Siniscola’s beaches
e Geometri L. Oggiano
Berchida
Berchida is surely the most wonderful beach of the zone.
Shallow, crystal water, white sand: Berchida is a real natural
treasure. Behind it you can admire the real natural Sardinian
panorama. In this zone you can go horseback riding.
The Confetti beach
The confetti beach is in front of a camping ground
surrounded by a pine-wood. It is characterised by pebbles
which cover the sand. It’s possible to moor small sea-craft but
the camping ground doesn’t supply surveillance.  variety from the limestone dolomites mountains of Mount
La Caletta
The beach of La Caletta  is very near  the built-up area. It is
very big and  it’s a popular beach for sunbathers
Capo Comino
This beach is called also Le Dune for its spectacular sandy
dunes. You can go by biking and it is characterised by the
Capo Comino lighthouse from which you  can admire a
wonderful panorama of all the beaches. Behind the beach
there is a salt lake which houses magnificent flamingos.
Santa Lucia
Small and typical village of fishermen, built around its
homonymous church and the Aragonese Tower of XVI
century, offers swallow, clear water and white sand.
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1) Nuraghe Pizzinnu 3)Domus Cuccuru ‘e
Janas town
2) Nuraghe Gorropis 4)Su Itichinzu Tomb At the foot of the Mount Albo, a steep calcareous ridge,
along the homonym river, Siniscola faces towards the
The students of I.T.C.G. welcome you to beaches and the cliffs of the east Sardinian coast. The territory
Siniscola with the intention to meet your offers a series of agrarian and natural landscapes of surprising
requirement, to lead you towards the
Albo to the cultivation (groves, vineyards, pastures) of the
wonders of our Island and to discover the plain furrowed by water courses that flow into the ample
ancient tastes of an old land coastal lagoons that extend from the hamlet of La Caletta to
the stupendous beach of Berchida. The zone is very rich in
Project Manager woods and springs and has a territory of great naturalistic
Maria Francesca Carta interest because of the presence of plants and rare animals
among which the Bonelli royal eagle, the mouflon, the boar
and the owl. The prevalent activities consist in sheep and
English Teachers:  cattle rearing, workmanship of the dairy products, extractive
                Giuseppa Maria Gerardi and artisan activities, harbour and fishing. In the territory
numerous testimonies of the ancient presence of man are
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present.
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In the countryside of Siniscola there are about 26 Nuraghi,
some giants graves and only one Domus de Janas of which
only ruins remain.
May 2002
 higher than today and probably also this Nuraghe, as well as
Archaeological sites of others, was a trilobed Nuraghe formed of a central tower and
two added towers like the Nuraghe Gorropis. Crossing the
Nuraghic era corridor which presents a unique floor covering of dolmen
tradition (as in the dolmens with plat band stone slabs), you
Domus Cuccure e Janas can enter the main tower. A stairway, on the left, with most of
the steps missing, leads to the upper floor.
Cuccuru e janas, translated
the
summit of the fairies is a

domus de janas situated in the

zone of San Narciso on the
state highway Siniscola - La
Caletta. This is the only
domus de janas in the
territory
of Siniscola. It was hollowed
out in a schist stone and
destroyed by dynamite during
the excavation to open an
entry facing east. Most domus
de janas face east or south-
east towards the rising sun
which probably was the
symbol of new life. The
workers had to dig against the schist veins and this is the
reason why you can notice some scratches on the walls and
scholars attribute these signs to the metal fingernails of the
fairies. Going into the stone the diggers continued south,
hollowing out the central cave, working against the vein of
the stone and probably because of this the room is small and
shallow. The cave ends with a big room which again follows
the natural vein of the stone. The entry called Portello has a
rectangular or trapezoidal shape and presents the bovine
protomi (the animal shaped rocks called “bovine protomi”).
Inside the domus de janas there are a lot of
graffiti, seen as negative signs and there is also an antecell
where the people put offerings. The grave, already known and
opened since the last century, hasn’t furnished archeological
materials but it confirms the fact that the fertile plain between
Siniscola and the sea was already populated during the
neolithic period.
Nuraghe Pizzinnu
The Nuraghe Pizzinnu can be found in a valley about 2 km
staircase and a corridor. It is thought that in this area there
was a nuraghic village and this can be deduced from some
fragments of nuraghic pottery and by a whole cup found near
the Nuraghe. Both white limestone, very common to this area
and schist, a very difficult stone to cut, were used in the
construction of the Nuraghe
The tower is built of large polygonal blocks of white
limestone lightly rough-hewn, while the dimension of the
blocks in the upper rows decreases. On the left side there is a
Su Itichinzu Tomb
doorway which has the same thickness as the wall. The
opening is covered by a thin slab of granite which serves as
architrave with a wide opening to support the weight of the
structure rising above it. This is the way it appeared in origin.
But now one part is well conserved whereas the part facing
the road has been subjected to a fall to ruins. Inside this you
can find some rooms one of which is formed of projecting
walls surrounded by a helicoidal stairway, and this can be
seen in the summit of the Nuraghe, through a small cleft
caused by the falling of the structure. The long past
archaeological dig of 1960 brought to light numerous
Su Itichinzu can be found in locality Zorrosca near Capo
containers in  mixing ceramic especially pans with handles
Comino. It can be reached following the road that leads from
many of which were found piled up near the fireplace of the
Capo Comino to Irgoli and the name could mean vineyard.
main tower. Some bowls, cone shaped, pots, 4 handled jars
It’s on a hill that is lower compared to the surrounding hills,
and also a few bronze figurines of warriors with arches of
in a large spot of lentisk. The structure was built in rose
relevant importance come from the Nuraghe
granite and only half of it was excavated in 1994. Su Itichinzu
Nuraghe Gorropis represents a particular type of giants’ grave; it does not
present rocks in the shapes called Stele and Exedra but one
On the state road La Caletta-Siniscola in locality "Su front wall constructed perfectly in rectangular masonry with
Mattone" you can find the Nuraghe Gorropis, the twin of an architaved entrance called Hatch, that opens in to a
Nuraghe Pizzinnu, in Posada. The name of the Nuraghe corridor also built in stone masonry. This corridor is divided
means vortex, whirpool or puddle and it is probably of pre- in two parts: a cell and an antecell. The grave of modest
romanic origin. Only a few rows of calcareous blocks remain dimensions therefore seems to date back to the final phase of
to outline this Nuraghe. Nuraghe Gorropis isn't a monotower the nuraghic civilization and therefore to a late moment of the
but presents a central tower and two added towers of which beginning of the first millennium after Christ. This date is
only some stones emerge. On the top of the Nuraghe there are
fallen ruins which probably were over the central room. This
confirmed by the finding of an elaborate vase with a ringed
foot found in front of the entrance of the grave; a funerary
inner room is surrounded by a dividing wall created by a urn, a small bowl with a ceramic lid containing some ashes.