• The Nuraghe Arrubiu and the the Nuraghe di Barumini



• The Giara plateau and the hilly landscape of Marmilla



• Costa Verde end the dunes of Piscinas



• The ancient mines of Sulcis



• The Costa del Sud

Programme

Arrival day
Welcome meeting with local representative: explanation of the route and bike delivery. Dinner and overnight.

1st day: Orroli – Barumini (km 42)
In the morning visit of the Nuraghe Arrubiu, one of the most known archeological site in Sardinia. In Nurri we stop at the biological mill to watch the traditional wheat milling. Then we go down to the olive groves of Gergei until Barumini. The bravest can climb to the top where the wild horses still live in a natural state. Just before the town of Barumini we stop to visit the amazing the nuragic town of Su Nuraxi, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. There we overnight in a hotel built in a typical house of the south of Sardinia.

2nd day: Barumini - Villanovaforru (km 45)
Pedal along the Marmilla sweet hills, deep green during the spring and golden painted in the summer. We go slowly up and down through that bucolic landscape: pretty rural villages, orchards and olive groves, vineyards and wheat fields. We stop to visit the medieval fortress of Sanluri.

3rd day: Villanovaforru – Sa Perda Marcada (km 45)
Today you’ll move from the sweet hills of the Marmilla to the cork woods and green pasture of the Arbus mountains. The quality of the environment and the richness in wildlife make this area one of the most interesting of the tour.

4th day: The mines of Sulcis (km 49)
This leg takes you back into the ancient mining past of Sardinia, as we pass the fascinating abandoned mines of Ingortosu and Planusartu. After the golden beach of Portixeddu and looming mass of Pan di Zucchero cliff, you admire the old ore washery at Nebida: nestling in the varied colours of the Mediterranean bush, it looks out over the sea at the end of a long descente down 540 steps.

5th day: The island of Carloforte (km 43)
After a beautiful descent to Fontanamare, you will reach Portoscuso, and board on the ferry to Carloforte, where locals still fish the Red Tuna fish. From Carloforte, continue to the island of Sant'Antioco and end your day in Calasetta.

6th day: Town and island of Sant’Antioco (km 43)
Today, you pedal through the meadows, green in springtime and golden yellow in the summer, of Sant'Antioco. At Tratalias, visit the Pisan sanctuary, one of the most important monuments of the Sardinian Romanesque period. Riding along the lake Monte Pranu, savour the quiet peace of the rolling plains of Sulcis.

7th day: The South Coast (km 60)
Final catwalk of your tour is the beautiful Costa del Sud with its gleaming white beaches, unspoilt natural landscape and imposing cliffs: Cape Malfatano with its 16th Century tower and Cape Spartivento. At Nora you will visit the ancient Phoenician settlement.

Departure day
After breakfast, end of services.