Overview of the itinerary
Sentiero Italia runs the length of the island’s eastern side, covering its most important mountains, in 28 stages. Starting from the north: it flanks the Monte Limbara massif, crosses the limestones of Mont’Albo and Tuttavista, skirting the Gulf of Orosei, it crosses the Supramonte, Gennargentu and the Tacchi of Ogliastra and reaches Perdasdefogu. Further south, it passes through Armungia and the Gerrei sub-region. Lastly, it touches on the villages of Burcei and San Gregorio, continuing on the Sette Fratelli massif to the old prisons of Castiadas.
General information on Sentiero Italia (Grand Italian Trail)
Sentiero Italia, or Grand Italian Trail, as also explained on the official website, is a walking route that crosses the whole of Italy, using mainly but not exclusively “registered trails”.
In particular, in Sardinia, not all the stages of the Sentiero Italia of CAI (Italian Alpine Club) are made of trails already included in the registry of the Sardinia Trail Network (RES), either because they have not yet been tested and approved or simply because they cannot be registered as they do not meet the requirements. However, as a whole, the Sentiero Italia is the single longest walking route currently crossing Sardinia from the north (S. Teresa Gallura, stage Z 1) to the south (Castiadas, end of stage Z 28), touching on the most fascinating mountain areas in central-eastern Sardinia: the plateau of Buddusò, Tepilora, the Cedrino river valley, the ancient forests of Montes, Perda Liana and the regional forest of Montarbu, Monte Genis, and lastly the regional forest of Settefratelli (among the many crossed by the various stages of this long hiking itinerary).
Information on this stage of the trail
After retracing, this time uphill, your steps along trail 401 and arriving at the junction with trail 406 (Su Punteddu locality), continue south on trail 401 towards the Tuones locality. From this locality, follow the steep winding path of Iscala ‘e Pradu that leads you to the Corrasi mountain (the highest peak of the Supramonte, 1463 m asl). After crossing the Corrasi in a S-SE direction, with the town of Orgosolo in the background, you will meet the fork with trail 404, which links to the steep stretch of Iscala ‘e Marras. Continue along trail 402, still heading S-SE, to arrive at Iscala ‘e s’Arenargiu near which stands a small natural arch overlooking (the height here is 1113 m asl) the valley below.
Leaving to the left the fork leading to punta Solitta, head south towards punta Sa Pruna, 1389 m asl and punta Lolloine, 1351 m asl (Supramonte di Orgosolo). After Fruncu sos Cuzos, at 1367 m asl, the descent towards cuile Sa Sinipida begins. During the descent, more than 1 km from Fruncu sos Cuzos, is the Nurra (chasm) de Adarre (N40.15564° E9.42790°).
The planned stop point at the cuile Sa Sinipida can currently be used as a camping point, with a spring nearby. For support, please contact Efisio Manca, mobile 320274595
