Countless opportunities to be enchanted and amazed by the City of Sunshine, all year round.
All year round, Cagliari offers interesting cultural festivals linked to the city’s most important events, such as Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Holy Week, Carnival, Ferragosto (Assumption Day, celebrated on 15th August) and Sant’Efisio.
Holy Week in Cagliari
One of the city’s most intense moments of religious life, the Holy Week keeps tradition alive and revelas the Spanish influence on Sardinian culture, and captivates local believers and tourists alike with rites and celebrations which take place in the city’s oldest quarters.
Discover the holy week | from April 9th to 16th 2017
Every year on 1st May the magic of the Festival of Sant’Efisio invades the city, culminating in the pilgrimage from Cagliari and back: the historical streets of Cagliari dress themselves up to the nines to celebrate the Holy Warrior.