Incredibly rich and charming scenery characterises the vast territory (225 sq. km.) in which Dorgali immerses, 387 m high and with a population of 8000 people. This variety is due to its geographic position between Baronia and
Barbagia close to the eastern coastline and the Supramonte area, halfway between the vast plateau of volcanic origin enriched with archaeological evidence and the valley of the
Cedrino, home to the homonymous lake.
Supramonte is a true museum for its geological and botanical aspects. Its natural beauties include alders, willow trees, ilex, junipers as well as ravines with schists and granite, dolina and inaccessible summits. The more famous are the stretches of coastline that look out over the
Golfo di Orosei with its spectacular coastal cliffs that plummet to the sea, its small, inaccessible beaches and the Gola di Su Gorropu, one of the highest and most spread out canyons in all of Europe (its calcareous walls reach 400 m high).
From an archaeological point of view, the entire region contains evidence of antique peoples of different cultures. Some of the most significant are the nuraghic village of Tiscali, unique in its genre and found on the inside of a karstic dolina and visible thanks to the collapsing of a cave's roof on the homonymous mountain, and the village of
Serra Orrios, one of the most important in Sardinia with respect to it state of conservation including approximately 70 huts, a circular shape and two small, megaron temples.
For passionate archaeology fans, we also recommend excursions to the nuraghic village of Arvu, with Nuraghe, 120 huts and a few, very interesting structures that date back to a following Punic-Roman attendance, the Tomba dei Giganti
S'ena 'e Thomes which has provided us with pre-nuraghic to early Middle Age findings, the dolmen
Motorra constructed of basaltic stone which has been dated to approximately 2100 B.C. and the numerous
domus de janas.
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