Map of Cabras from above, Tharros Archaeological Site - Phoenician Coastal City marked with a wine glass

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Tharros Archaeological Site - Phoenician Coastal City

2,000-year-old Phoenician coastal city on Sardinia's Sinis peninsula—wine tourism stop paired with nearby Contini wine cave, one of Sardinia's oldest cellars.

What to do there

TourTharros Archaeological Site - Phoenician Coastal CityExplore one of the most important Phoenician-Punic-Roman archaeological sites in the Mediterranean. Founded in the 8th century BC, Tharros features a Phoenician tophet (sanctuary), two necropolises, Carthaginian fortifications, Roman baths, temple columns, and an underwater archaeological area. Walk the ancient Cardo Massimo with its visible basalt paving.

Places to see nearby

Museum Giants of Mont'e Prama & Cabras Museum Sardinia's mysterious 9th-century Giants of Mont'e Prama stand guard over Cabras — a 6000-year wine region where Nuragic Vermentino thrives on volcanic soils.