Parco Naturale Molentargius Saline
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If you happen to be in the area, I would definitely visit. It’s kind of a weird place but with a certain charm. There is no entrance fee (though you can rent bikes or get various guided tours for an expanded experience) so you can just drop by briefly to visit the flamingos, no need to spend hours exploring the park. I wouldn’t come specifically for this though from a distance. There are only a handful of flamingos and at quite a distance (though still really cool to see in the wild!). There are many other places to see them in Sardinia so if that’s your main reason, just pick a place closest to you rather than coming here. I did enjoy the experience though and really like the surrounding architecture many seem to be complaining about - it makes it unique to see the wildlife in such an urban setting. Edit: since I stayed in the neighbourhood, I came back another time and I would suggest if you’re by car and don’t have luck with flamingos, might be worth driving to a different entrance. You also have a higher chance of seeing various birds in early evening (or morning) than middle of the day. And it’s probably worth it to get a bike or a guided tour. There is so much more to see than what I managed on foot. If you’re bothered by the buildings in the background at this entrance, explore the park further. There are many far more scenic spots.
Ivana G.Ivana G.
50
Boat tour: Pointless, Painful and a waste of 2 hours and 30 euros. We took the official boat tour of the Parco Naturale Molentargius-Saline. The primary issues were: 1. no visibility of the surface of the salt basins from the boat - surely the point of the boat tour? (photos attached) 2. absence of protection from the full mid-day sun (photo attached) The secondary issues were concerning the captain of our tour. We may have been unlucky. Another captain may have been excellent. 3. Safety issue when disembarking. 4. Bad allocation of seating when boarding. 1. No visibility: When sitting down (as required) in the boat the salt basins are simply not visible (apart from one place). There are views of the embankment, weeds and shrubs. Walking, cycling or taking the e-bus provides views of the basins. Even the municipal PF / PQ bus running along the coastal roads provides views. What is the point of the boat tour if you do not see the basins and the wildlife feeding on the basins? 2. Mid-day sun: The boat had no cover from the full mid-day sun. My wife and I were starting to suffer from sunburn even though we were wearing hats and had applied 50 factor sunscreen. A young child on the boat was in difficulty with the sun and heat. 3. Poor safety: The last, but not least, concern was safety. As the young child was disembarking from the side of the boat, the boat drifted away from the dockside with a gap of about 30 cms opening up at the point of disembarkation. For a few moments she was in a precarious position especially with nobody on the dockside to assist her. 4. Allocation of Seating: The seating was strictly allocated by the skipper when boarding. 11 passengers for 11 seats - sounds simple. 9 Italian speaking passengers were allocated to the 9 best seats first. We were allocated one seat on a 3 seater bench next to another couple - so no social distancing there. I was given the option of sitting on the storage box (visible in the photo) which I eventually moved to. The 11th seat by that time had been taken by a lady who preferred it to her rearward facing view, allowing her partner to spread out across two seats. The winners in this saga were the people who were turned away from the boat tour as it was fully booked. They will have seen much more than we did and still have their money in their pockets to fund the e-bus or bikes or simply enjoy the walking.
stuart cornesstuart cornes
50
uuumm, listen, this is a waste of time. It’s ugly. It’s not taken care of there’s not many flamingos there, trash is everywhere, there are no beautiful views, end of story. Everywhere you go in this park you can hear the cars on the highway, you cannot escape the urbanization of this town anywhere. I brought a camera with me and I haven’t taken a single shot because everything is ugly - it’s like somebody build a prison or some kind of concentration camps everywhere because of the wires around the entire park and the weird structures that were left here from the 60s it’s really really not pleasant. It doesn’t give the vibe of the nature at all. You still feel like you’re in some kind of movie (not a good one) it’s just left alone to be whatever it is and nobody cleans it nobody is taking care of the plants nobody is taking care of the roads. The way here is super long from the city center- if you don’t have a car it’s very painful and, the cars literally driving through the park all the time and people seem to be OK with it, which seems weird to me. The information center of the park looks like a concentration camp left abandoned and even though the park opens at 6:30 AM the information center with all the bikes you need to ride opens at 9 AM. And the cherry on top - there are very few flamingos here (we came in August) I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PARK OR CALGIARI AT ALL.
Maria BuchenkoMaria Buchenko
120
Im only giving it two stars instead of one because we were lucky to get to see a flamingo close enough. Otherwise it would have been just a one because we couldn’t hire a bike as we needed an ID and tbh I wouldn’t give my passport to some strangers sitting at the desk, will all IDs on the desk easily for anyone to grab! It was only one person at the desk and she would walk around explaining things to tourists and leave the desk unattended while IDs with their forms are just there on table - not secure at all. We even offered credit card but they said no. This rule should change to leaving credit cards or perhaps deposit rather ID if they show they are not taking care of it properly. The other reason is that all birds are in the distance you cannot see them. We walked for 40 to 50 mins in heat search for them and manage to see them in distance so then we decided to go towards the beach and luckily we saw one very close on left hand side in one of the lake, standing by itself so kinda made our day and happy at least all the efforts didnt go to waste.
Negar D.MasoulehNegar D.Masouleh
10
Before I visited I read most of the reviews here. I must say immediately that I loved my very long walk around the park as I love Biology and stop to admire not only birds but also flora and fauna. We arrived at the park by taking the PF bus from piazza Matteotti. If you are staying at T Hotel there's bus 3 that stops you a 10 minutes walk away from the park. There are 3 options. €15 per person if you want to take the minibus with a local guide that can take you in all the places and explain to you. You can also hire a bike. I opted to take the 3 hours walk. I saw not only Flamingoes in the park but I also saw 4 flying ahead. I also saw ducks, cormorants, black wing stilts, moorehen, common sand Piper, collar doves, sea gulls, hooded crows, jack dows, and starlings. The walk is free of charge. I really enjoyed it and recommend it for nature lovers, but other people might find nothing special or interesting for them.
Josephine Ebejer GrechJosephine Ebejer Grech
60
I was so disappointed! They sell and advertise the Park as if there were lots of flamingos, we were told by the crew that rent the bikes in the information centre that over 50,000 flamingos can be seen at the park. This set the expectations high and my friend and I, head out to the cycle track very exited. We only saw a few flamingos at a very long distance. They were just small dots in the horizon and not even a dozen of them. We went to all the places in the map as we thought they were resting on another location but no luck. The heat was too intense and there is no shelter, so I’ll recommend to be prepared and bring a good hat, water and sun protection. After some research I found out that flamingos arrive to the island in June so it may be the only month worth going but for us, it was disappointing.
Cinthia RamirezCinthia Ramirez
00
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Molentargius - Saline Regional Park is a regional park in Sardinia, Italy. It was established in 1999 with the aim to protect and enhance a site of international interest, already included in the Ramsar Convention since 1977 because of its number relevance about stopover, wintering and nesting waterfowl bird species.
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