Santa Teresa di Gallura is tourist center. Beginning in the Phoenician period as a tranquil landing-place in a tract of coast tormented by winds and unsafe, it became occupied by the Romans who called it "Lungonis" by way of a port that is situated along a small bay. They used the granite caves for the columns of the Pantheon, but very quickly there arrived years of famine and pestilence, that, jointly with the assaults of the Saracens, made this region dangerous and uninhabitable. Arriving in the middle of the XIV century, a period in which Eleonora d'Arborea built the castle of Longonsardo. Even the period of prosperity that followed was not destined to last very long with the arrival of the Aragons, who, not loved by the population, went away destroying everything behind them. In 1803 the place returned to life thanks to a Piedmontese official, Magnon, who, other than the drawing up of the project of constructing the town also pacified the rival families. Maria Teresa d'Austria, wife of Vittorio Emanuele I, King of Sardinia, as the Queen expressed the desire to dedicate the town to "S. Teresa" for which she gave the construction of the church to the parish priest Don Balata. Here you can admire the order of the roads, the tower of Longone, the tranquil bay of the port, the tormented cliffs of Municca, the famous rocks of the general. Young people and the middle-ages can enjoy a wealth of leisure facilities and nightspots including discoteques and piano-bars. A wide range of sports facilities are available. In the city you find: supermarkets, various shops, Yachting club, ship rentals, first-aid, tennis courts, diving-school. Guided excursions are possible, as well as trekking, windsurf etc.
Santa Teresa di Gallura is tourist center. Beginning in the Phoenician period as a tranquil landing-place in a tract of coast tormented by winds and unsafe, it became occupied by the Romans who called it "Lungonis" by way of a port that is situated along a small bay. They used the granite caves for the columns of the Pantheon, but very quickly there arrived years of famine and pestilence, that, jointly with the assaults of the Saracens, made this region dangerous and uninhabitable. Arriving in the middle of the XIV century, a period in which Eleonora d'Arborea built the castle of Longonsardo. Even the period of prosperity that followed was not destined to last very long with the arrival of the Aragons, who, not loved by the population, went away destroying everything behind them. In 1803 the place returned to life thanks to a Piedmontese official, Magnon, who, other than the drawing up of the project of constructing the town also pacified the rival families. Maria Teresa d'Austria, wife of Vittorio Emanuele I, King of Sardinia, as the Queen expressed the desire to dedicate the town to "S. Teresa" for which she gave the construction of the church to the parish priest Don Balata. 
