Trip to Capo Testa - Sardinia
From Santa Teresa di Gallura, a sign- posted road on the left takes you in just a few minutes to Capo Testa. This isn’t a beach but a headland joined by an isthmus, with a cliff and sea suitable for bathing. You reach it by crossing a hiLly landscape of maquis. Down below, the headland suddenly appears, a staggering world of rock and wind with a thousand shapes. In Roman times ships loaded with slabs of granite for great building works in the capital sailed from here.
Vacation on the beaches of Barisardo
Arrived to Capo Testa you have to explore one of Sardinia’s most spectacular beaches populated by giant boulders and bizarre rock formations sculpted by the heavy winds and roaring surf so typical for this region: and here is also a perfect place to clear your mind and relax.
The eastern region of Gallura stretches from Sardinia's northern tip at Capo Testa to Nuoro in the middle of the island. The region's main properties is granite of all forms, shapes, sizes and colours. Natives from this part of Sardinia say that Capo Testa is the realm of the 1000 shapes.
Trip to the inland of Sardinia
You can combine visit of Capo Testa granite shapes with sunbathing on small beaches. The beaches of Capo Testa are located just a few kilometres away from the town of Santa Teresa di Gallura. The sea of Capo Testa, has transparent and clear water. Since during Roman ages Capo Testa was the main site of the ancient colony of Tibula.
