Events calendar Sardinia

Pula is a small town with many tourist attractions. To get there, you can fly to Cagliari international airport, just 38 km from Pula. Companies such as Ryanair and Easyjet offer flights from France to Cagliari. The port of Cagliari is also an option for arriving in Pula, with Tirrenia crossings from Arbatax, Civitavecchia, Naples and Palermo. ARST buses also provide regular connections between Pula and the towns on the south-western coast. Once in Pula, you can stay in vacation villages, hotels, B&Bs or campsites. For a bite to eat, you can sample delicious giant pizzas at Sa Macinera or opt for quality cuisine at Machri. Pula is also renowned for its magnificent beaches, such as Nora beach and the beaches of Chia. You can also discover the Nora lagoon and surrounding area on canoe trips or dive to observe the submerged Roman ruins.

This festival of Italian and French jazz music takes place in ports, downtown and on boats.

The beer festival is celebrated in Trinità d'Algultu in the second part of August.

The beer festival and adjacent are celebrated in the city in late July.

During the summer, festivals using Sardinian products are organised in the city. A at the end of June, the festival of the seadas, fried cake filled with honey and cheese, one of the most popular delicacies island. In July, it celebrates the celebrations of fish and wine vermentino. At the beginning of August, typical dishes of the life shepherd are offered during the Festa degli pastori in the town of Porto Pozzo.

This international festival of blues and jazz music takes its name from the red rocks of Arbatax, where it was organized for a decade. Today, it is taking place in front of Santa Maria Navarrese Church during the month of August. Tickets can be purchased for each concert or'cumulative'place on site or in many stores on the island.

This international windsurfing regatta takes place at the Bouches de Boniface in late September.

Easter Sunday is the occasion to meet the statues of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary in many Sardinian villages. The Meeting of Oliena is one of the most interesting because of its beautiful scenery and the traditional costumes worn by the participants. The procession takes the statue of the risen Christ from the small church of San Francesco da Paola in the east of the town to the portal of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in the heart of the old town. The statues meet in the square exactly.

A large film festival is organized every year on Tavolara Island by the Argonauti di Olbia cultural association. This festival started with a small budget, but it has managed to become an increasingly important place in the Italian film panorama. Its success is fostered by the wild beauty of the island of Tavolara, which became practically a little Woodstock where hundreds of people gather the night around the big screen.

Religious ceremonies are held throughout Holy Week in Castelsardo, but the most important one takes place on the last day, Easter Monday (Lunissanti). A long procession leaves from the fortified citadel to the nearby village of Tergu. Men dressed in white robes sing ancient hymns along the way. The pilgrimage covers 10 km to the ancient church of Nostra Signora, built around 1300. The return journey is made by the light of candles and oil lamps, in a very moving religious fervor.

This festival opens the carnival season and attracts many curious people. It is considered the most characteristic carnival of the island. The participants in the procession are divided into two clans. The Mamuthones wear sheepskin jackets and black wooden masks with marked features. Opposite them, the Issohadores wear a white, inexpressive mask. They are in charge of leading the dance and capturing women in the crowd with a rope. To be caught with a lasso by an Issohadore is a good omen and a sign of fertility.

Every year, in the heart of summer, the biggest jazz festival in Sardinia takes place, an event that is becoming increasingly famous. Let yourself be carried away by the harmony and syncopated rhythm on unusual stages between the old town and the most beautiful beaches of the island: great music, big names of the national and international jazz scene in breathtaking settings such as the beaches of Cala Sapone, Cala Lunga or Maladroxia. The whole island is in effervescence during the festival, an opportunity to link tourism and culture.