CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 259 km round trip from Sennori - roughly 5 h 34 in the saddle. The stops in between: Necropolis of Monte Siseri/S'Incantu, Petroglyph Park-a, Necropolis of Sos Furrighesos and back through Petroglyph Park-a. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Most prehistoric tombs in Sardinia sit out in the countryside behind a gate and a dirt track. The domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parrocchiale are different: they are in Sennori itself, a few steps from the houses, carved into the soft limestone in what was once, as the name suggests, a garden belonging to the parish. A handful of chambers opens out of the rock, small rooms with low doorways, the work of Neolithic farmers who lived on this ridge thousands of years before anyone thought of building a church here.
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Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro is where the day begins. Next is Necropolis of Monte Siseri/S'Incantu.
Sardinia is covered in small rock-cut tombs called domus de janas, the houses of the fairies, or of the witches depending on who tells the story. They were carved into soft rock by the island's Neolithic and Copper Age communities, more than five thousand years ago, and there are thousands of them, from single chambers to complex underground houses for the dead. The necropolis of Monte Siseri, near the village of Putifigari in the hills behind Alghero, includes the tomb known as S'Incantu, the enchantment, one of the most elaborate on the island. Its chambers imitate the interior of a house, with carved details such as roof beams, pillars and doorways, and traces of red and black paint that once decorated the walls. The domus de janas have recently joined the UNESCO World Heritage list, a long-overdue recognition of Sardinian prehistory.
Read the complete Necropolis of Monte Siseri/S'Incantu write-up.
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Necropolis of Monte Siseri/S'Incantu comes up 33 km in. Next is Petroglyph Park-a.
The north-west of Sardinia is a country of low volcanic hills, pasture, cork oak and stone, and the villages of the Logudoro are small, quiet and far older than they look. This area, around Cheremule and Giave, is dotted with traces of a world that predates the Romans by a very long time. The island's prehistoric people carved tombs into soft rock, the domus de janas, which translates as fairy houses, and built round stone towers called nuraghi, of which there are thousands.
Read the complete Petroglyph Park-a write-up.
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66 km in you reach Petroglyph Park-a. Next is Necropolis of Sos Furrighesos.
In the Goceano hills of north-central Sardinia, a low cliff of pale volcanic rock above the village of Anela hides one of the island's more striking prehistoric cemeteries. Sos Furrighesos is a cluster of domus de janas, the rock-cut tombs whose Sardinian name means houses of the fairies, carved into the face of the stone by Neolithic farmers some five thousand years ago. Some of the chambers are simple niches; others open into several rooms, and a few still carry carved reliefs of bull horns, a symbol you meet again and again in Sardinian prehistory.
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Necropolis of Sos Furrighesos, about halfway. Next is back through Petroglyph Park-a.
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back through Petroglyph Park-a sits at 133 km, about halfway. Next is back through Necropolis of Monte Siseri/S'Incantu.
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back through Necropolis of Monte Siseri/S'Incantu comes up 166 km in. Next is Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro.
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Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro closes the day.
Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro → Necropolis of Monte Siseri/S'Incantu is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Monte Siseri/S'Incantu → Petroglyph Park-a is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Petroglyph Park-a → Necropolis of Sos Furrighesos is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Sos Furrighesos → back through Petroglyph Park-a is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Petroglyph Park-a → back through Necropolis of Monte Siseri/S'Incantu is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Necropolis of Monte Siseri/S'Incantu → Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.