Why this ride
116 km from Bonorva to Bonorva, about 2 h 43 of riding. It goes by way of Petroglyph Park-b, Necropolis of Puttu Codinu and back through Petroglyph Park-b.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga and Necropolis of Puttu Codinu
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 116 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 43
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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.
Read the complete Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga is where the day begins. Next is Petroglyph Park-b.
2. Petroglyph Park-b
The Logudoro in northern Sardinia is a high, rolling country of basalt plateaus and the worn cones of extinct volcanoes, where cork oaks and wild olives stand in dry pasture and every second hill seems to have a ruined nuraghe on it. Petroglyph Park-b lies near the small villages of Cheremule, Giave and Torralba, in an area where the rock itself was used as an archive, carved into tombs and marked with symbols by people who lived here thousands of years before Rome.
Read the complete Petroglyph Park-b write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Petroglyph Park-b comes up about 25 km into the recorded legs. Next is Necropolis of Puttu Codinu.
3. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 59 km into the recorded legs you reach Necropolis of Puttu Codinu. Next is back through Petroglyph Park-b.
4. back through Petroglyph Park-b
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Petroglyph Park-b write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Petroglyph Park-b, late in the day. Next is Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga.
5. Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga to Petroglyph Park-b
Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga → Petroglyph Park-b is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Petroglyph Park-b to Necropolis of Puttu Codinu
Petroglyph Park-b → Necropolis of Puttu Codinu is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Puttu Codinu to back through Petroglyph Park-b
Necropolis of Puttu Codinu → back through Petroglyph Park-b is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Petroglyph Park-b to Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga
back through Petroglyph Park-b → Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.