# 0 50 km Off the Beaten Track: Sardinia e 0 25 miles VALLE DELLA LUNA Perfect road-trip or bike-ride material, this tranquil valley swings Santa Teresa north of Aggius. Weird granite di Gallura Parco Nazionale •# Porto boulders spill across rolling hills and dell'Arcipelago Pollo #÷ di la Maddalena •# ARGENTIERA farmland. •# Palau Baia Sardinia Step back in time in Argentiera, a •# #÷ Parco Nazionale Arzachena •#Romazzino natural inlet about 11km north of Lago dell'Asinara •# Baratz. It's now a ghost town LAGO DI Porto Rotondo Golfo dell' LISCIA •# overshadowed by the evocative ruins VALLE DELLA •#Golfo Aranci •#Torre Pelosa Asinara of its former silver mine. LUNA •# Stintino Castelsardo Golfo di LAGO DI LISCIA Aggius •# Olbia Olbia •# •# •# Marina Granite hills and woods of cork and Porto Cog Tempio di Sorso hi Torres •# •# n Pausania oak rise up above this quiet lake, •# a Platamona •# Sorso s •# Monti which makes a scenic splash on the ARGENTIERA •# landscape of Gallura. Rest below •# Lago del M E D I T E R R A N E A N Sassari Coghinas centuries-old olive trees. S E A Porto Ferro •# •# Fertilia Ozieri •# Siniscola Tyrrhenian Alghero •# •# Villanova Sea •#Monteleone •# Torralba SINIS PENINSULA VALLE DI LANAITTU Escape to secluded bays and frost- Orune o •# Orosei s A kind of hush hangs over this lush r •# white beaches, fringed by aquamarine i T valley, which makes a spectacular water and cliffs cloaked in macchia Nuoro Bosa •# •# Dorgali gash in the Supramonte range. Come •# (Mediterranean scrubland) and Oliena •# •# Cala Macomer •# Gonone here to trek or track down wondrous wildflowers. A delight for surfing, wind- VALLE DI Mamoiada •# Golfo di caves and prehistoric sites. surfing or doing nothing at all. Torre •# •# Cuglieri •# LANAITTU Orgosolo Orosei •# Abbasanta Lago Parco Nazionale del #÷ Cala Gonone Omodeo Golfo di Orosei e •# •# Mare di Sardegna o Putzu Idu s del Gennargentu Riola r Urzulei SORGONO •# i SORGONO SINIS Sardo T •# •#Tonara Baunei •# •# •# Santa Cristina Deep in the remote, hilly Mandrolisai, PENINSULA Santa Maria •# San Salvatore Cabras Sorgono is surrounded by vast tracts •# irso Navarrese #÷ •# T •# OASI DI SEU •# Oristano Arbatax of forest, archaeological sites and San Giovanni di Sinis•# •# ä# Santa Giusta vineyards that produce some of the Tharros Sadali Golfo di •# CARDEDU island's best reds. OASI DI SEU Oristano •# A dirt track leads to this pristine Tuili Torre dei Terralba •# •# •# Barumini nature reserve, close to Tharros. Corsari •# Tertenia •# CARDEDU Saunter along serene trails through SPIAGGIA DI Ù# •#Mandas u Often overlooked in favour of Golfo di the aromatic Mediterranean scrub PISCINAS n n Orosei beaches further north, this and enjoy expansive sea Montevecchio •# a F lu •# Guspini M wild and wonderfully undeveloped red views. Arbus •# m en d granite coastline is a delight to •# Ingurtosu o Portixeddu sa •# •# discover on foot or by kayak. Fluminimaggiore •# Villaputzu SPIAGGIA DI PISCINAS Buggerru •# •# Monastir Tricky to get to but worth it, this Masua •# Domusnovas M •# a gorgeous beach on the lonely Costa Funtanamare •# n MONTE DEI •# n R Golfo di Iglesias u SETTE FRATELLI Verde is a broad ribbon of golden Gonnesa Cagliari sand, towering dunes and windswept Portovesme •# •# Capoterra •#Poetto Cala MONTE DEI SETTE sea. Sheer bliss. Carloforte •# Carbonia #÷ •# •# Sinzias •# Golfo di FRATELLI Riserva Villasimius •# San Pietro •#Calasetta Cagliari Naturale di •# Stagno Monte Arcosu Leave behind Cagliari's crowds and Sant'Antioco •# Notteri head to this park's quiet woodlands, Sant'Antioco granite peaks and waterfalls. Golfo di Teulada •# Pula Palmas •# •# M E D I T E R R A N E A N •# Chia Porto di S E A Teulada.