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                                                            Sardinia

A five-days self-made trail between the cities of Nuoro and Orosei.
Tips: a low-cost airline flight from Cologne to Cagliari ( you also can fly to Olbia), the
afternoon-bus from Cagliari-airport to Nuoro ( 2 hours) and with luck you can buy your walking maps before closing time of the library. You will need a map, don’t do it without good maps!
Accommodation: Hotels in the bigger cities and plenty of so called agroturismo’s at the countryside: eat, drink and sleep at the farmhouse.
Maps: we bought the Carta Topografica d’Italia, scale 1:50.000 by IGM. Sometimes antiquated, but suitable. You will not find marked routes on the island, so use a map!

Easter 2007: a five-days trail. In April nature is green and temperatures tolerable. In summer temperatures can be very high ( 40° or more), to hot to walk. Through mountain-scenery, valleys and along a part of the magnificent east-coast. Using foot-paths, little roads, green roads, cart-ruts, no-roads and asphalt roads. To admire the towering mountain peaks, the bizarre cliff formations, the caves, the unspoiled nature. Walking at Sardinia is “ do it yourself” , a surprise, fences, no trespassing , good-luck!

 

 

Day 1: Nuoro - Oliena
Day 2: Oliena - Dolgali ( last kilometers by bus)

Day 3: Dolgali - Grotta del Bue Marino v.v.*
Day 4: Dolgali - Galteti
Day 5: Galteti - Orosei

And a coast-walk near San Teodoro.

From Olbia-airport to Cologne.


*from Cala Ganone to Cala di Luna you can follow a trail with permanent excellent Mediterranean  views and possibilities to visit all kind of caves.

 
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Cala Ganone

Near Oliena

On the route: Seas of flowers, cactus, cork-oaks. The remains of the former inhabitants, the Nuraghe. The Domus de Janas, between Dolgali and Galteti, the S.Pietro at Galteti. The Porceddu, sucking pigs roasted at the open fire. And all the time those magnificent mountain and sea views, the romantic coast, the rough and unspoiled nature.

So, our advice to the tourist industry at Sardinia: make walk-ways between all those splendid situated agriturismo’s and the walkers and hikers will come in, from all of the world.

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