Welcome to Castiadas

IT'S; the municipality of Sarrabus, with its beautiful beaches and a lush green hinterland, Although still little known, It has nothing to envy to the nearby Costa Rei and Villasimius. Beautiful beaches, waters and the Inland Acquired independence only in 1985 actually has its roots in a time away.

The finds are evidence of human presence from the nuragica era, as you can see by the complex structure of Nuraghe Sa Domu ' e s'orcu nellapiana di Santa Giusta. In the 14th century was born in Villanova di Castiadas, part of the giudicato of Cagliari, that was subsequently granted to the Catalan family of Quiterano with the aragonese conquest. In 1861, the family of the Quiterano died out and the Centre of Villanova di Castiadas passed under the control of Carroz, so he remained a fief until 1880, the abolition of feudal States. Always on the end of the 19th century, the Ministry of the Interior, According to the prison policy of the time, decided to open a new and important agricultural penal colony.

Thus thirty forced arrived from Cagliari built the imposing building in use until 1953, Today visits. In the years of the colony the captives the entire area drained or waterlogged, and converted to fertile land from cultivation and breeding. Today the municipality, made up of various agricultural villages, count in 1300. The mountain hinterland covered with a rich forest that boasts exceptional animal species as the Corsican red deer is a perfect place for long walks and foot or horseback. The beaches, long, White and pristine lapped by clear turquoise water are probably as close as there is to the idea of heaven on Earth.