CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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149 km from Cheremule to Cheremule, about 3 h 23 of riding. On the way it passes Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga, Necropolis of Brodu and back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
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Petroglyph Park-b 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 28 km in. Next is Necropolis of Brodu.
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.
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57 km in you reach Necropolis of Brodu. Next is back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga.
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back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga, late in the day. Next is Petroglyph Park-b.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Petroglyph Park-b write-up.
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Back at Petroglyph Park-b. That is the ride.
Petroglyph Park-b → Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga → Necropolis of Brodu is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Necropolis of Brodu → back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Necropolis of Sa Pala Larga → Petroglyph Park-b is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.