All breakfasts, five lunches and five evening meals are included. In the itinerary, we state which meals are included on each day.

Breakfast: Buffet including cereals, yoghurts, fresh fruit and cold meats.

Lunch: Paninis (filled with cold meats/cheese), cake and fruit.

Evening meal: Three-course fixed menu with soup/salad for starters; meat/fish for main course and local dessert.

Popular Sardinian specialities include roast suckling pig, excellent seafood dishes, and local wines, such as vermentino, nuragus, cannonau and monica. Mirto, which is made from the leaves of the myrtle plant, is Sardinia’s after-dinner liqueur.

Although meals mostly consist of meat/fish, the hotel staff endeavour to meet specific dietary requirements. Please advise us before departure so the hotel has sufficient time to prepare.

Saddle up for a guided horse ride through holm-oak woods and open scrub, with steady views to the limestone ridges that ring Dorgali.

This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour via the hotel. Suitable for most abilities with helmets provided; weather and trail conditions determine the final route.

Arrive in Dorgali and meet your tour leader and fellow walkers at Hotel Il Querceto for a friendly briefing and welcome dinner showcasing Sardinian flavours. Share plans for the week over seasonal antipasti, handmade pasta and local cheeses, paired with pours of Cannonau.

This relaxed evening captures Dorgali’s warm hospitality, with insights on trail conditions, safety and regional culture. Expect a convivial mood and introductions that set a confident, supportive pace for the hikes ahead.

Join a guided ridge walk along an old shepherds’ path skirting Monte Tului, with broad panoramas over the Gulf of Orosei and the rugged Supramonte. This opening hike sets your footing on Sardinia’s limestone terrain and winds through scented maquis.

Tread juniper- and rosemary-lined paths as your leader interprets the area’s geology and pastoral heritage, pointing out ancient mule tracks and endemic flora. Photostops abound across wind-carved ridgelines and sea-facing viewpoints.

Hike Gola di Gorropu, where soaring limestone walls funnel into a boulder-strewn corridor often cited among Europe’s deepest canyons. Pick your way over polished stones and sandy beds beneath cliffs that tower hundreds of metres overhead.

Pause by the Flumineddu River to cool tired feet with a paddle when conditions allow. Your leader highlights karst formations, golden eagles and rare saxifrages, inviting quiet moments to appreciate the gorge’s profound natural hush.

Explore a Bronze Age Giants’ Tomb before continuing to the Serra Orrios archaeological complex, a plateau dotted with hut foundations and sanctuaries that map a vanished world in stone.

Unpack the realm of the Nuragic civilization as your leader explains clan life, megalithic rituals and dry-stone engineering. Circular dwellings and sacred precincts reveal a Mediterranean culture that thrived long before Rome.

Settle at Cala Orsala, a sheltered cove of pale sand framed by pinewoods and tawny rock, to enjoy a relaxed picnic on the beach as the water shifts through bands of turquoise and cobalt.

Swim in clear shallows, breathe the scent of myrtle and rosemary, and absorb the easy coastal rhythm between hikes. This interlude showcases Sardinia’s unspoiled shores on the Orosei coast.

Step inside Grotta Ispinigoli to witness a soaring calcite column uniting stalactite and stalagmite in a vast subterranean hall often likened to an underground cathedral.

Cool cavern air, rhythmic drips and mineral bands chart Sardinia’s karst formations over millennia. Your guide illuminates geology and lore as you gaze up at nature’s monumental stone sculpture.

Visit a local cantina to sample regional wines, with generous pours of Cannonau alongside Vermentino and Monica as your host explains terroir, altitude and sea breezes shaping each vintage.

Pair sips with pecorino and paper-thin pane carasau, learning how traditional methods endure on family estates. This relaxed tasting maps the flavours of central-eastern Sardinia in the glass.

Hike to Tiscali, a hidden Nuragic village concealed within a vast collapse-dolina cave on Monte Tiscali and invisible until you enter its yawning opening.

Pick your way among stone dwellings and cisterns as your leader shares theories of a community seeking refuge from Roman expansion. Expect airy views across the wild Lanaitho Valley between rocky scrambles and shaded paths.

Visit Su Gologone, a powerful spring where emerald water wells from a limestone chasm to form a tranquil pool shaded by oleander and framed by pale rock.

Hear how artists and pilgrims were drawn to this source, and pause for photos as ripples mirror the Supramonte cliffs. The vivid colour shifts with sunlight and season, lending the scene a meditative calm.

Take a boat to Cala Luna and step onto a pale crescent beach punctuated by vast sea caves that open like natural apses beside the shore.

Trace a coastal walk to Cala Gonone through forests and gulleys, with sudden balconies over the Gulf of Orosei. Round off with a refreshing swim or a celebratory drink on the seafront.

Board a boat to Grotta del Bue Marino to explore vast sea caves famed for glittering stalactites, clear waters and stories of once-resident monk seals.

This excursion is at additional cost, bookable on tour and weather permitting. Sail along dramatic cliffs, step into cool chambers and admire the play of light on sculpted rock.