🏛️ Bastione di Saint Remy
📍 Piazza Costituzione, Castello District
🆓 Entry: Free access to terrace and façade
🕰️ When to Go:
- Daily, best at sunset (18:30–20:30) for panoramic views
Highlights:
- Neoclassical-style bastion built in the late 19th century
- Panoramic terrace with views over the city, port, and gulf
- Gorgeous marble columns and grand staircases
- Often hosts art exhibitions inside (sometimes free entry)
🚶 How to Get There:
- Walk from Via Manno or take the Castello elevator from Piazza Yenne
⛪ Cagliari Cathedral (Cattedrale di Santa Maria)
📍 Piazza Palazzo, Castello District
🆓 Entry: Free
🕰️ When to Go:
- Daily: 09:00–13:00 & 16:00–20:00
Highlights:
- Mix of Romanesque, Baroque, and Neo-Gothic styles
- Lavish marble interior, crypts, and baroque chapels
- Home to the Sanctuary of the Martyrs, housing relics of 179 saints
- Historic seat of the Archbishop of Cagliari
🚍 How to Get There:
- Bus 8 → Stop: Via Cammino Nuovo + short walk to Castello
🏰 Torre dell’Elefante (Elephant Tower)
📍 Via Santa Croce, Castello
🆓 Exterior only – free to view
🕰️ When to Go:
- Visible any time, best lit at twilight or early morning
Highlights:
- 14th-century defensive tower, 31 meters tall
- Features a small stone elephant sculpture on the outer wall
- Built by the Pisans with thick white limestone walls
- One of the oldest surviving medieval fortifications in Cagliari
🚶 How to Get There:
- Short walk from Bastione Saint Remy or Piazza Palazzo
🕍 San Saturnino Basilica (Basilica di San Saturnino)
📍 Piazza San Cosimo
🆓 Entry: Free
🕰️ When to Go:
- Tuesday to Sunday, 09:00–13:00
Highlights:
- Oldest church in Cagliari, dating back to the 5th century
- Early Christian architecture with Romanesque influences
- Nearby necropolis visible from outside
- Peaceful site with lots of history and fewer crowds
🚍 How to Get There:
- Bus 1 or M → Stop: San Cosimo
🧱 Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari
📍 Viale Sant’Ignazio da Laconi
🆓 Exterior view is free
🕰️ When to Go:
- Open area viewable all day from the roadside viewpoint
Highlights:
- 2nd-century AD Roman amphitheatre carved into the hillside
- Could seat up to 10,000 people for gladiator fights and performances
- While interior access may require a ticket, you can admire its scale and design for free from the surrounding park and viewpoints
🚍 How to Get There:
- Bus 8 or 10 → Stop: Viale Sant’Ignazio
🕍 Church of San Michele (Chiesa di San Michele)
📍 Via Ospedale, Stampace
🆓 Entry: Free
🕰️ When to Go:
- Daily, 08:30–12:30 & 16:30–19:30
Highlights:
- Stunning Baroque façade and richly decorated interiors
- Lavish frescoes, golden altars, and a unique octagonal plan
- Historical Jesuit church with quiet, spiritual ambiance
🚍 How to Get There:
- Bus 1 or M → Stop: Via Ospedale
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