria del Monte Giova81 / CC BY-SA 3.0

Santa Maria del Santo Monte di Pietà, commonly known as Santa Maria del Monte, is a 16th-century Catalan Gothic style church. The monument is located in Cagliari, in via Corte d'Appello, in the lower part of the Castello.La church is now the seat of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria del Santo Monte di Pietà (IT)

135 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Basilica di Santa Croce

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The Magistral Basilica of Santa Croce is a monumental church in Cagliari, Italy, Italy, Italy, Since 1809 the church has belonged to the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.

Wikipedia: Basilica di Santa Croce (Cagliari) (IT)

238 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Chiesa di San Giuseppe Calasanzio

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Chiesa di San Giuseppe Calasanzio Giova81 / CC BY-SA 3.0

The church of San Giuseppe Calasanzio is located in Cagliari in Piazzetta San Giuseppe, adjacent to the Elephant Tower, in the Castle.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giuseppe Calasanzio (Cagliari) (IT)

52 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Torre dell'Elefante

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The Torre dell'Elefante is a medieval tower in Cagliari, southern Sardinia, Italy. It is located in the Castello historical quarter of the city.

Wikipedia: Torre dell'Elefante (EN), Website

178 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa di Santa Chiara

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The church of Santa Chiara is a church in Cagliari, Italy, located on the Santa Chiara climb, not far from Piazza Yenne, in the Stampace district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Chiara (Cagliari) (IT)

313 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: Chiesa di Sant'Efisio

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The church of Sant'Efisio is a religious building in the city of Cagliari, one of the most important from a religious point of view because it is linked to the cult of the most venerated saint by the people of Cagliari, the martyr Efisio.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Efisio (IT)

63 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Collegiata di Sant'Anna

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Collegiata di Sant'Anna cristianocani / CC BY 2.0

The collegiate church of Sant'Anna, in Cagliari, is the main parish church of the Stampace district together with the previous Jesuit church dedicated to San Michele. The monumental temple, dedicated to St. Anne, stands in the lower part of the historic district, in Via Azuni.

Wikipedia: Collegiata di Sant'Anna (IT)

59 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Chiesa di Santa Restituta

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The church of Santa Restituta is a Catholic place of worship in the city of Cagliari.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Restituta (IT)

170 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 20: Chiesa di San Michele

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The monumental complex of San Michele consists of the monumental Baroque church and the former residence, once a Jesuit novitiate in the city of Cagliari; between Via Azuni and Via Ospedale, and is officiated by the Jesuit fathers. The sacred building, for its architectural lines, for the decorative apparatus and for the sculptural and pictorial works it houses, represents the main testimony of Baroque and Rococo art in Sardinia. Attached to the church was the former Jesuit novitiate house, since 1848 a Military Hospital, now the Military Department of Forensic Medicine.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Michele (Cagliari) (IT)

433 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 21: Parrocchia Nostra Signora del Carmine

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Parrocchia Nostra Signora del Carmine Cristiano Cani / CC BY 2.0

The church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a parish church in Cagliari, Italy, located in Viale Trieste, in the lower part of Stampace, Italy. The temple is officiated by the Carmelite fathers who live in the adjacent convent.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Nostra Signora del Carmine (Cagliari) (IT)

609 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 22: Chiesa di San Pietro dei Pescatori

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The church of San Pietro dei Pescatori is a medieval religious building located in Cagliari, in the Stampace district. The monument overlooks a small courtyard, accessible from Viale Trieste, bordering the railway.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Pietro dei Pescatori (Cagliari) (IT)

497 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 23: Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata

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The Church of the Santissima Annunziata is a parish church in Cagliari, Italy. It is officiated by the Friars Minor Conventual.

Wikipedia: Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata (Cagliari) (IT)

513 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 24: Villa di Tigellio

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Villa di Tigellio Cristiano Cani / CC BY 2.0

The so-called Villa di Tigellio is a complex of Roman ruins located in the district of Stampace, in Cagliari, which mistakenly takes its name from Tigellio, a musician and poet originally from Caralis.

