Holiday Apartment in Tamarispa: History, Landscape and Cycling Tours

Tamarispa combines the history of the medieval settlement with today’s village on the Riu Mannu and cycling tours through the Gallura. Today’s village lies lower than medieval Tamarispa and not far from the Riu Mannu. When choosing a holiday apartment in Tamarispa, you can take into account historical traces, religious tradition, proximity to the river and tours connecting the village with Budoni and other rural locations.

Galluran Traces and Rural Heritage

The Budoni Museum Museo dello Stazzo e della Civiltà contadina displays tools used by farmers who lived in Stazzi. These typical rural homes of the Gallura offer a tangible insight into a way of life closely connected with farming and livestock breeding. At the beginning of the 20th century, Tamarispa itself depended on farming and livestock breeding.

The oldest written records of Tamarispa come from the Liber Fondachi, a register documenting tax revenues from the Pisans’ possessions in Sardinia. Between 1317 and 1319, no more than four families, or around twenty inhabitants, lived in Tamarispa. The medieval settlement was located in the northern part of the lower Gallura, in an elevated position, on the slopes or at the summit of a rise. In his 16th-century work Chorographia, Gian Francesco Fara described Tamarispa as abandoned.

Between the second half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century, several small settlements emerged in the coastal and coastal hinterland between Olbia and Posada; Tamarispa later became one of these newly established places. Older residents of Tamarispa call the Riu Mannu “Su riu de Tamarispa”.

Church and Religious Tradition

Today’s church in Tamarispa was built around 25 years ago at a site where no older places of worship or remains of an earlier settlement were found. The Church of the Beata Vergine Maria is Tamarispa’s parish church. On the Sunday after Pentecost, the Virgin Mary and Blessed Maria Gabriella Sagheddu are celebrated there with a morning Mass followed by a procession.

Cycling Tours between Budoni, the Hills and the Village

Several cycling tours pass through Tamarispa or include the village as a stop. The “Budoni verso nord” cycling tour includes a short stop to visit Tamarispa’s old chapel. It also includes a viewpoint at an elevation of around 234 metres, where sky, landscape and sea come together in a panorama. The tour is considered suitable for everyone.

The “Budoni verso sud” cycling tour follows the SP24bis to the rural locations of Sas Murtas in the municipality of Posada and San Lorenzo, continuing to the rural village of Tamarispa at an elevation of around 200 metres. This tour is also considered suitable for everyone. In addition, the “S.Lucia-S.Anna-Turpé-Tavalá-Su Cossù-Brunella-Tamarispa-Budoni-S.Lucia” cycling route passes through Tamarispa.

Getting There via Olbia and Budoni

From Olbia, take the SS131 DCN towards Nuoro. After around 30 kilometres, take the Budoni/Agrustos exit and follow the SP24 and SP24 BIS to Tamarispa. The Marebus Rosmarino line provides a weekday connection between Budoni and Tamarispa. The Marebus Ginepro night line also includes a connection between Budoni and Tamarispa.

More Destinations

For further travel planning: Murta Maria, Rudalza, Aggius, Paduledda, Cugnana, Sant Antonio Di Gallura, Costa Paradiso, Berchiddeddu

For the higher-level travel overview: Olbia-Tempio.