WHERE WE ARE

The Miramare Hotel is located in the centre of the Via Roma, a few steps away from the sea and berthing of the Harbour. 200m away from the main station from where buses and trains connect Cagliari to the main places of the island. 100m away you have the passenger Harbour that connect Cagliari to Civitavecchia, Livorno, Arbatax, Genova, Napoli, Palermo and Tunisi. The Miramare Hotel is in the heart of La Marina, the picturesque Cagliari district, centre of the typical gastronomy of the town. Here you will find several pubs and taverns, classy restaurants and real shrines of gourmandisserie, also handicraft shops and art galleries.

ROOMS
Choose your room! All rooms at Miramare Hotel are finely furnished with original fittings of the early 1900 and they have been created to accommodate travellers who look for a classy picturesque structure. Each of them is dedicated to a Giudice, old sovereign of the island in the middle-age. Inside the hotel there lives a small orchid greenhouse, a unique space of comparison for tropical orchids and endemic orchids from Sardinia.

NATURE
Cagliari is located in one of the most beautiful area in Sardinia. Sandy coasts, long fascinating beaches: a nature which invites to excursions and discovering. Cagliari town shares with Quartu Sant’Elena one of the longest beaches of Mediterranean Sea: the Poetto, Cala Mosca bay, the dampest area in Europe, with the pond and Molentargius park , Santa Gilla lagoon, the salt-works, now usual residence of pink flamingos , the famous Urpini.
The surroundings of the town offer some of the most beautiful beaches of the Island, from the white littorals of Cala Giunco to the suggestive sandy dunes of Chia, to the beautiful islands of San Pietro and Carloforte , to the fascinating Nuragic sites, like in Barumini. In Cagliari, it is possible to practice climbing, trekking, nature trails, horse-riding, snorkelling, diving, windsurf, kite-surf, water-skiing, sailing.

FEASTS AND FESTIVALS
Sardinia is an island of great religious tradition, which follows the liturgical calendar and involves the greater part of people in festivals and fairs.
The main feasts in Cagliari and surroundings:
17th January: Sant’Antonio’s fires. Vorive fires are lighted in the whole Sardinia. Tasting of broad beans and wine. (in Ballao, Nurallao, Capoterra, Mamoiada, Nuoro).
3rd February: San Biagio’s feast in Gergei and Lollove (Nuoro)
February: Carnival: fairs in Ottana, Nuoro, Mamoiada, Sarule, Villaputzu, Assemini with parades of traditional stock characters and dancing at the squares.
Carnival Sunday: Oristano’s Sartiglia: a big equestrian joust.
Mardi gras: float parade in Cagliari.
Holy Week: ceremonies in Cagliari, Iglesias, Teulada.
Easter Sunday: S’Incontru, procession and representation of meeting of risen Jesus Christ with the Virgin Maria. .
28th April: Sa Die de Sa Sardigna, the recollection of the historical liberation of Sardinia from the oppression of Piedmonteses and feudalism.
30th April – 5th May: Sardinian Trade Fair in Cagliari.
1st May: Feast and festival of St Efisio in Cagliari. The biggest and most representative feast in Sardinia, in which the sacred (St Efisio procession to his martyrdom’s place Pula) and the profane (the parade of Sardinian traditional costumes) merge in a week of authentic folk feast.
1st decade of June: shearing festival in Gesico. Tasting of sheep meat and typical products of agrosilvopastoral culture.
24th June: San Giovanni’s feast in Seulo.
29th June: San Pietro’s feast in Ballao, Assemini and Nurallao.
June: Festival of the Sheep in Ussana.
7th July: Sedilo’s Ardia. Bravery and courage competition in a fantastic gallop in honour of St Costantino il Grande.
25th-27th July: Festival of the Goat in Burcei with tasting of goat, folklore exhibitions, expositions about rural world.
1st decade of August: Teulada’s Fisher’s Festival. After the solemn religious ceremony, tasting of grilled fish, bread and wine.
26th-30th September: Santa Greca’s feast in Decimomannu.
29th September: San Michele Arcangelo’s feast in Ussana
1st decade of October: Feast of Vintage in several villages of the island.
Second Saturday of October: Festival of the Snail in Gesico: gastronomic kermis.
End of November: Bread and Oil in Olive-press. Several places.
7th December: St Ambrogio’s feast in Monserrato.

FIXED EVENTS
1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th Sunday of the month, antique market in Piazza del Carmine in Cagliari.
Every Sunday: PASSEGGIANDO PER CASTELLO, exposition market of art, handicraft, agricultural and food.

GASTRONOMY

Sardinia boasts an old and tasteful traditional gourmet. It is rich and various: all sort of fishes from the coasts and meat from the inland: sheep, goat and the famous Sardinian cow. But Sardinia offers also a rich range of pastry, traditional maccheroni, typical specialities that make it incomparable on the international scenery.
A lot of chefs of the latest generation originated in Sardinian tradition and have been able to innovate and create a new Sardinian cuisine, authentic and sofisticated, keen on innovation but also attentive to traditional balance of flavours and components. The Petit Hotel Miramare has selected for you a range of reliable restaurants and trattorias, in Cagliari, its province and on the whole island.

HANDICRAFT, TRADITION, CULTURE

Yarns, carpets and tissues, embroideries, potteries, earthenwares, golden and silvery filigree, corals, the culture of the stone are the hardcore of Sardinian artistic handicraft. The great rediscovery of craftmen’s manual skill since 70ies and the renewed attention of regional istitutions for this field, have produced a rebirth of quality Sardinian handicraft tradition. For real experts of handsome objects, in Sardinia is possible to buy delicate carpets, valuable blankets and towels, potteries of excellent design, and unique jewels. The staff at Miramare Hotel will help you to see your way through the best addresses of the island.