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Saline Conti Vecchi

Conti Vecchi Saltworks

Sardinia's most long-established saltworks stretches across the 2700 hectares of the Santa Gilla basin: for almost 90 years, mankind and nature have been working in perfect synergy thanks to the far-sighted ambition of engineer Luigi Conti Vecchi who, in the late 1920s, implemented a pioneering project to reclaim the basin by building an immense saltworks and, in the process, contributing to the economic and social development of this depressed area on the outskirts of the city. There arose a flourishing, virtuous and forward-looking business: an eco-sustainable, self-sufficient chemical plant around which orbited a ‘salt community’ endowed with houses, schools and recreational facilities for the families of the owners, managers and employees who lived together in the village of Macchiareddu.

After the war, in the 1970s, the complex was sold to SIR Rumianca and in 1984, following the oil crisis and resultant industrial slow-down, it was compulsorily sold to Eni, which, over time, launched a project of industrial regeneration and reclamation through Syndial – a company that supplies integrated services in the field of environmental redevelopment – and which in 2017 entrusted to FAI the enhancement of this landscape and its cultural heritage. It is a story into which you can immerse yourself as you walk through the time-honoured executive suite, offices and chemical laboratory, which have been restored to look just as they did in the 1930s. It all adds up to a step back in time, accompanied by large-scale, evocative video-projections in the Workshop and the former Carpenter's Office that re-trace the history and operations of the saltworks and the landscape, which we explore on board a dedicated convoy that meanders along a route taking in saltpans and white mountains of salt, in surroundings that are as unusual as they are memorable, being home to hundreds of pink flamingos.

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FAI Saline Conti Vecchi

FAI Saline Conti Vecchi

Zona industriale Macchiareddu-Grogastu

Address

Address

Zona industriale Macchiareddu-Grogastu

Opening time

martedì - domenica
23rd February to 17th June: from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (last entry 04:00 pm)
martedì - domenica
18th June to 18th July: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: from 03:00 pm to 09:00 pm - last entry 06:00 pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday: from 9:30 am to 09:30 pm - last entry 06:00 pm
martedì - domenica
19th July to 17th September: from 9:30 am to 01:30 pm - last entry 11:30 from 04:30 pm to 08:30 pm - last entry 06:00 pm
martedì - domenica
18th September to 31st October: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm - last entry 05:00 pm
martedì - domenica
1th November to 7th January: from 10:00 to 5:00 pm - last entry 03:00 pm

Closed

Entrance fee

General Admission with train tour included The ticket includes: self guided tour of the historic 1930s buildings and guided tour on a little train through the saltworks.
FAI members, Children aged 0-5, National Trust members, residents of the Assemini Local Council area and employees of Syndial and Ing. Luigi Conti Vecchi S.p.A (During special events the price may be subject to change).
Adults

€ 12.00

Reduced (aged 6-18)

€ 6.00

Students up to 25 y.o.

€ 8.00

Family (2 adults and 2 children)

€ 32.00

Reduction for groups (minimum 20 pax)
Entrance with guided tour The ticket includes: guided tour of the historic 1930s buildings and and guided tour on a little train through the saltworks.
FAI members, Children aged 0-5, National Trust members, residents of the Assemini Local Council area and employees of Syndial and Ing. Luigi Conti Vecchi S.p.A

€ 10.00

Adults

€ 20.00

Reduced (aged 6-18)

€ 8.00

Students up to 25 y.o.

€ 12.00

Family (2 adults and 2 children)

€ 45.00

Reduction for groups (minimum 20 pax)

Prenotazione

Transfer: AVTransfer Reservations within 24 hours of departure: +39 3402780543 (min. number 2 people) €12 per person (for groups of min. 6 people) Meeting point: railway station/Piazza Matteotti.

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