The narrow and often steep granite-paved streets of Cagliari’s Castello District are a reminder of a bygone age when the town was dominated at first by Pisans, and later by the Aragonese. Built from white limestone, the walls and towers of the Old Town shimmer in the sun and are a magnificent sight, especially if you are lucky and approach the city from the sea, as the English novelist D.H. Lawrence did in 1921 when he described the Old Town as looking like a "Jerusalem without trees".
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Facts| Population: | The city: 146,627
The metro area: 477,000 |
| Currency: | 1 Euro = 100 cents |
| Emergency Numbers: | Fire Brigade: 115
Ambulance: 118
Police: 113
Carabinieri: 112
Local Police Station: +39 070 49 21 69
Guardia Medica +39 070 52 05 52 (24 h, summer only) |
| Newspapers: | L’Unione Sarda: www.unionesarda.it
La Nuova Sardegna: www.lanuovasardegna.it
Corriere della Sera (Italy’s main daily): www.corriere.it |
| Website: | www.cagliariturismo.it
www.sardegnaturismo.it |
| Opening Hours: | Most shops are open from around 8:30am to 1pm and from 3:30pm to 6pm Monday to Saturday with one early closing day, usually Wednesday. |
| Tourist Information: | Cagliari Tourist Information Office
(Ufficio del Turismo Comune di Cagliari)
Via Roma 145, Cagliari
+39 070 677 8173
Open Mon–Sat 10am–1pm / 2pm–6pm; Sun 10am–1pm |
