Continuing from Masua along the paved road, no longer on the sea, passing through Acquaresi (mine), you reach, after about 8 km, at the junction to Cala Domestica.
Cala Domestica, one of the most beautiful cove of Sardinia, is located 2 km south of Buggerru. The beach is at the end of a deep inlet on the coast and surrounded by high cliffs, it was used until 1940 as a port of shipment of minerals from mines in the area, as witness of this period still remain the ruins of several buildings, including the ruins of the warehouses of the mines. Here, once, was running a small railway to transport the ore to be loaded on ships. During the Second World War was a German naval base.
Cala Domestica is dominated by an old Spanish tower, to get there just follow the path that starts at the left of the beach, along the way you can admire amazing views of the bay, while on the the tip of the opposite cliff is an arch of rock. The tower was probably built in the late eighteenth century (1765-1786), the structure, made of limestone, has a cylindrical shape and measures approximately 12 m in diameter and about 11 m in height. During the Second World War it was used as an observation point, the iron stairway inside the tower dates from this era. On the cliff to the right of the beach, a tunnel dug by the miners, leads to another beach, called "La Caletta". |
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The Caletta, Cala Domestica, Sardinia |
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Remnants of the warehouses of the mine, Cala Domestica, Buggerru, Sardinia |
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Cala Domestica, Sardinia |
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