Tiscali — Attraction in Durgali/Dorgali

Beeing there I understood why so many people complain about the route, although it is well marked! There are two routes to get to the sinkhole where lays Tiscali Arheological Site: track 410 (the main route) and track 411 and then 481. Unfortunately, on the maps I saw in the shops, there are missing the numbers of the tracks! The first route starts from the point marked on the Google Maps as Ticali trekking. If you come with the car, you can park the car before that point because here it is a bit narrow, and walk a bit. At this point turn right and just follow the signs (track 410). On the first km the track is following a steep road in the forest (I saw a prepared 4×4 car but I can't imagine a normal car on this road). Then the road is becoming a simple path which continue in the same direction, until a Belvedere point on a small ridge. Here the track is turning right and soon you reach the Fessura di Tuscali and enter in the real world of karst. From Fessura the track continue on the ledge, and then on the ridge of the mountain untill you here voices from undereath, sign that you reached the Tisali sinkhole. The other route is more beautifull (or at least I found it like this). All the people prefer the first one, so is much more quiet. It begins in the point marke on Google maps as Valle di Lanaitho. From here it continues on Surtana Valea until a place named Pala Uporo (you can find it on the signs) from where the route is turning right and climb to the ridge on the right, from where you can reach Tiscali sinkhole in 10 min or so. It took me 3 hrs to complete the tour (I went up on 410 and I descent on 481 & 411) I am an entuziastic archeological Explorer, so I stayed 1 hrs in the site :) Don't forget 5 Euros cash if you want to descent in...

We tried to trek up the mountain from the Oliena side. I realised that we should have taken the easier route from Dorgali when had made the detour because the bridge was closed. We thought we'd give it a try anyway. Probably not a wise decision as it was midday. The girl in the shack tried to put us off but being me we had to try. She told us to follow the red and white markers with 410 on them. We set off with our bottles of water up the track after leaving the car. We found the markers but after a while lost the 410 but still had the red and white markers. There was no indication of how near it was just that the top of the mountain still kept out of reach. We finally gave up as my legs wouldn't climb any more. On looking at the pictures of the site I think I may have been disappointed after the climb. It would have been a missed chance of...

Interesting Place and a very beautiful hike up there. We took track 481 from Ponte S’Abba Arva. The parking costs 8€!! If you go over the bridge and a little further, there seems to be another parking spot which looks like it’s free.

The hike took us 2h 15min up and 1h 45min down. We spent about half an hour at the place itself.

We got a little lost on the first meters because we turned left too early. The wrong track we took later met up with the right track but it was not maintained and more climbing than hiking. That little mishap costs us a lot of energy and about 30min and was probably the hardest part of the hike.

My recommendation is to stick to the markings (white over red / route number 481) and don’t follow the tracks on maps.me or Komoot. It’s pretty demanding but absolutely managable if you take your time. Take at least 2L water...