This route through beautiful Sardinia starts in Tortoli and leads through the interior on winding and often very narrow mountain roads to Barumini. The route is approximately 142 kilometers and can easily be done in a day. A few stops are planned along the way to enjoy the beautiful interior.

Leaving Tortoli, we fuel up the engines and immediately set off up a beautiful, winding mountain road through green vegetation. The roads are of reasonable quality but often very narrow, so be mindful of oncoming traffic. The route includes climbs and descents and many hairpin bends. Cattle graze along the roads, and they can even cross them, so be careful.

We visit the abandoned town of Gairo Vecchio. Gairo was originally built on unstable terrain. Buildings began to collapse in 1951, leading to the abandonment of the original site and its reconstruction on a hillside. The original village, known as "Gairo Vecchio" or "Old Gairo," is open to visitors. Gairo's current location is due to a flood in 1951 that forced people to leave the old village and build a new one. The relocation was completed in 1969. Some of the old village's population was otherwise forced to move to the lowlands and built the village of Cardedu (a separate municipality since 1984). The old village still lies 2 km south of the new one. It dates back to the 14th century and is known as Gairo Vecchio. It is one of the most famous abandoned sites in Sardinia and Italy. This “Ghost Town” is definitely worth a visit, if only for the beautiful surroundings.

We continue along a beautiful, winding mountain road with a few challenging hairpin bends to the village of Ussassai, where you can stop for a drink or a bite to eat. There are several small cafes and restaurants in the village.

We drive via the Passu Correboì mountain pass to the village of Seui, a charming medieval village at an altitude of 800 meters on the southern slopes of the Gennargentu massif. Around Seui, a village of 1,300 inhabitants, you can admire a varied landscape of colors that change with the seasons. There are several interesting things to see and do in this town, and you can also plan a lunch break there.

The next stop is planned at the Lago Basso del Flumendosa viewpoint. The Flumendosa is a 127-kilometer-long river, the second-longest on the island after the Tirso. Its sources are in the Gennargentu Massif, at the foot of Monte Armidda; it flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the towns of Muravera and Villaputzu. It drains a basin of approximately 1,775 square kilometers. Before the construction of two large dams, it had a discharge of 22 cubic meters/second.

After this short stop, we'll drive across the "Ponte sul Flumendosa di Villanova Tulo" bridge to our destination, Burimini. Just before the village, we'll stop briefly to visit Su Nuraxi di Barumini, a unique fortress dating back to 2000 BC. It's an archaeological site of the Nuragic culture in Barumini, Sardinia, Italy. Italian archaeologist Giovanni Lilliu discovered an overgrown city beneath a mountain. He began excavations in the 1950s. The complex centers around a three-story tower built during the Nuragic culture (18th-3rd century BC). Su Nuraxi di Barumini has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

I rate this fantastic route with 5*****Stars because of the beautiful roads, nature and interesting stops.