ARCHAEOLOGICAL ITINERARIES
Place of departure : Municipal Archaeological Museum "Villa Sulcis" - Carbonia
PROPOSAL OF ITINERARIES



SU CARROPPU - Sirri (Carbonia)
Shelter rock (dwelling and burial place) - Early Neolithic Age

DISTANCE FROM THE MUSEUM: 7 Kms.
ROADS: asphalted road to the hamlet of Sirri and 1 Km. dirt road
ACCESSIBILITY: quite difficult - reachable by car and 15 minutes uphill on foot
VISITING TIME: about 2 hours
NOTES: it is advisable to have a guide




MONTESSU - (Villaperuccio)
Domus de Janas Necropolises - Late Neolithic Age

DISTANCE FROM THE MUSEUM: 20 Kms.
ROADS: beyond Villaperuccio towards Narcao, asphalted road ; wide parking
ACCESSIBILITY: good - reachable by car and 15 minutes uphill on foot (with final steps)
VISITING TIME: about 2 hours



PANI LORIGA - (Santadi)
Domus de Janas Necropolis - Late Neolithic Age
Phoenician and Punic Settlement

DISTANCE FROM THE MUSEUM: 27 kms.
ROADS: S.S. 195/293 towards Santadi, asphalted road ; short dirt road on the right at the cross-road beyond Piscinas
ACCESSIBILITY: good - reachable by car to the foot of the hill (100 m. above s.l.)
VISITING TIME: about 2 hours




LOCCI SANTUS - (S. Giovanni Suergiu)
Domus de Janas Necropolis, Calcolithic - Early Bronze Age

DISTANCE FROM THE MUSEUM: 8 Kms.
ROADS: S.S. 126 towards S. Giovanni Suergiu; beyond the hamlet of Is Urigus after the first cross-road; asphalted road
ACCESSIBILITY: good - reachable by car - short way on foot
VISITING TIME: about an hour and a half
NOTES: it is advisable to have a guide




NURAGHE AND NURAGIC VILLAGE OF SERUCI (Gonnesa)
Nuragic Period

DISTANCE FROM THE MUSEUM: 10 Kms
ROADS: S.S. 126, beyond Cortoghiana (Carbonia) towards Seruci, getting over Nuraxi Figus ; go on straight from the cross-road of Seruci ; short dirt road on the right
ACCESSIBILITY: good - reachable by car
VISITING TIME: about 2 hours



NURAGHE IS MEURRAS (Tratalias)
Nuragic Period

DISTANCE FROM THE MUSEUM: 20 Kms.
ROADS: beyond the deserted village of Tratalias towards Monte Pranu dyke, deviation on the right, the nuraghe is visible after the bridge; asphalted road
ACCESSIBILITY: good - reachable by car to the bridge
VISITING TIME: about an hour and a half




MONTE SIRAI (Carbonia)
Phoenician and Punic Settlement

DISTANCE FROM THE MUSEUM: 4 Kms.
ROADS: S.S. 126, deviation at the 17 Km. on the left, a sign indicates the site
ACCESSIBILITY: very good - reachable by car - wide parking
VISITING TIME: about an hour and a half
NOTES: guiding service




MUSEUM, NECROPOLISES AND TOPHET OF SULCIS (S.Antioco)
Phoenician, Punic and Roman Periods

DISTANCE FROM THE MUSEUM: 17 Kms.
ROADS: S.S. 126 to S.Antioco, follow the signposts
ACCESSIBILITY: very good - reachable by car
VISITING TIME: about 2 hours and a half
NOTES: guiding service. The Museum is situated in the historical centre of the town, the tophet is about 1 km. away. For visiting the necropolises apply the management



BASILICA OF ST. ANTIOCO MARTIRE AND CATACOMBS (St. Antioco)
Early Christian Period

DISTANCE FROM THE MUSEUM: 17 Kms.
ROADS: S.S. 126 to the town, follow the signposts
ACCESSIBILITY: very good - reachable by car
VISITING TIME: about an hour and a half
NOTES: guiding service



CHURCH OF ST. ELIA (Nuxis)
7th - 8th centuries

DISTANCE FROM THE MUSEUM: 35 Kms.
ROADS: from the village of Nuxis, follow the signposts
ACCESSIBILITY: good - reachable by car
VISITING TIME: about an hour and a half
NOTES: rural church, open exclusively for St. Elia feast



CHURCH OF ST. MARIA (Tratalias)
13th century

DISTANCE FROM THE MUSEUM: 18 Kms.
ROADS: reach the old deserted village of Tratalias
ACCESSIBILITY: very good - reachable by car - the church is situated in the centre of the old village
VISITING TIME: about an hour
NOTES: for visiting the interior see the parish priest (in the new village)