summer on a solitary beach

Sardinia ( /sɑrˈdɪniə/, Italian: Sardegna [sarˈdeɲɲa], Sardinian: Sardigna [sarˈdinja]) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and before Cyprus). It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are (clockwise from north) the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.

Villasimìus is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 35 km east of Cagliari.

Cagliari (Italian: Provincia di Cagliari; Sardinian: Provìncia de Casteddu) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari.

It has an area of 4,470 km², and a total population of 543,310 (2001). There are 71 comuni (singular: comune) in the province[1].