Villasimius - Villasimius

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Villasimius is a tourist and seaside center of the Southern Sardinia, in the province of Southern Sardinia.

To know

Geographical notes

Villasimius is located in Sarrabus-Gerrei and borders with the municipalities of Castiadas, Maracalagonis (Cagliari) is Sinnai (Cagliari). The territory of Villasimius extends from the Sette Fratelli mountain range (to the north-west) to the coasts of the promontory of Capo Carbonara (southeast).

Simius beach
The beach of Cuccureddu


How to orient yourself

The following localities and islands also belong to the territory of Villasimius:


How to get

By plane

  • 1 Cagliari-Elmas Airport (IATA: CAG) (Located in Elmas, 66 km from Villasimius), 39 070 211211, fax: 39 070 241013. L'Cagliari-Elmas airport is served by Ryanair with Milan-Bergamo, Treviso, Cuneo, Bologna, Pisa, Rome-Ciampino and some European cities, from Alitalia with Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Linate, from Easyjet, Volotea and other airlines that operate national flights and with Europe. Cagliari-Elmas Airport on Wikipedia Cagliari-Elmas Airport (Q139983) on Wikidata

By car

Get to Cagliari and take the "Pula-Quartu Sant'Elena" exit, then follow the signs for Villasimius and take the SS 554, then take the SP 17 from Quartu to Villasimius.

On boat

From the port of Cagliari or from the port of Tortolì-Arbatax.

By bus

From Cagliari it is possible to reach Villasimius through the ARST 101 line.

How to get around


What see

The tower of San Luigi
The Old Fortress
The tower of Porto Giunco

Churches

  • 1 Parish church of San Raffaele Arcangelo. Church of the 1950s.
  • 2 Church of Santa Maria. Country church.

Military architectures

  • 3 Old Fortress, Torre Vecchia locality, 39 070 7930290, 39 070 7930232, @. Ecb copyright.svgFull: € 1.00 (adults); full cumulative ticket: € 4.00 (adults, full cumulative ticket for the Old Fortress Archaeological Museum of Villasimius, any exhibitions); reduced cumulative ticket: € 2.50 (children from 6 to 17 years old, reduced cumulative ticket for the Old Fortress Archaeological Museum of Villasimius, any exhibitions); free for children up to 6 years.. Simple icon time.svg11 September-30 June: Sat and Sun 10: 00-13: 00 and 15: 00-17: 00; 1st July-10th July: Fri-Wed 10: 00-13: 00 and 18: 00-21: 00; 11 July-10 September Fri-Wed 10: 00-13: 00. Fortress of the fourteenth century. Old Fortress (Villasimius) on Wikipedia Old fortress (Q43569966) on Wikidata
  • 4 Porto Giunco ​​Tower. Porto Giunco ​​Tower on Wikipedia Porto Giunco ​​Tower (Q3995594) on Wikidata
  • 5 Tower of San Luigi (On the island of Serpentara). Aragonese tower.

Museums

The archaeological museum
  • 6 Archaeological Museum, Via Frau 5, 39 070 7930290, fax: 39 070 7928041, @. Ecb copyright.svgFull: € 3.00 (adults); reduced € 1.50 (children aged 7 to 16 and over 65); full cumulative ticket: € 4.00 (adults, for a visit to the Fortezza Vecchia museum); reduced cumulative ticket € 2.00 (children aged 7 to 16 and adults over 65, for a visit to the Fortezza Vecchia museum). Simple icon time.svg16 September-14 June: Tue-Sun 9: 00-13: 00 and 16: 00-18: 00; 15 June-15 September: Tue-Sun 10: 00-13: 00 and 21: 00-24: 00. The museum consists of four rooms: Sala del Mare, Sala del Territorio, Sala del Santuario di Cuccureddus and Sala del Relitto dell'Isola dei Cavoli.
Rocks in the beach of Cava Usai
  • 7 Giorgio Capai Sea Museum, Via Roma 60 (It is located inside Casa Todde), 39 070 792076, @. Simple icon time.svgTue-Sun 9: 00-13: 00 and 17: 00-21: 00. Cultural heritage museum. Keep more than 200 pieces donated by a private individual.

Archaeological sites

The Cuccureddus nuraghe
  • 8 Phoenician and Roman settlement of Cuccureddus.
  • Thermal building of Santa Maria.
  • Cruccuris necropolis.
  • Accu Is Traias Necropolis.

Beaches

Fortezza beach
Notteri beach
Porto Giunco ​​beach
Campus beach
  • Cava Usai beach.
  • 9 Porto Giunco ​​beach. Nearby is the Notteri pond, which is home to flamingos.
  • Rice Beach. It differs from the others because of the grains that compose it. Here there are also some domus de janas.
  • Fortezza beach.
  • Notteri beach.
  • Timi Ama beach.
  • Campulongu beach.
  • 10 Campus beach.
  • 11 Punta Molentis beach.
  • Proceddus beach.
  • 12 Simius beach.
  • Cala Caterina beach.
  • Santo Stefano beach.
  • Porto Luna beach.
  • 13 Is Traias beach.
  • Piscadeddus beach.
  • 14 Porto Sa Ruxi beach.
  • 15 Cuccureddu beach.
  • 16 Cala Sinzias beach.


Events and parties

  • Feast of the Madonna del Castaway. Simple icon time.svgAt the end of July.


What to do


Shopping

There are numerous shops in the center of Villasimius where you can shop.

How to have fun

Shows


Where to eat

There are numerous restaurants and pizzerias in the center of Villasimius.

Where stay

There are numerous resorts and hotels both in the center and in the surrounding area including:

Moderate prices

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Safety

Useful numbers

  • 2 Carabinieri, Via Raffaello 2, 39 070 791222.
  • 3 Tourist medical guard, Via Regina Elena 10, 39 070 791374. Simple icon time.svgWeekday: 20: 00-8: 00; Holidays H24.


How to keep in touch

Post office

  • 4 Post Office, Via del Mare 72, 39 070 791246, fax: 39 070 790230. Simple icon time.svgMon-Fri 8: 20-13: 35; Sat 8: 20-12: 35.



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Other projects

  • Collaborate on WikipediaWikipedia contains an entry concerning Villasimius
  • Collaborate on CommonsCommons contains images or other files on Villasimius
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