Gourmet products local specialties and wines Cagliari

Pork and boar hams, pecorino and panadas cheese, stuffed pasta with pork or lamb meat…

General food and freshly caught fish.

Crafts and antiques.

Frue is a grocery store specialized in exclusive gastronomic products located in a pedestrian and shopping street. For the lunch break, you can enjoy sandwiches, salads and traditional products. Of course, the emphasis is on small producers and for a delicatessen in the capital, the prices are controlled. "Frue" in Sardinian is the soul of cheese. Originally a cheese shop, this store has, over time, expanded its offer with unique products: carasau bread from Ovedda, pecorino from Osilo, olio di oliva from Dolianova... To discover!

The Antonio Garau cheese dairy has been around for 140 years, and it's everywhere! This historic Sardinian institution offers exquisite cheeses produced with wisdom and love. The richness of Trexenta's pastures is savored in the mouth. Caseificio Garau won the silver medal in the Pecorino category at the prestigious World Cheese Awards 2023, the world's most important cheese competition. And let's not forget that it's delicious!

This pastry shop is a Cagliari institution. There are many, but this one surpasses the rest. Legend has it that Piero Ditrizio was the pastry chef who conquered Cagliari in just 5 months of opening during the pandemic. Piero turned away from "dry" Sardinian pastry and opened up to the world, offering classics from every country. Many ingredients are local, however, such as honey, fruit and eggs. The butter is French, as is the vanilla; the pistachio paste is from Sicily. A must-try!

The small town of Gonnosfanadiga is well known for its olive oil, one of the best in Sardinia. It is part of the Città dell'Olio circuit, along with Alghero, Orosei, Cabras... For the amateurs, an address to remember to make your own opinion: Agricura. This family estate, managed with respect for biodiversity by Andrea Ghiani, produces a precious extra virgin olive oil. Tradition and family history characterize Agricura's olive growing. Good to know, an online shop is available on their website.

In an alley behind the arcades of La Marina, don't miss this shop. It sells high quality and fine handcrafted products. Everything is sourced 100% Sardinian, from sheep's or goat's milk to the meat used for salting. This is the place to come to buy genuine Sardinian pecorino, which is offered at different stages of maturation. The cured meats, perfectly seasoned and dried, look good. Wines, pasta, preserves, sweets and cakes, you can't fail to find what you are looking for.

"Durke" means "sweet" in Sardinian. In a pedestrian street near the Marina, Marie-Antoinette welcomes you in her small store full of treasures to taste: amarettes (macaroons), zilicas (honey, semolina and almonds), pardulas (ricotta and saffron) to name just a few of the 18 delights. You are in an artisanal cookie factory which perpetuates the tradition since half a century and which proposes a beautiful panel of products without gluten and containing 100 % natural ingredients. For the record, these cookies can be enjoyed as far away as America!

This legendary bakery opened its doors in Cagliari more than a century ago. Four generations have succeeded one another in the bakery to produce airy soft breads, generous panettone breads and fruit tarts from the orchard. Among the mouth-watering specialities, natural sourdough bread, fresh pasta, almond crunchy bread and pizza on the side are all the rage. The latest project is a vegetable garden to supply the bakery with fresh fruit and vegetables. Numerous other outlets in the city and in Sardinia, including Via Mameli 224.

A very small gelateria but one of the most appreciated in the city. The very original perfumes follow recipes that have been around for a long time, using only fresh products. We advise you to taste apple-cinnamon, pear with walnuts, banana with caramel and walnuts, chocolate with chilli or orange. For the more adventurous, there are even more unusual flavours, such as beer, pardula (Sardinian cupcake), tzatzíki, or wild fennel granita. Aresu also makes refreshing granites from March to October.

Nearby "Su Nuraxi", in an unchanged agricultural and pastoral landscape, lies Tenuta Olianas with its 30 ha of vineyards, whose protagonists are Sardinia's indigenous grape varieties. As if to thumb its nose at modernity, Olianas has built its reputation on tried-and-tested ancestral methods: animal traction, biodynamics and amphora aging! The wine tourism offer is vast: winegrower dinners and lunches, vineyard walks, tastings... Innovation at Olianas goes beyond organic farming with bio-integration.

This is the right place to discover bottled Sardinia. The wine merchants know the typical wines on the tip of their taste buds. They will be able to recommend you cannonau, vermentino di Gallura, vernaccia di Oristano according to the pleasure you are looking for. You can also find myrtle liqueur, brandies or local beers. A plus and not the least, the pleasant setting with its sofas and deep armchairs suitable for tasting.

We'll happily overlook the French mistake to check if the pastries sold here are the best in town. In any case, they are very appetizing and rather pop. The red fruits colour the chocolate cakes covered with mocha cream, pecan and pistachio chips cover the hot muffins... For Easter, the house perpetuates the tradition of the dove, a large brioche flavoured with chocolate, pistachio or almond. In addition to the pastries, you can stop in this futuristic setting to have a snack on the go.

This café dedicated to sweet and savoury pleasures is not lacking in charm with its antique furniture and eclectic decoration with a cosy atmosphere. From the home-made cakes that tempt you in the window, to the coffee with its intense aroma, to the selection of Sardinian wines to accompany salty miniatures, everything is good. If you haven't already done so, try the pardulas, those Sardinian mini cakes with ricotta cheese flavoured with saffron. The speciality is a pastry cream pie(torta della Nonna) that you can learn to make during a course.

Biscuiterie Collu is a pastry shop located in San Sperate.