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Iconic places
Eight places that define the east coast: coves, monoliths, caves, gorges and plateaus — with the context needed to visit them well.
One of the caves opening onto the beach of Cala Luna — Photo: Alexander Fradellafra · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
These places are heavily photographed and, for that reason, poorly explained. Each of these pages starts from geography and access: almost every problem on a visit begins there, not with the place itself.
Limestone formations in the Su Marmuri caves, Ulassai — Photo: Javier Sanchez Portero · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The essential answers
- Where is it?
- Spread across the territory of Baunei, the Supramonte and inland Ogliastra.
- When to go?
- May, June and September for the coast; spring and autumn for the interior and the walks.
- Where to stay?
- Several of these places require dawn starts, so it pays to sleep nearby. I Mandorli, at Triei, is central to almost all of them.
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Several of these places require dawn starts, so it pays to sleep nearby. I Mandorli, at Triei, is central to almost all of them.