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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286 km from Nughedu Santa Vittoria to Nughedu Santa Vittoria, about 5 h 54 of riding. It goes by way of Necropolis of Istevéne, Necropolis of Sos Furrighesos and back through Necropolis of Istevéne. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Cut into a slope of volcanic rock above the valley of the Tirso, near the village of Ardauli in central Sardinia, the Necropolis of Mandras is a cluster of prehistoric tombs that the Sardinians call domus de janas, houses of the fairies or witches. They were carved out of the rock with stone tools by farming communities, mostly in the late Neolithic, and some of the chambers imitate the inside of a house, with carved beams, doorways and pillars. Folklore said they were built by tiny women who wove gold at night, and in a sense the name says more about how ancient they felt to later generations than any date could.
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Necropolis of Mandras is where the day begins. Next is Necropolis of Istevéne.
In Sardinian folklore, the little rock-cut tombs scattered across the island were the homes of janas, tiny fairies or witches who wove on golden looms and came out at night. Archaeologists call them domus de janas, fairy houses, and date them to the Neolithic and Copper Age, thousands of years before the famous nuraghi towers. The necropolis of Istevéne, near Mamoiada in the heart of the Barbagia, is a group of these chambers cut into the granite, some with carved details imitating the beams and doorways of real houses, and it belongs among the prehistoric Sardinian tombs that have gained UNESCO recognition.
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Necropolis of Istevéne comes up about 59 km into the recorded legs. 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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about 145 km into the recorded legs you reach Necropolis of Sos Furrighesos. Next is back through Necropolis of Istevéne.
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back through Necropolis of Istevéne, late in the day. Next is Necropolis of Mandras.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Necropolis of Mandras write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Necropolis of Mandras. That is the ride.
Necropolis of Mandras → Necropolis of Istevéne is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Istevéne → Necropolis of Sos Furrighesos is 86 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Sos Furrighesos → back through Necropolis of Istevéne is 80 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Necropolis of Istevéne → Necropolis of Mandras is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.