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 Car Hire & Driving in Cagliari, ItalyWelcome to Cagliari Car Hire, Sardinia Island, Italy; available at Cagliari Airport.Sardinia Island Car HireIn his travelogue, Sea and Sardinia, D H Lawrence wrote that Sardinia was ‘left outside of time and history’. Indeed, the march of time has been slow in Sardinia, and traditions from ancient Europe have also survived in Sardinia, as you may be able to witness while travelling around Sardinia in your hire car. These traditions are displayed in Sardinia’s many festivals which you may be able to catch while in Sardinia in your hire car. Several different dialects and languages are spoken in Sardinia, Catalan can be heard in Alghero, and on the island of San Pietro, there is a Ligurian dialect. Of particular interest on Sardinia are the pre-historic nuraghe castles, villages, temples and tombs which litter the countryside and which you can visit in your hire car while on Sardinia. Cagliari Car Hire Sardinia IslandCagliari is the capital of Sardinia and the site where Cagliari now stands was occupied by the Phoenicians, Carthaginians and Roman. In fact the extensive ruins of the Phoenician city of Nora lie to the southwest of Cagliari and are worth a visit in your hire car. A 2nd century amphitheatre also survives in Cagliari, which was built in the Roman era, and is worth a visit in your hire car while on Sardinia. You can discover Cagliari’s earlier history with a visit in your hire car to the Cittadella dei Musei, which was the former royal arsenal. It houses several museums, including the Museo Nazionale Archeologico and is also home to the Pinacoteca art gallery. So the Cittadella dei Musei is well worth a visit in your hire car while in Cagliari. The old core of Cagliari has an appealing North African character as you will find on a trip in your hire car. In the high Castello district of Cagliari the Romans and later, Pisans built defences which you can visit in your hire car today. The gracious Bastione San Remy, which you will find on Piazza Constituzione in your hire car, has magnificent views over Cagliari and the surrounding countryside of Sardinia. The Duomo in Cagliari is a 20th century rehash of a Romanesque building but is still worth a visit in your hire car while in Cagliari. Flanking the entrance of the Duomo are two 12th century pulpits, originally destined for the cathedral in Pisa. Nearby in your hire car is the 14th century Pisan tower Torre San Pancrazio, which is also worth a visit while in Cagliari. From the partially ruined Toree dell’Elefante, which you will find on Via dell’Universita in your hire car, to the port in Cagliari, lies the Marina quarter of Cagliari, which expanded from the old town in the 16th to 17th century. In Piazza San Cosima in your hire car you’ll find the 6th century church of San Saturnino which is a rare monument to Byzantine occupation and also worth a visit while in Cagliari. The Cagliari Tourist Information Centre can be found on Piazza Matteotti in your hire car and can provide advice on what to see and do in your hire car while in Cagliari and around Sardinia. Italy Car HireHome of opera, Ferrari and designers like Giorgio Armani, Prada and Gucci; Italy is a place of diversity and culture, all free to be explored in your hire car. From the snow capped peaks of the Alpes in the north, through to the unique and magical city of Venice in the northeast of Italy, whose streets are full of water, the central Tuscany region of Italy, full of evocative landscapes; peaceful and timeless, and the main wine making region of Italy; Florence, its capital, is a great art centre. Italy’s capital Rome is home of one of the greatest amphitheatres, the Colosseum, which was commissioned in AD 72, you will also find the Vatican City here in your hire car, the world capital of Catholicism and the world’s smallest state, occupying just 43ha (106 acres). The south of Italy is rich in archaeological remains, such as the famous Pompeii. Italy also includes the beautiful islands of Sicily and Sardinia, equally worth a visit in your hire car. See our links to Venice Car Hire, Florence Car Hire, Rome Car Hire, Naples Car Hire, together with Alghero, Cagliari, Olbia for Sardinia Car Hire and Catania and Palermo for Sicily Car Hire, for details of what you may see on a trip to these places in your hire car while exploring Italy.
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