Barisardo, Barì till Italy’s unification, originated from the joining of four ancient villages that sprung up around the rural churches of Sant’Antine, S. Leonardo, S. Cecilia and S. Susanna, identified still today with the villages four main neighbourhoods.

Snuggled between the hills of Su pranu, Pitzu e Monte and the plateau of Teccu, Barisardo presents a favourable climatic situation and a countryside  characterised by century old olive and almond trees and Mediterranean bush.

Several domus de janas and many nuraghi, some of them in good condition are among the monuments to see in the surroundings.

The 10-km-long littoral begins in the area called Cea and continues at Teccu with a series of  basalt rock promontories, result of  the eruption of  an ancient volcano whose mouth is on the plateau itself.

The coast, whose splendid reefs are the joy of deep-water divers, opens onto long strips of sand held together by the small rock on which  the tower of Barisardo stands (Turri). Shady pine groves, wide patches of Mediterranean bush and rows of eucalyptus, with a wealth of typical local fauna and flora, outline the beaches up to the wetlands of Bau Eni and Tramalitzia, bordering with Cardedu’s territory.

Inside the village, the parish church, built between 1600 and 1700, is well worth a visit for its precious stairway with balustrade of finely inlaid  polychrome marble and its baroque steeple that dominates the whole village. To the left of the church, is the interesting oratory of the Rosario Confraternity, which dates back to the 17th century and now in need of renovation.