December 31st was a truly special evening at Aquarium Sardinia. A New Year’s Eve celebration filled with smiles, great food, fine wine and music, the perfect way to say goodbye to the past year and welcome the new one.

The response was outstanding: over 70 guests, a sold-out evening that once again confirmed the desire to experience Torre delle Stelle even during the winter season. The night began with a welcome prosecco, setting a relaxed and convivial tone before a carefully crafted gastronomic journey.

The New Year’s Eve tasting menu was designed as a balanced narrative, combining technique, local identity and seasonality.

The evening opened with amberjack carpaccio and beetroot, paired with a local ceviche, a sheep’s milk ricotta granita and salted sanded hazelnuts, followed by slow-cooked and roasted octopus served with lentil cream, octopus mayonnaise and puntarelle salad with sprouts.

The first course, an Acquerello risotto, creamed with smoked sour butter, topped with prawn tartare and caper powder, offered elegance and depth.
The main course featured crispy boiled ribeye, scented with Mediterranean herbs, accompanied by caramelized eggplant, Gavoi potato purée and a reduced broth.

The palate was refreshed with a vodka, prosecco and red berry sorbet, before ending on a festive note with pandoro tiramisù and coffee foam, a dessert that blended tradition and creativity.

Music played a key role throughout the evening, with DJ Massimo Solla accompanying dinner and then turning up the energy after midnight, keeping guests dancing late into the night.

This New Year’s Eve was a meaningful moment not only for Aquarium Sardinia, but also for Torre delle Stelle. A further step in our commitment to being present year-round, creating community and shared experiences even during the winter months.

Thank you to everyone who chose to welcome the new year with us.

See you in 2026, ready to create many more memories together.

From December 26th to 28th, Aquarium Sardinia hosted the first edition of Chef delle Stelle, a new culinary series created to foster dialogue, collaboration and shared creativity. The project was conceived with a clear vision: welcoming guest chefs from Sardinia and beyond, and building tasting experiences through collaboration and exchange.

Chef delle Stelle is not limited to the winter season. It is a long-term format that will continue throughout spring and summer, accompanying the evolution of Aquarium Sardinia and Torre delle Stelle all year round.

For this first edition, we welcomed chef Luca Marciano, who worked closely with Emanuele Enna, culinary director of Aquarium Sardinia, creating a shared tasting menu developed through a four-hands collaboration.

The menu was designed as an essential narrative of Sardinia, focused on seasonality and ingredient quality, without unnecessary complexity. At its core are the vegetables from our winter garden, Sardinian products, Sinnos cheeses from Gergei, and Ghenos organic extra virgin olive oil. Carefully selected ingredients that guide each course and express a strong connection to the territory.

The tasting experience unfolds through multiple courses with clean, readable dishes, offering an intimate and convivial atmosphere where memory and contemporary cuisine meet with elegance.

The menu was accompanied by a dedicated wine pairing curated in collaboration with Audarya Winery, designed to enhance each dish through a thoughtful selection of wines in harmony with the cuisine.

Chef delle Stelle marks the beginning of a broader project focused on collaboration, territory and vision, reaffirming Aquarium Sardinia and Torre delle Stelle as year-round destinations where cuisine becomes a space for exchange, creativity and storytelling.