The go-to Sardinia walking guide for discovering the best walks and car tours.
Strap on your boots and discover Sardinia on foot with the Sunflower Sardinia travel guide. And on the days when your feet may have had enough, enjoy some spectacular scenery on one of our legendary car tours.
Inside the Sunflower Sardinia guide book you'll find:
40 long and short walks for all ages and abilities - each walk is graded so you can easily match your ability to the level of walk Topographical walking maps - give you a clear sense of the surrounding terrain with a scale of 1:50 000 Free downloadable gps tracks - for the techies Satnav guidance to walk starts for motorists 6 car tours and fold-out touring map - for easy reference on your tour Strolls to idyllic picnic spots - enjoy our recommendations for where to picnic along the way Timetables for public transport - ideal if you want to link two walks or avoid hiring a car on your holiday Online update service for the latest information Includes plans of Cagliari and Sassari
The Sunflower Sardinia guide is indispensable for hiking in Sardinia or seeing Sardinia by car. Sardinia, the second largest island in the Mediterranean, is a countryside lover's paradise. Touring Sardinia by car, you quickly leave all traces of tourism behind: the six car tours cover about 1600km (1000 miles).
The tours are arranged in such a way that they can be combined, allowing you to tour round the whole island. As you tour, explore on foot: walking in Sardinia, crushing the fragrant Mediterranean macchia underfoot, will give you the real flavour of the island.
Its scenic diversity ranges from rough and primeval landscapes to gentle golden sand dunes, from scorching rocky plateaux and windswept plains reminiscent of Africa to rolling hills with lush pastures and dense brushwood, from towering mountains cloaked in fine oak woods to a turquoise sea that touches the rocky coast.
Whatever your age or ability we've got some glorious walks and car tours to ensure you have a memorable holiday in Sardinia. Whether you tour the island by car or explore on foot, we look forward to showing you around.
Foreword 5; A word of thanks; Recommended books 6; Introduction 7; How
to get there 7; Getting about on the island 7; Where to stay 8; Climate and
time to travel 9; Language 9; Nuragic culture (1500-500 BC) 9; A geological
overview 10; Flora 12; Picnic suggestions 14
TOURING
1 GALLURA AND ANGLONA 18
2 BARBAGIA AND GENNARGENTU 27
3 MARMILLA AND SARCIDANO 34
4 SULCIS AND IGLESIENTE 37
5 SINIS PENINSULA, MONTE FERRU AND LAGO OMODEO 41
6 LOGUDORO 46
WALKING
Waymarking, maps 53
What to take 53
Walkers checklist 54
Country code 55
Organisation of the walks 56
Gallura
1 Caprera 57
2 Monte Limbara 61
Supramonte
3 Maccione · Scala e Pradu · Sos Ostis · Punta sos Nidos · Maccione 65
4 Ponte Sa Barva · Scala de Surtana · Sa Curtigia de Tiscali · Scala de
Surtana · Ponte Sa Barva 68
5 SS125 · Valle di Oddoene · Flumineddu · Gola su Gorropu · SS125 72
6 Cala Gonone · Caletta Fuili · Cala di Luna 74
7 Genna Croce · Cuile Televai · Codula de sa Mela · Planu Campu Oddeu · Genna
Croce 78
8 Urzulei · Riu Cottu · Urzulei 81
9 Chiesa San Pietro di Golgo · Su Sterru · As Piscinas · Annidai · Cala
Goloritze · Chiesa San Pietro di Golgo 83
10 Baunei · Belvedere Vista Panoramica · Scaleddas · Genna Inter Montes ·
Santa Maria Navarrese 87
Barbagia/Gennargentu
11 Ascent of Punta la Marmora 91
12 Aritzo · Belvi · Stazione Desulo-Tonara · Belvi · Castagneto Geratzia ·
Aritzo 94
13 Aritzo · Monte Texile · Serra Genna Piccinnu · Cantoniera Cossatzu ·
Aritzo 99
14 Aritzo · Serra Santa Maria · Gadoni · Flumendosa · Casa Arangino · Perda
e Caddu · Serra Santa Maria · Aritzo 102
15 Through the Foresta Demaniale Montarbu to Monte Tonneri 105
Marmilla
16 Giara di Gesturi 108
Costa del Sud
17 Punta Pinnetta · Capo Spartivento · (Monte sa Guardia Manna) · Torre di
Chia · Punta Pinnetta 112
Iglesiente
18 Grotta di San Giovanni · Punta San Michele · Case Marganai · Gutturu
Farris · Grotta di San Giovanni 115
19 Torrente Leni · Riu dOridda · Gutturu is Abis · Riu dOridda · Punta
Piscina Irgas · Riu Cannisoni · Torrente Leni 118
20 Tempio di Antas · Grotta su Mannau · Villagio Nuragico · Tempio di Antas ·
Cave Romane · Riu dello Spirito Santo · Tempio di Antas 122
Catena del Goceano
21 Ucc Aidu · Monte Rasu · Sa Melabrina · Sa Ucca e Padronu · Fattoria
Giannasi · Casa Pisanella · Caserma Forestale · Ucc Aidu 127
Nurra
22 Cantoniera Porto Conte · Punta del Giglio · Cantoniera Porto Conte 131
Web sites focussing on Sardinia 134
Glossary 134
Index 135
Fold-out touring map (with plans of Cagliari and Sassari) inside back cover
Since 1983 people out walking in sunny climes have been relying on our little blue books to follow the trails and to make friends with other walkers. Sunflower started by exploring the Atlantic Islands, but has branched out: we still love islands from the Azores to Zakynthos but we cover many mainland destinations too, like land-locked Switzerland and the coastal Basque Country. All our guides have the familiar mix of car tours, walks and picnics. More recently, we introduced restaurants and recipes in our Walk & Eat series, which explores around cities from Stockholm to Avignon.
