{"id":82737,"date":"2022-05-24T14:03:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T14:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/?page_id=82737"},"modified":"2022-05-24T14:03:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T14:03:41","slug":"itineraries-in-sardinia-by-bikefrom-isili-to-barumini","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/tourist-guide\/itineraries-in-sardinia-by-bikefrom-isili-to-barumini\/","title":{"rendered":"ITINERARIES IN SARDINIA> BY BIKE>FROM ISILI TO BARUMINI"},"content":{"rendered":"

FROM ISILI TO BARUMINI<\/strong><\/p>\n

A bike\u00a0excursion\u00a0along an old railway line, between the provinces of Nuoro and Cagliari- low hills and wild places like the\u00a0“Giare<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

archaeology:\u00a0<\/strong>***
\nnature:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>****
\npanoramic sites:\u00a0<\/strong><\/b>****<\/p>\n

length:<\/strong>\u00a0km 22
\ntime:<\/strong>half a day
\ndifficulty<\/strong>: easy
\nmax. grade<\/strong>: 3%
\nroad surface:<\/strong><\/b>\u00a0a well-beaten track with\u00a0 cobbles<\/p>\n

The\u00a0track\u00a0in\u00a0general
\n<\/strong>One of the most interesting Sardinian bicycle-tracks goes from Isili to Barumini, along an old railway line, disused since1956.
\nThe route has low difficulty levels: the grade is never over 3%, which was the highest one allowed for railways in 1910, when those tracks were built.
\nIt consists of some cutting sections and some overhead ones among the\u00a0hills overlooking the surrounding plateau.
\nAlong the way you can see the low hills of \u00a0Marmilla, the majestic tablelands of the “Giare” and old buildings which date from prehistoric times\u00a0to the\u00a0Middle Ages.<\/p>\n

To reach\u00a0 Isili<\/strong>
\n<\/b>The journey starts from the station of Isili-Sarcidano (416 m) , which connected the Isili-Sorgono\u00a0line (still\u00a0existing) to the branchline Isili-Villacidro.
\nThe station is about km. 4 from Isili, towards Nurallao. You can reach it also with the Isili-Sorgono line,\u00a0with the Trenino Verde –Little Green Train<\/strong><\/a>– administrated by the Sardinian Railways; that line is connected to Mandas-Tortol\u00ec line and to Cagliari. This summer-service can be put into action on request and reaches Isili at 8.40 a.m., leaving from Cagliari at 6.45 a.m.<\/p>\n

The well-beaten track can be easily travelled over by mountain bike; it doesn’t exactly correspond to the old railway because of an artificial lake (formed by a dam over Riu Mannu) which has partially flooded the tracks. You coast the lake: there is a little island in the\u00a0middle, which was a little hill in the past and where the country-church of S. Sebastian is set. After three kilometres a small road on the left leads you to\u00a0 the\u00a0tomb of the giants of Aiodda:\u00a0<\/b>it bears witness, along with other remains, to the nuraghic and prenuraghic ages in this area.
\nYou then go through a long raised area from which you can see the village of Gesturi on the left and the towns of Genoni and Nuragus before you. You reach Nuragus (m. 359), a little village whose old station is nowadays used as the town-library. Going out of the village you climb a hill, which is already part of the\u00a0Giara di Gesturi<\/b>, through a territory used as pastureland.<\/p>\n

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First stage> Gesturi\u00a0<\/strong>(m. 310) pop. 1500
\nThe station, 287 metres above sea-level, is detached from the village and inhabited by private citizens. The route goes through a tunnel (about 100 m) and goes around the village. The Giara di Gesturi is one of the largest plateaux between Sarcidano and\u00a0Marmilla and is famous for its renowned little wild horses.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Going down along Riu Mannu flow and bordering the\u00a0 SS. 197 after a\u00a0few kilometres you reach the\u00a0station of Barumini\u00a0<\/strong>(198 m), located\u00a0a few\u00a0hundred metres from the famous\u00a0Su Nuraxi complex<\/b>.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Second stop<\/strong>\u00a0> Barumini (m. 202)\u00a0pop.1500
\nBarumini: the Su Nuraxi complex
\nThe track passes very close to the most famous nuraghic\u00a0village\u00a0on the island, whose\u00a0oldest parts\u00a0date back to the XVth century B.C. The\u00a0ruins of a lerge village, which are nowadays imposing remains, were discovered only in 1949, when they\u00a0were brought to light\u00a0by a flood.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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SardiniaPoint suggests:<\/i><\/b>
\n<\/i>the assoc. Ichnusa manages\u00a0Su Nuraxi\u00a0<\/em>(maintenance and tourist service). Tel. 0709368510.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This disused rail way can be still travelled over southwards for some kilometres to the town of\u00a0Las Plassas<\/strong>, overlooked by a castle of the family of Arborea, dating back to the “Giudicale” Age. The castle stands on a perfectly cone-shaped hill. Farther on\u00a0you cannot follow\u00a0the track because of trespassing.<\/p>\n

information<\/strong>
\nYou can complete the bicycle track with the Sardinian Green Little Train (Trenino Verde), carrying your bike on board.<\/p>\n

Information and booking:
\n>Sardinian Railways, Cagliari management, tel. 07057930346- fax 070580246
\n>Station of\u00a0 Isili, tel. 07822802033<\/p>\n

by\u00a0Gianluigi Sassu<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FROM ISILI TO BARUMINI A bike\u00a0excursion\u00a0along an old railway line, between the provinces of Nuoro and Cagliari- low hills and wild places like the\u00a0“Giare“. archaeology:\u00a0*** nature:\u00a0**** panoramic sites:\u00a0**** length:\u00a0km 22 time:half a day difficulty: easy max. grade: 3% road surface:\u00a0a well-beaten track with\u00a0 cobbles The\u00a0track\u00a0in\u00a0general One of the most interesting Sardinian bicycle-tracks goes from Isili […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":61317,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82737","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82738,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82737\/revisions\/82738"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sardiniapoint.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}