Porto Flavia: Mining Landscape Guided Tour with Entry Ticket – Sardinia, Italy

EXPERIENCE:

Embark on a breathtaking experience with this ticket and tour of Porto Flavia. Soak up stunning views of the deep blue Masua sea and the surrounding Pan di Zucchero sea stacks as you uncover the secrets of this port which hangs between heaven and earth.

Meet your guide and begin a journey back in time at this genuine engineering masterpiece which improved miners’ lives and reduced mineral transportation times and costs.

To fathom the scope of the revolution this port represents, hear how minerals were once loaded by hand on small sailing vessels (bilancelle) and brought to Carloforte port, from which large vessels distributed them all over the world, but when Porto Flavia was opened in 1924, everything changed. 

Learn how minerals were transported by a narrow-gauge railway built inside the sea stacks and then loaded from the coaches into large moo tons silos (a system of conveyor belts, built in a tunnel under the silos) and transported the minerals directly into the holds of ships moored under the cliffs.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

Step back in time as you experience the glorious mining past of the area
Enjoy a guided tour that is full of facinating technical/historical information
Discover monumental achivement in mining technology that is unique in the world
Take in breathtaking views of the Masua sea and the Pan di Zucchero sea stacks
Imagine a time when massive ships filled their cargo holds with local minerals

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