Small fraction of Baunei, has become a holiday of great prestige, thanks mainly to recent tourist port and the beautiful villas overlooking the sea. The story tells that in 1052 a princess of Navarre, to survive a shipwreck, he found shelter with his ship into port, and, like Thanksgiving, he built a church dedicated to Santa Maria, so that was called by the addition of ' adjective "Navarrese." The beach of Santa Maria Navarrese is located opposite the town. The church of Santa Maria Navarrese dates century. Legend has it that the church was built by Isabella, a daughter of the King of Navarre, after a shipwreck on the coast ended happily. Near the church are a group of olive trees a thousand years old, an old well and the Tower of Santa Maria Navarrese mail domain of the beautiful beach. The traditional feast is the feast of goat, the day of August. The entire area around Santa Maria Navarrese preserves testimonies and monuments that bear witness to an attendance Nuragic "the fortress" of Doladorgiu, the tombs of the giants of Santu Pedru and nesting, the nuraghi Loppellai, Nuragheddu, Turru and, above all Orgoduri, Alvu, Co 'and Serra, who retained the remains of huts and villages of megalithic tombs.