There are so many things to discover in this island apart from beautiful sea, beaches, hidden coves etc. This Island is rich of history and peculiarities. One of its main attraction is the byssum Museum where Chiara Vigo still makes sea silk following the tradition and process handed down by her grandma. Discover more on […]
Read more "Chiara Vigo, the last woman who makes silk sea – Sant’antioco on BBC news"Our Lady of Bonaria is patron maximum of Sardinia and protector of sailors. Sant’Antioco celebrates every early September with various events in the streets close to the church named after our lady of Bonaria, fireworks, concerts and a Sunday solemn procession carring the statue of the Saint.
Don’t miss it if you are around or planning to come!
In an historical moment in which the migration of people from our neighboring countries is the daily debate, the figure of the Holy Martyr Sant’Antioco – the saint who came from the sea – is even more relevant. You might wonder what the figure of a Sardinian Saint has to do with thousands of people dying in […]
Read more "Sant’Antioco goes to Rome: a journey through art and devotion"Today the wind blew south east, so we went to the North west part of Sant’Antioco Island: Calasetta. Calasetta is the second village on the Island, much smaller than the main one, Sant’Antioco. There are beatiful beaches there and that part is sheltered by south Winds (sooner or later i will write a post on […]
Read more "Spiaggia Grande (wide Beach), Calasetta – Sant’Antioco Island"Just one hour drive from Sant’Antioco Island and you arrive in Chia, one of the most beautiful and well known area of South Sardinia. Still wild and uncontaminated, there you’ll find silence, amazing nature and cristalline light blue emerald green sea. Just a few pictures for you to have taste of its dunes and sea. It is […]
Read more "Chia, just one hour drive from Sant’Antioco Island"Among the necropolis of Punic age in Sardinia, on Sant’Antioco island there is the most important one for the vastness of the funeral plant and for the complexity of the architectural and archaeological remains found in the graves during excavations. From 1754 to the 60s of the last century, Punic tombs were elected as private […]
Read more "Open Caves (Gruttas Obertas) in the underground village, Sant’Antioco Island"Just a 30 min drive from Sant’Antioco and you arrive in Porto Pino, one of the most beautiful beaches of Sardinia. Even Giorgio Armani came for a visit lately (please forgive this little fashion gossip ;-)) It is a very long sandy Caribbean beach with amazing sandy white dune. There are three […]
Read more "Porto Pino"Every 1st of August is the Sant’Antioco Martyr’s solemn procession. Sant’Antioco is the protector and patron saint of the island of Sardinia and every year he is celebrated twice in the island: fifteen days after Easter and every 1st of August. It is a very suggestive occasion, which involves local people and pilgrims devoted to Sant’Antioco coming from all over the island of Sardinia, wearing their local costumes.
This year was a special procession since Sant’Antioco Martyr’s relics are back to Sant’Antioco after 400 years .
After 400 years absence, Sant’Antioco’s relics are finally back to the place of its discovery. On the occasion of the “holy extraordinary year” (18th march 1615 – 18th march 2015 4th centenary of the discovery of the body of Sant’Antioco martyr), people devout to the patron of Sardinia will have the opportunity to worship his recomposed relics in the Basilica of Sant’Antioco. People from all over Sardinia came to follow the solemn procession. Here are some pics for you: enjoy it!
Do you know that silk comes from the sea and that there is just one person left able to weave it? Maestro Chiara Vigo lives and works in Sant’Antioco and you can meet her at Byssus Museum and discover the magic of this fabric. Enjoy this video featured on BBC, the magical fabric known as sea […]
Read more "The magical fabric known as sea silk featured on BBC"For those of you already on the island but also for you planning to visit soon, here is the summer events programme on Sant’Antioco Island. The programme is unfortunately in italian, title excluded. I hope you’ll be able to understand it anyway. For those of you on Facebook, you can also follow the event page […]
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