Towards the coves of the Baunei coast (VIDEO)
There isn't a beach in the area that doesn't deserve to be visited. They are all imbued with that wild and rocky spirit, tough but charming that is typical of the area, loved by Sardinian tourists, chased and desired by foreigners. A natural inlet to absolutely visit if your travels take you near Arbatax is Cala […]
Events and festivals in Sardinia
Tight Cuts. (Background) Girotonno. (Carloforte) The Redeemer. (Nuoro) the Madonna de Naufrago (Villasimius) The Candelieri parade (Sassari) Mascara (Muravera) Review of new wines. (Sweet) Sa die sa Sardinia Citrus Festival (Muravera) Artichoke festival. (The same) Nougat festival. (To the ton) Vermentino festival. (Monti) Snail Festival (Gesico) Chestnut festival. (Aritzo) Festival [...]Art and craftsmanship
; Craftsmanship is also quite widespread in Tortolì. The main objects produced by local artisans are carpets, the tapestries, baskets of various sizes and materials, as well as costumes of various kinds. And all these works are produced in detail by hand, like the baskets made by meticulously weaving straw and rush. Other works of weavers […]
Sports and excursions
Tortolì and the entire Ogliastra province in general offer various opportunities for sports lovers, especially in the open air in contact with nature. First of all, excursions on foot or with the little green train should be mentioned, for example towards the Baunei gorge or towards Mandas. In the vicinity of the town you will find places from […]
Baunei: between the ridges of Serra 'e Lattone and Baccu Mudaloro (VIDEO)
101 Dalmatians with Muravera Trekking. A beautiful Sunday in the company of many friends, 101 to be exact, New friends just met on social networks and old friends of all time. An 11th January 2015 that was nothing short of fantastic, the weather was kind, so someone came home slightly tanned. A path for […]
CalaMoresca
Between wild cliffs and living rocks, Arbatax holds a wonderful ravine that is extremely popular in the summer months, a corner of paradise. Cala Moresca has in fact often been defined as one of the most evocative beaches on the entire eastern coast of Sardinia. It is perfect balance and meeting of a crystalline sea, so transparent that it allows a clear view of the […]
Bue Marino Caves
We are in Dorgali, where beauties follow one another naturally, inhabiting the impervious and wild rocky walls that form a wonderful backdrop to the cobalt blue sea. The caves that dot the rock are truly numerous and almost all of them owe their name to the now rare one, according to some monk seal exiles, which it certainly was in the past […]
Useful information
A useful piece of information about Tortolì is certainly the indication to get there: if you come from the sea or by plane, the port and the airport will welcome you, while coming by car from Nuoro (which is exactly 78 kilometers away) just take the Nuoro-Lanusei road for about 70 km and turn left for Villagrande Strisaili. However Tortolì is […]
Ports, Airports and transport
It has already been said that Tortolì is geographically in an important position for exchanges from Sardinia towards the rest of the Italian peninsula and in general towards the whole European community. Both airport that porto take their name from the Arbatax hamlet of the town and both were born in the 60s of the last century, […]
Flora and fauna
At the flora level, that is, the set of all forms of vegetation, around Tortolì there are two main environments: the forest and the Mediterranean scrub, of which the latter prevails over the former. From heather to rosemary, from lavender to juniper, from lentisks to brooms, they are all plant forms that abound in the scrubland around the town. Going up with […]