Wikipedia: Villa di Tigellio (IT)

372 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 25: Orto Botanico dell'Università degli Studi di Cagliari

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Orto Botanico dell'Università degli Studi di Cagliari Mago Tecnologico / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Orto Botanico dell'Università di Cagliari, also known as the Orto Botanico di Cagliari, is a botanical garden operated by the University of Cagliari and located at Viale S. Ignazio da Laconi 9–11, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

Wikipedia: Orto Botanico dell'Università di Cagliari (EN)

349 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 26: Chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova

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Chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova Ruben Holthuijsen / CC BY 2.0

The Capuchin Church, dedicated to St. Anthony of Padua, is a church in the city of Cagliari, Italy.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dei Cappuccini (Cagliari) (IT)

438 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 27: Chiesa di San Lorenzo

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The church of San Lorenzo, also dedicated to San Pancrazio and the Madonna del Buon Cammino, is a medieval church in Cagliari, Italy. The small temple is located on the top of the hill of Buon Cammino and can be reached by climbing from the avenue of the same name, leading to the panoramic clearing where the church overlooks. In the church, Mass is usually officiated on Sunday mornings and August 10, on the occasion of the feast of the titular. It is part of the parish of the Cathedral of Cagliari.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Lorenzo (Cagliari) (IT)

244 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 28: Galleria Comunale d'Arte

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Galleria Comunale d'Arte Cristiano Cani / CC BY 2.0

The Municipal Art Gallery of Cagliari is a museum institution located in Cagliari in a historic structure in the public gardens, in largo Dessì.

Wikipedia: Galleria comunale d'arte di Cagliari (IT), Website

558 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 29: Scuola all'aperto Attilio Mereu

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The Attilio Mereu open-air school is a rationalist building, designed by architect Ubaldo Badas in 1933. It is located above the Bastione San Carlo, in Cagliari.

Wikipedia: Scuola all'aperto Attilio Mereu (IT)

342 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 30: National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari

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The National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari is a museum in Cagliari, Sardinia (Italy).

Wikipedia: National Archaeological Museum, Cagliari (EN)

104 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 31: Museo civico d'arte siamese Stefano Cardu

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The Stefano Cardu Siamese Civic Museum of Art is located inside the Citadel of Museums, the museum center located in the Castle of Cagliari.

Wikipedia: Museo civico d'arte siamese Stefano Cardu (IT), Website

4 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 32: Museo Etnografico Regionale - Collezione Cocco

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The Sardinian Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography is located in Monserrato, inside the university citadel of the University of Cagliari. It opened in 1953 on the initiative of the anthropologist Carlo Maxia.

Wikipedia: Museo sardo di antropologia ed etnografia (IT), Website

39 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 33: Pinacoteca Nazionale

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The National Pinacoteca, located inside the museum complex of museums, is located in Piazza Arsenale 1 in Cagliari and exhibits various derived collections from both private and state acquisition donations.

Wikipedia: Pinacoteca nazionale (Cagliari) (IT), Facebook, Website

139 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 34: Museo delle cere anatomiche Clemente Susini

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The collection of anatomical waxes by Clemente Susini is a wax museum in Cagliari, located in the Citadel of Museums.

Wikipedia: Museo delle cere anatomiche Clemente Susini (IT), Website

77 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 35: Porta Cristina

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Porta Cristina, in Cagliari, is a city gateway to the Castello district that connects Viale Buoncammino, where the historic prison is located, to Piazza Arsenale.

Wikipedia: Porta Cristina (IT)

784 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 36: Roman Amphiteatre

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The Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari is an ancient Roman amphitheatre, located in the city of Cagliari, southern Sardinia, Italy.

Wikipedia: Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari (EN), Website

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