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CURRENT ITINERARY
We depart on a leg of the journey that will take the whole morning along a trail beneath the Supramonte through the localities of Tuones, Daddana, Dogones Settile, Osporrai and Conchedda Longa. We then pass into the Orgosolo area, which is immersed in a thick secular wood of untouched nature, surrounded by chalk massifs and striking peaks whose rock has been sculpted over the centuries by the wind and water.
To admire the spectacular scenery even better, we climb up to the panoramic point of Punta Solitta (1206 m). We then continue towards Funtana Giovanni Attu and Murgugliai.
We continue along the trail by riding under the peak of Preda Longa (1318 m), Punta Sa Pruna (1389 m), towards S’Iscala de sa Verbeche, situated under Punta Lolloine (1351 m). We pass beneath Fruncu sos Cuzzos (1367 m), then towards Punta Gantinarvu (1239 m) and we then enter Janna ‘e Iscoli where we can stop at the spring Sa Vuche ‘e Ottulu at the Ottulu sheep farm.
In the early afternoon, we depart again riding along the s’Ischina Cabaddaris in the Aspiddai area towards Su Cubile Sas Sinipides where we have dinner with the shepherds and stay overnight in tents at the traditional pinnettos.
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19th CENTURY ITINERARY
Punta Solitta and Orgosolo...
"Oliena is situated thereabouts at the point where the two ranges come together drawing an angle. The range that goes from north to south forms a straight line. At some points it has sheer drops, with vertical faces measuring hundreds of metres high. One of the main peaks is called “la Soletta”, without considering the one that dominates the town. The other range proceeds approximately from north-northeast to south-southwest. Continuing at the feet of the range in a north-south direction, which finishes thereabouts with Monte Novo, we come across the town of Orgosolo and further away we meet the trail that leads us to the Corr’e Boi pass. Orgosolo is known on the Island for its aggressive nature and the bad reputation of its residents who are regarded as the scourge of the surrounding villages [...]".
(From Alberto Ferrero Della Marmora, Itineraire de l’‘île de Sardaigne pour faire suite au voyage en cette contrée, Torino, Frères Bocca, 1860, 2 vol.)
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