About Nora, the first Sardinian city....

On a small peninsula, next to the village Pula, around 60 km from Cagliari one can visit the remains of the Nora, which is believed to have been the first Sardinian city. It has been settled by the ancient Nuraghi people, later the Phoenicians and the Romans lived here.

The different civilisations left beautiful mosaics (partly restored), impressive roads (still in perfect shape nowadays), glass and ceramics tableware (to be admired at the museum in Pula)..

Because the southern part of Sardinia is sinking into the Mediterranean Sea, a substantial part of the former town is now under the sea and can be visited by snorkeling. On the right side of the entrance there is the Pula laguna with a very nicely made aquarium and a turtle hospital. When we visited there were 5 patients in there.