{"id":23652,"date":"2019-05-17T09:19:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T07:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=23652"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:40:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T12:40:56","slug":"bisos-central-sardinia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2019\/05\/bisos-central-sardinia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bisos. Discovering the most authentic Central Sardinia in an innovative hotel concept"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bisos’ history starts in the Central part of Sardinia, where the rhythm of nature lives together with the millennial history of\u00a0its villages<\/h2>\n

The set of this wonderful story of sustainability is the\u00a0heart of Sardinia<\/strong>, in the region’s central city of\u00a0Oristano,\u00a0<\/strong>which is very far from the chaotic rhythms of the coast. A mountain landscape, surrounded by a spectacular\u00a0natural frame\u00a0<\/strong>of forests, waterfalls, and rivers.<\/p>\n

And it’s from this forests and farms that some\u00a0special and pristine taste<\/strong>, typical of this part of the island, comes. The unmissable\u00a0carasau bread\u00a0<\/em>here finds the good company of cheese, hazelnuts, chestnuts, mountains meats and salami.<\/p>\n

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Monte Arci downhill, photo Wikimedia<\/div><\/div>\n
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The typical Sardinian carasau bread, made in the Central part of the island too, photo Wikimedia<\/div><\/div>\n

The\u00a0simple lifestyle\u00a0<\/strong>made up of fresh clean air, good food and genuine social interactions harmonically coexist with the\u00a0rhythm of nature\u00a0<\/strong>and mountains. In this consist the Central Sardinia’s elixir of long life.<\/p>\n

We are about to make a\u00a0slow journey<\/strong>, which sees its roots set in the\u00a0millennial traditions\u00a0<\/strong>of Sardinian culture, testified my the sacrality of its villages, and by the warm welcome, their citizen spontaneously gave us.<\/p>\n

Paulilatino, the welcoming village where everything started<\/h2>\n

Our journey starts with the exploration of\u00a0Paulilatino<\/strong>, a small village of 2300 inhabitants. Located in the Province of Oristano, it spread along the southern part of the Abbasanta\u00a0basaltic highland. In old times, it was one of the most active centers of the old Guilcer\u00a0<\/i>region.<\/p>\n

It will be for this reason that today the small center can exhibit\u00a0pieces of evidence left\u00a0by its millennial history.\u00a0<\/strong>Among others,\u00a0domus de Janas<\/em>, dolmen, menhir and at least 11o nuraghic sites, including the famous\u00a0Battizzonis<\/em>, with donjon and three towers bastion, and\u00a0Lugherras<\/em>,\u00a0a four-tower beauty.<\/p>\n

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Morning view on Domus de Janas, Paulilatino, photo by Wikimedia<\/div><\/div>\n

Paulilatino offers\u00a0pristine views<\/strong>, as it is sourrounded by corks, Mediterrean vegetation, olive trees and vineyards, sprayed by sources. Like the famous\u00a0\u00a0Santa Cristina pit<\/b>, aging VIII century b.C, one of the most prestgious examples of nuraghic architecture, located in a spectacular spot of millenial olive trees.<\/p>\n

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Santa Cristina pit (Oristano)<\/div><\/div>\n

The old Bisos house and the innovative Albergo Diffuso concept<\/h2>\n

In this fairy tale world,\u00a0<\/strong>we discover Bisos, which literally means “dreams” in the Sardinian language. Bisos is an ancient dwelling that has belonged to the Urgu family for almost 200 years and has been recovered with the most advanced bio-building<\/strong> techniques, in an ecological and sustainable way.<\/p>\n

The rooms, identified with the names of the colors in the Sardinian language, are characterized by original and very particular ceilings and floors. The furnishings<\/strong> are inspired by the Sardinian culture and enhance the materials, such as the wools with natural colors that wrap around the headboards or the handmade curtains. Although the whole structure has been recovered using the most updated techniques of green building, Bisos maintains the architecture of a traditional stately home<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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External side of Bisos, photo Ecobnb<\/div><\/div>\n
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A room in Bisos, photo Ecobnb<\/div><\/div>\n

Bisos uses an always more popular model in the tourism sector, the diffused hospitality<\/b>. Francesco, its owner, has been able to create a real\u00a0network\u00a0<\/em>with the inhabitants, offering his guests much more touristic services, very differentiated when compared to the one’s normal hotel accommodations.<\/p>\n

If you are green-travel addicted like us, always looking for innovative touristic formulas, which are able as well to mirror the\u00a0characteristics of the place,\u00a0<\/strong>than Bisos hotel concept is definitely for you!<\/p>\n

What Bisos offers is an idea of accommodation that goes far beyond the structure and involves the village’s inhabitants and their lives. Something that has the aim to “bring to life” the village of Paulilatino under a social, cultural and economic point of view. The whole concept is about the idea of\u00a0becoming part\u00a0<\/strong>of the normal living of the place, discovering its rhythms, times and way of\u00a0living,\u00a0<\/strong>together with the same inhabitants.<\/p>\n

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The Hotel concept of Bisos, photo by Ines Castellano via Unsplash<\/div><\/div>\n

Francesco Urgu, the owner of Bisos, told Ecobnb something more about this innovative hotel concept and on the idea of founding Bisos.<\/p>\n

Interview with Francesco Urgu, Bisos’ owner and bio-architect<\/h2>\n

How and when the concept of Bisos came to your mind?<\/h3>\n

I fell in love with the idea in 1998, while I was at a conference on the Diffused Hospitality organized by Professor Dall’Ara. Since then, my dream has always been to bring my own structure to life.<\/p>\n

Some years ago, I took the ownership of my family’s structure,\u00a0\u00a0Palazzo Urgu<\/strong>, which was built by my great-grandfather in the second half of the Heighteen Century. Thanks to European fundings, I’ve been able to restructure it following the modern principles of bioconstruction and sustainability<\/strong>, without losing the soul, the history and the architectural peculiarities of the building.<\/p>\n

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Internal Bisos space, restructured following the modern principles of bioconstruction and sustainability<\/div><\/div>\n

This project summarises all the knowledge I acquired in 30 years as a bio-architect.<\/p>\n

It’s as well a bet on a tourism’s idea<\/b>, customized for a small village and based on highlighting the hospitality vocation that is a fundamental part of Sardinian culture.<\/p>\n

Diffused hospitality is mainly possible thanks to the collaboration of the whole Paulilatino’s community, as it involves the participation of several families that, for example, may host the hotel’s guest for lunch or dinner.<\/p>\n

What green and sustainable practices you applied?<\/h3>\n

Eco techniques and materials have made possible to restructure the building, making it beautiful and functional, with high\u00a0comfort performances<\/strong>. All this while preserving and giving an added value to the testimonies of its glorious past.<\/p>\n

As time passed, we reached a very high energy class<\/strong>, which\u00a0guarantees a high level of comfort.<\/p>\n

This is due to the insulation with wood<\/strong> fiber; to lime plaster and painted with natural dyes; to wooden windows with glass that prevent overheating; to the heating system that transmits heat and cold through the floor, the ceiling and the walls. Indoor air<\/strong> is exchanged 24\/24 with relative humidity control; the bathrooms have water-saving taps to consume very little water; cleaning<\/strong> is done with the use of natural detergents. For lighting,<\/strong> only LED bulbs are used and the system is equipped with sensors for automatic switching off; soon, almost all the energy needed will be produced by a photovoltaic system on the roof.<\/p>\n

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Internal space of a Bisos room, photo Ecobnb<\/div><\/div>\n

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