Sardinia - Iglesias & The Southwest (Chapter)

This is the Iglesias & the Southwest chapter from Lonely Planet’s Sardinia guidebook.

The southwest comprises diverse regions, their characters rich in history and attractions. The area’s superb beaches hold the most pull, but venture inland for a real archeological treat.

• indulge in some off-road driving, en route to the wild, windswept beaches of the Costa Verde
• maps
• peer into the long-dead past at the Necropolis del Montessu, a prehistoric cemetery set in a rocky amphitheatre
• transport
• restaurants & accommodation
• come face to face with wild horses on Sardinia’s high plain La Giara di Gesturi

Coverage includes: Iglesias & Around Iglesias, Monteponi Mines, Grotta di Santa Barbara, Funtanamare, Domusnovas, The Iglesiente, The Coast, Inland, Costa Verde, Villacidro, Arbus, Montevecchio, Torre dei Corsari, Carbonia & Around, Portoscuso & Portovesme, Tratalias, Narcao, Necropollis del Montessu, Santadi, Southwest Islands, Isola di San Pietro, Isola di Sant'Antioco, South Coast, Porto Botte to Porto di Teulada, Costa del Sud, Chia to Santa Margherita di Pula, Pula, Campidano, Uta, Castello di Acquafredda & San Sperate, Sanluri, Sardara, La Marmilla, Villanovaforru & Nuraghe Genna Maria, Las Plassas, Barumini, Nuraghe Su Nuraxi, La Giara di Gesturi and Accommodation.