Climbing on the island of Sardinia

Today we are going to tell you about a destination in the Mediterranean that is ideal for climbing enthusiasts.. The island of Sardinia should be known as an ideal destination for rock climbing, I have a rocky interior, wild and spectacular , In addition to having an incredible coastline in which to relax after a long day of mountaineering. There are many crags for sport climbing established throughout the island, the most popular areas are in the beautiful Calas de Gonone, Domusnovas y Isili. Commonly, each climbing area has a single level of difficulty, although in the case of Supramonte, situated between Dorgali and Oliena, there is a rock wall climbing area with many bolted routes of various lengths up to 400 meters with different levels of difficulty. The island of Sardinia also offers a large granite boulder around Nuoro and the capital Cagliari. With an abundance of quality routes and good weather for climbing throughout the year, plus cheap roundtrip flights, it's easy to understand why rock climbing holidays on the island of Sardinia have always been popular.

The information detailed below is mainly focused on the practice of climbing on various terrains and sometimes in combination with other outdoor sports, related to climbing activity, as are hiking or trekking, which are also ideal sports to practice on the island.

1) – Nuoro and Cala Gonone
The traditional area to go rock climbing on the island of Sardinia is Cala Gonone within the province of Nuoro, offering plenty of bolted passageways for individual sports in good limestone rock.
Also the mountains near Cala Gonone offer excellent routes for climbing several lengths in dramatic situations..

(2) - Sassari area
The main climbing route is around Osilo, just east and south of Sassari, where there are several limestone cliffs, offering good individual tone sports routes. West of Alghero, en Capo Caccia, there is an impressive cliff prepared for climbing in bolted limestone with a height of up to 70m long, as well as a bit of Psychobloc (DWS).

(3) – Isili y Oristano Area
Isili is one of the most popular climbing areas on the island of Sardinia , with more than one hundred individual sports routes. It is famous for its super steep roof climb , but there are also easier routes. The area around Oristano has been recently developed and therefore the climbing opportunities are limited. To the northwest of Oristano there is a large area of ​​granite cliffs, with other types of clubs that offer for example, the possibility of climbing on mainly dark basalt rock.
(4) – Área Ogliastra
Ogliastra, a new province that extends from the south of Cala Gonone to almost Quirra in the south. This area around Tortoli has seen the greatest development of new sporting routes of a single tone of difficulty on the island of Sardinia in recent years.. The development has taken place in Jerzu, Baunei, Ulassai, Osini, Villagrande, Seui and Quirra, where there are now several hundred sports routes, with different heights from sea level to an altitude of 1.100 m. The area also offers some of the best multi-pitch sport climbing routes on the island of Sardinia., along the entire eastern coast of the island, You can also find bouldering and psychobloc (DWS).

(5) – Churches area
concentrated around the town of Iglesias is one of the largest rock climbing areas on the island of Sardinia. This area is dominated by rock climbing in Domusnovas, where there is more than 500 quiet routes. Rock climbing in Domusnovas is very varied, with numerous slabs, walls and eaves to choose from, for all levels of difficulty. Bolted limestone rock climbing here is generally excellent.

(6) – Cagliari area
Southeast of Cagliari (known as Sarrabus) there are several bouldering areas in excellent granite rock. The largest area is called Geremeas in which there are more than 100 registered problems (as you were badly screwed). Nevertheless, as usual, in bouldering there are a large number of problems waiting to be solved.

Be sure to visit Peter Herold who has contributed greatly to this text and supplied many of the photographs. Peter and his wife Ann run the lemon house together. This is a guest house for climbers, cyclists and walkers in Lotzorai, Ogliastra