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Gola Su Gorropu
The Gola Su Gorropu ( 328 897 65 63; www.gorropu.info ; adult/reduced €5/3.50; tours
10.30am-3.30pm) is a spectacular gorge flanked by vertical 400m rock walls. From the Rio
Flumineddu riverbed you can wander about 1km into the boulder-strewn gorge without
climbing gear. After 500m you reach the narrowest point, just 4m wide.
There are two main approach routes. The more dramatic begins from the car park op-
posite Hotel Silana at the Genna 'e Silana pass on the SS125 at kilometre 183.
The second and slightly easier route to Gorropu is via the Sa Barva bridge , about 15km
from Dorgali. To get to the bridge, take the SS125 and look for the sign on the right for
the Gola Su Gorropu and Tiscali between kilometres 200 and 201. Take this and continue
until the asphalt finishes after about 20 minutes. Park here and cross the Sa Barva bridge,
after which you'll see the trail for the Gola signposted off to the left. From here it's a
scenic two-hour hike along the Rio Flumineddu to the mouth of the gorge.
Tiscali
Hidden in a mountain-top cave deep in the Valle Lanaittu, the nuraghic village of Tiscali
(adult/reduced €5/2; 9am-7pm summer, to 5pm winter) is one of Sardinia's archaeological high-
lights. Dating from the 6th century BC and populated until Roman times, the village was
discovered at the end of the 19th century. At the time it was relatively intact, but since
then thieves have done a pretty good job of looting the place, stripping the conical stone-
and-mud huts down to the skeletal remains that you see today.
Many local outfits offer guided tours (typically about €40), but if you want to go it
alone the simplest route starts from the same point as for the Gola Su Gorropu. The trail is
signposted and takes between 1½ and two hours; wear sturdy shoes and take ample water.
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Golfo di Orosei
For sheer stop-dead-in-your-tracks beauty, there's no place like this gulf, forming the sea-
ward section of the Parco Nazionale del Golfo di Orosei e del Gennargentu. Here high
mountains abruptly meet the sea, forming a crescent of dramatic cliffs riven by false in-
lets, scattered with horseshoe-shaped bays and lapped by exquisitely aquamarine waters.
 
 
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