Carloforte

Carloforte is a unique town in the island both for traditions different from the other towns of Sardinia and for its environmental value. Its origins date back to 1700 and are typically Genoese.
The houses, following the Ligurian style are white or slightly colored, with balconies and developed along narrow roads, similar to carrugi Genoese, developing from the port towards the hill and then upwards. Near the square of the parish of S. Carlo Borromeo you can admire the oratory of Our Lady of Schiavo in rococò style which hosts a statue of Our Lady built in black lime. It also important and worth seeing in Carloforte the church of S. Peter built in the late eighteenth century over the remains of the century church dedicated to the Novelli Innocenti.
In the upper part of the town there are still remains of walls and fortifications that with a quadrangular shape defined the urban perimeter. The fort Carlo Emanuele III, built in 700, houses the municipal museum that collects evidence of the begining and development of the town of origin tabarkina. The museum also has a fine collection of Mediterranean shells and documents of the traditional activities carried out by the inhabitants of the town, such as tuna fishing.
The coasts of Carloforte represent one of the most beautiful of the island of San Pietro. The west area, exposed to the mistral, presents caves, overhangs and indentations of an incredible beauty. The coast located towards Sardinia is the opposite: low, sandy and straight. We recommend a boat trip around the island in order to admire its beauty.
In the locality La Punta you can still admire two tuna factories with intact infrastructure and equipment that was used during tuna fishing. In the east coast there is the Isola Piana, where there is a tuna factory owned by Genoa.