>THE NULVI – PALAU LINE
Other means of communication raze nature to the ground, while this railway harmonically adapts to it. “There’s not even an embankment,” wrote Elio Vittorini. “When you meet an obstacle, you turn, as no one bothered to dig a tunnel.” The line crosses Gallura and stops at the station in Arzachena, the most important town on the Costa Smeralda, and ends at Palau, facing la Maddalena.
>ALONG THE WAY
- Carucana Petrified Forest: located in the village of Martis on the bottom of an ancient lake, it is what remains of a Miocene forest.
- Dolmen: the village of Luras boasts the largest number of these prehistoric monuments.
- Perfugas: an archeological and paleobotanical museum in the centre of the village houses a sacred well, and numerous archeological sites dating from various periods (Paleolithic to Roman) are found in the surrounding area.
Towns Passed Through
Nulvi, Martis, Laerru, Perfugas, Bortigiadas, Aggius, Tempio-Pausania, Luras, Calangianus, Arzachena, Palau
>TAKING THE TRAIN
- From Nulvi
Nulvi is a village in the Anglona about 30 km from Sassari. Take SS.127 from Sassari, going through Osilo, or go by train with Sardinian Railways, station in Via Sicilia. - From Tempio
Tempio is a large town in the interior of Gallura about 80 km from Sassari and 45 km from Olbia.
By car from Sassari, take SS.131 to Codrongianus; turn left on SS. 597 and go for about 3 km to the Church of S. Michele di Salvenor, where you take SS.672 to Tempio.
From Olbia, take SS.127 to the crossroads for Telti: turn right and go through Telti and Calangianus. Tempio is 8 km from Calangianus.
The station in Tempio is in Via Stazione. - From Palau:
Palau is on the north-east edge of the island, facing the Maddalena Archipelago.
It is about 40 km from Olbia and be reached by car on SS.125.
The station is at Palau Marina, in front of the landing-stage for the islands of the Maddalena.
TIMETABLE TEMPIO-PALAU
(every day from July 6 to August 31; Saturday and Sunday from June 24 to 25 and from September 2 to 10)
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Tempio-Palau |
Palau-Tempio |
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Tempio |
8.10 |
17.00 |
Palau Marina |
9.50 |
19.00 |
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Calangianus |
8.29 |
17.19 |
Arzachena |
10.13 |
19.22 |
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Arzachena |
9.19 |
18.09 |
Calangianus |
11.17 |
20.12 |
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Palau Marina |
9.41 |
18.31 |
Tempio |
11.35 |
20.30 |
TIMETABLE ALGHERO-SASSARI-TEMPIO
(from July 6 to August 31 every Thursday, on request for min. 25 pax. in other periods)
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Alghero-Sassari-Tempio |
Tempio-Sassari-Alghero |
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Alghero |
8.07 |
Tempio |
16.45 |
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Sassari |
9.05 |
Nulvi |
18.10 |
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Nulvi |
9.53 |
Sassari |
19.00 |
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Tempio |
11.06 |
Alghero |
20.15 |
>WHO TO CONTACT
-Tourist Office, toll free number 800460220– tel/fax 070580246
-Direzione esercizio Sassari 079241301/ fax 079250755
–Station Tempio 079631447