ゴンネーザの天然記念物・トップ19

Beautiful area, secluded with great views.

When the sun sets and the sea turns to liquid silver, then it happens: From the tranquil blue, the rock rises – not like a foreign body, but like a thought of the earth turned to stone. Pan di Zucchero, or Sugarloaf, they call it, and indeed: There it stands, as if licked by the sky and washed by the sea, round and proud, as if watching over the Sardinian coast. The last rays of day creep over its limestone walls, licking firmly at the edges, casting both shine and shadow. In this light, it glows – not garishly, not obtrusively, but like something that remembers: the millennia of the sea, the silence beneath the water, the spray of geologists, birds, wind, and the hand of man who searched for ore and dug veins nearby. A monument that demands nothing. It simply stands there – and is contemplated. From Masua, one approaches, on foot or by boat, with the rocks on the right and the open blue on the left. Those who take the path will be rewarded with views that are out of the ordinary. Those who choose the boat will be amazed: by the grottos that dig into the base like eyes, by the almost outrageous height – 133 meters rising vertically from nothing. And then, in the late afternoon, when the sun is low and the rocks are silent, something else happens: Sugarloaf Mountain begins to tell its story. About the time when it was still connected to the mainland. About its little brothers – Il Morto, S'Agusteri – that stand lost in the sea. And about all the seagulls that circle as if they had invented the place. No photo, no filter can replace this moment: the whisper of the wind, the salty air, the light that forgets the sky. You stand there and are silent. And the rock – it remains. As if it had always been there. And always would be.

The majestic limestone monument rises like a sentinel from the deep blue Mediterranean. This imposing rocky spire off the southwest coast of Sardinia is a geological masterpiece, formed by millions of years of erosion. The 133-meter-high rock is a remnant of the Cretaceous period.

View of Pan di Zucchero from Masua beach

The Sardinian word “nébida” means fog. Is that the namesake?

The laveria La Marmora is a former processing plant for zinc ore, which was mined in the Iglesiente until the 1970s. It is one of the greatest industrial monuments in the Iglesiente. There are other witnesses to mining in Nebida, and there is an old shaft above the town. In the area there are old mines "s'acquq resi", which were in operation until the 1980s.

The laveria La Marmora is a former processing plant for zinc ore, which was mined in the Iglesiente until the 1970s. It is one of the greatest industrial monuments in the Iglesiente. There are other witnesses to mining in Nebida, and there is an old shaft above the town. In the area there is an old mine "s'acquq resi", which was in operation until the 1980s.

Portu Ferru is a small natural landing place where boats are beached. The reddish cliffs, which give it its name, create a fascinating contrast with the sea, which is reflected in the most beautiful shades of blue.