Access
This simple cycle route starts from the centre of the village in Mandrolisai, known for its beautiful territory and above all for the very high quality of its grapes and wines. Together with Sorgono, it possesses the only Sardinian landscape registered in the national register of Historic Rural Landscapes (Pesaggi Rurali Storici) testifying to the very long tradition of wine-making in this area. Proceed along the main street of the village, the SS 128 here called Via Vittorio Emanuele, turning east towards the church of Sant'Antioco Martire and then left into Via Pertini. The road leaves the last houses of the village on the left, continuing along Via Molinu and then meets the signs for Funtana 'e Paule, now immersed in the fields.
Between the fields
You continue slightly downhill, encountering a small ford and then beginning to climb, keeping to the asphalt road. Soon you come to a fork in the road: here you keep to the left, always slightly uphill, surrounded by beautiful cork oaks and the first vineyards. Soon, the vineyards begin to alternate regularly with pastures and wooded areas, often occupied by cork oaks and dense scrubland, immersed in the silent landscape of this corner of Mandrolisai. At the end of a straight stretch, you come to a fork where you keep to the right. A little further on, near a slight descent after a bend to the right, you reach the rural church of Santa Maria 'e Susu. The small building was built in the Middle Ages and stands near the disappeared village of Leonissa (Leonisa or Laonisa) and the ancient path to Belvì, of which some parts you are walking on.
The vineyards
Immediately after the church, you come to a fork in the road: here you take a right, continuing downhill to the village, now surrounded by vineyards. It is possible, taking a right, to make an detour, albeit not used frequently, continuing on an asphalt road to the natural spring of Laonisa and from here turn right onto a dirt road, then right again along a little-trodden lane to an antenna, from where you return to the asphalt road. A little further on, turn left immediately after a carpentry shop, returning to the village via a lane through the countryside.
