Giants of Sardinia in Photos

It's always wonderful to travel to Sardinia, but during the recent tour Erica had a special guest—her cousin Jeff Blaine who had travelled with his wife Sue from Chicago to join the tour. Jeff & Sue also happen to have a talent for photography so we are delighted to be able to share what they captured during the tour. (Except where indicated, the photos are by Jeff.)

Our Italian adventure begins with food and family…

Erica with Jeff and Sue (Photo: restaurant waiter)

Cagliari is the capital city of the Italian island of Sardinia…Bellisima!

Mercato San Benedetto

Visiting the Museo Archeologico Nazionale

Explorations in the Sardinian Nuragic civilisation…

Nuraghe Barumini, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Lunch at Ristorante Sa Lolla, Barumini

Museum Casa Zapata—The launeddas is a traditional musical instrument known at least from the Nuragic period around 900 BCE.

Olives, Bread and Wine with the Orro Family and sightseeing in Oristano…

Olives we picked on the Orro farm

Antonio Arca is Erica's co-leader. He lives in London where he imports artisan food from his native Sardinia.

Davide Orro shows us how to cure olives in brine.

A little something to take home

Davide's sister Esta demonstrates how to make Sardinian festive bread.

The duomo of Oristano

Responsibly fished coral from around the coast of Sardinia

Francesco Sanna makes jewellery from the coral.

Rice and Cheese! Culinary adventures in Sardinia…

A visit to Marcello Stara in the midst of the rice harvest to find out how it’s cultivated, harvested, polished and, best of all, eaten.

Rossella makes risotto

Marcello adds the pecorino

Cheesemaker Peppino Sanna

We’ve always wondered; now we know… how the sausage is made!

Making Sardinian sausages under the guidance of Paolo Lilliu

(Photo: Sue Blaine)

On our way to Paolo's neighbours' farm Zafferano e Spezie di Sardegna

Fields of peperoncino (Photo: Sue Blaine)

Itria teaches us to make pardule seasoned with saffron.

Food & Archeology… Culurgiones ogliastrini & Nuragic ruins…

(Photo: another member of the group)

Culurgiones at Agriturismo Archelao

Antonio's family came from Alghero to join us for lunch.

Remains of nuraghe at Santa Cristina

Stairs down to the Nuragic sacred well of Santa Cristina (Photo: Sue Blaine)

Astronomically oriented chute above sacred well of Santa Cristina (Photo: Sue Blaine)

Nuragic giant & farewell to Sardinia

Musician Stefano Pinna and his friends

'A week ago, strangers… tonight friends! What a great group! Thank you Erica and Antonio for being wonderful guides and teaching us so much about the delights of Sardinia!' (Photo: staff at Agriturismo l'Orto)

This was all part of the Giants of Sardinia tour which will be taking place again from 28 September –5 October 2024.
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Other blogs about Sardinia: Cross-Dressing in Sardinia, Sardinia and its Giants