Day 7 Cagliari Optional Barumini tour Taste of Sardinia tour

Destination: Cagliari
Meals included: B L D
Accommodations: M/V Clio

Breakfast: Onboard the ship.

Morning: You are free to discover Cagliari on your own, or join your Trip Experience Leader for one of two optional tours.

Optional Tour: Barumini tour. For a glimpse into centuries past, drive to the commune of Barumini, where history lays bare before you. Upon arrival, a local guide will lead you through the iconic Su Nuraxi, a UNESCO World Heritage complex dating back to the seventeenth century BCE. You'll witness a nuragi here as well as several prehistoric towers and remnants of a civilization long gone. Once your tour of the site concludes, we’ll have time to discover the area as well as the quaint town of Barumini independently. Then, drive to a nearby farmhouse, where you'll be greeted by the farmers and witness the unspoiled nature of the region.

Optional Tour: Or, Taste of Sardinia tour. if you're looking for a multisensory experience, join the Taste of Sardinia optional tour. First, drive to the village of Selargius. Here, you'll meet a local villager who will demonstrate how to bake and decorate bread, and you'll have the opportunity to try your hand at these techniques based on centuries of culinary tradition. From there, we'll head back to Cagliari's city center in time for another demonstration.

Lunch: If you are joining the optional tour to Barumini, lunch is included at the farmhouse. On the optional Taste of Sardinia tour, savor lunch with a culurgiones (rolled stuffed pasta) demonstration.

Otherwise, lunch will be provided onboard.

Afternoon: Travelers on our Barumini optional tour will return to Cagliari and meet up with the rest of our fellow travelers in the mid-afternoon.

Optional Tour: If you're on the Taste of Sardinia tour, you have the chance to sample traditional Sardinian desserts at a local bakery, complete with a fresh cup of green tea before returning to the ship.

We start sailing towards Mazara del Vallo before dinner.

Dinner: Onboard the ship.

Evening: The evening is free. Continue your dinner conversations over a cocktail in the lounge, admire the moonlit sea from the deck, or retire to your room to be rocked to sleep by the waves.

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