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The area of the Gulf of Orosei and the Supramonte of Dorgali belong to the national park of Gennargentu,
which, besides the same mountain, also contains the Supramonte of Dorgali, Oliena, Orgosolo, Urzulei and Baunei.
Such wonders, the extraordinary natural and cultural richness of this region are very difficult to describe.
Here, the wildest and primitive mountain descends in to a wonderful, unpolluted sea.
The costal region of the Gulf of Orosei is characterized by imposing colored limestone cliffs, which rise for about 40Km and drop straight to the sea.
Only marvellous beaches can stop this natural rocky wall, holed by caves and engraved by creeks.
The coastal stretch between Cala Gonone and Cala Fuili is accessible lacking in upright rocks.
Instead the cliffs after Cala Fuili are not more than 30 meters high.
That cliffs chain is interrupted by the beach of Cala Luna, the cove of "Ziu Santoru", Cala Oddoana and few caves of which
the most important is the Grotto of the "Bue Marino" (sea cow's grotto), home of the last family of
seals which were once numerous in these parts, but now are almost extinguished.
But, what makes the landscape behind some beaches more unbelievable is the presence of the "codule", that is, the riverbeds of the torrential
streams, which rise from the overlooking mountains.
The "codule" are characterized by the richness of flora and fauna, almost rare in others Italian regions.
Behind this strip of land the State Road 125,"Orientale Sarda", winds up.
It separates the territory of the Gulf of Orosei from the mythical mountain Supramonte, the wide calcareous tableland
dominated by impressive rock faces which reach highly respected altitudes.
The karstic phenomena, widely spread over the whole territory, have hallowed out deep canyons, caves extended for dozen km,
sinkholes and gorges of large dimensions.
Nevertheless, the roughness of the landscape is allayed by the presence of soft hollows where man, although several difficulties, lived since ever.
The remains of ancient villages and nuraghic settlements, extant even in the most inaccessible places, bear witness to that ancient civilization.
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