CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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From Orotelli it runs 305 km to Orotelli; allow about 5 h 58 of riding. The stops in between: Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga, Necropolis of Puttu Codinu, Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro and back through Necropolis of Puttu Codinu. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Barbagia is the rugged heart of Sardinia, a land of granite hills, shepherds and fiercely held traditions, and on its western edge, near the village of Oniferi, the rock-cut tombs of Brodu are among the most elaborate on the island. Like other domus de janas, these chambers were carved into the stone by the people of the Neolithic Ozieri culture and later, but here several of them have carved decoration inside: false doors, imitation roof beams and, in some, the curved horn motifs that are thought to represent the bull, a symbol of strength and fertility that appears again and again in Sardinian prehistory.
Read the complete Necropolis of Brodu write-up.
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Necropolis of Brodu is where the day begins. Next is Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga.
Bonorva sits on the edge of a high plateau in central-northern Sardinia, a town of grey stone looking out over the plain of Santa Lucia. Around it, the land is dotted with prehistoric remains, and the necropolis of Sa Pala Larga is one of several groups of domus de janas cut into the rock in this area. The rock-cut tombs are older than the nuraghi, and many have intricate interiors.
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Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga comes up about 49 km into the recorded legs. Next is Necropolis of Puttu Codinu.
Domus de janas means houses of the fairies, and that is what Sardinians called the small chambers cut into rock faces across the island, believing them to be the homes of tiny supernatural women. They are in fact tombs, carved out by the island's Neolithic and Copper Age people some five thousand years ago, often with rooms arranged like houses, carved doorways, false roof beams and symbols such as bulls' horns. The necropolis of Puttu Codinu, near Villanova Monteleone in north-west Sardinia, is a group of these tombs cut into a low limestone outcrop amid fields and scrub, one of thousands across the island.
Read the complete Necropolis of Puttu Codinu write-up.
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about 97 km into the recorded legs you reach Necropolis of Puttu Codinu. Next is Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro.
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, about halfway. Next is back through Necropolis of Puttu Codinu.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Necropolis of Puttu Codinu write-up.
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back through Necropolis of Puttu Codinu sits at 167 km, about halfway. Next is back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga comes up about 256 km into the recorded legs. Next is Necropolis of Brodu.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Necropolis of Brodu write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Necropolis of Brodu closes the day.
Necropolis of Brodu → Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga → Necropolis of Puttu Codinu is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Puttu Codinu → Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Domus de janas of Orto del Beneficio Parro → back through Necropolis of Puttu Codinu is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Necropolis of Puttu Codinu → back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga → Necropolis of Brodu is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.