Attractions and Places To See around Duarche/Dualchi - Top 20

A hike to Punta Palai is highly worthwhile. In good weather, the views are spectacular.

Great Little gem hiddenn below the valley. you'll find nice bars, a beautiful church and refuel stops

Small village surrounded by beautiful mountains

Great view

The German-language television series “Treasures of the World – Heritage of Humanity” – which I fully recommend in my opinion – devotes a quarter of an hour to the UNESCO world cultural heritage of the “NURAGHI” in Sardinia and the traditional shepherd’s song there, known as “Canto a Tenore”. The text accompanying the program says “Over seven thousand round towers made of stone pieces weighing tons are scattered all over Sardinia. Often only the stumps of these megalithic buildings, called nuraghi, remain. The first were around 1400 BC. Built. Small stones were placed between the mighty blocks, a construction method that made the stone towers collapse-proof.” This article (episode 413 of the series) is available in the ARD media library under the following link: https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/schaetze-der-welt/sardinien/3sat/Y3JpZDovL3N3ci5kZS8xNTg4MzM5MA

Necropolis of Filigosa The necropolis of Filigosa is located on the northern outskirts of Macomer, in the province of Nuoro, Sardinia. It was not eponymous for any of the Abealzu-Filigosa cultures. The necropolis consists of four Domus de Janas, which were carved into the tuff slope below the Nuraghe Ruju (also Ruggiu) with about 10 m long dromoi. Here in 1965, during the excavation by E. Contu, traces of the Copper Age Filigosa culture, which dates back to 2900 to 2700 BC, were found in rock tombs that were otherwise created by the Ozieri culture (from 3500 BC). is dated. A second excavation, carried out by Alba Foschi, took place in the 1980s. The existing finds from the necropolis, consisting of simple, rarely decorated pottery and almost exclusively excarnated bones, have contributed to the understanding of the brief transitional phase in Sardinian prehistory. Three plants are parallel on the middle slope, while the fourth is slightly higher. The large chambers have front access to two (Tomb III) to eight (Tomb I) side chambers. On the floor, centrally located, there is a raised ring (0.97 m in diameter) that marks a fireplace. There are usually two entrances to the side chambers on the rear wall. Nuraghe Ruju The half-collapsed Nuraghe Ruggiu (or Ruju), as it were cut in half, shows the corbelled vault construction as in an elevation model, which gives an insight into the construction of the tholos. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necropolis_of_Filigosa

Also in the area of the Pranu Ozzastru plateau, where the Murtazzolu stream receives the waters of the Cuguttu and Ardalazzu streams, is the Ponte e Frenugarzu nuraghe. The nuraghe Ponte a tholos looks like a single tower where the circular chamber on the ground floor is intact, the cell on the upper floor can be accessed via the staircase. Despite the collapses suffered, the Frenugarzu nuraghe of the corridor type still appears as an imposing structure, around it there are sections of wall partly covered by vegetation, these suggest a barricade; a wall extends from the vicinity of the frenegarzu nuraghe which proceeds southwards for a long stretch to then open up with an entrance which is dominated by a large architrave, in this clearing there are no relief structures and the wall again borders with the nuraghe. Source: https://comune.dualchi.nu.it/contenuti/40809/complesso-archeologico-nuraghe-ponte-frenegarzu

Macomer is the cheese capital of Sardinia. At the Lacesa cheese factory, you can buy a wide variety of cheeses directly from the producer. Mon - Fri 8.30 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 4 p.m. - 7 p.m. Sat 8.30 a.m. - 1 p.m.