Oristano, Italy Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

ORISTANO is a flat, unprepossessing place, whose old walls have been mostly replaced by busy boulevards. However, the centre has a relaxed and sophisticated ambience, and although it is 4km from the sea, the town is attractively surrounded by water, its lagoons and irrigation canals helping to make this a richly productive agricultural zone. The southern lagoon, the Stagno di Santa Giusta , is one of the two homes of Sardinia's flamingo population: if they're not at Cágliari they're bound to be here, sharing the water with the coracle-like flat-bottomed boats still used by the lagoon's … more »