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Then it was a small detour to the ghost town of Argentiera.
“Located halfway between Stintino and Alghero is the abandoned coastal mining town of Argentiera, a ghost-like place standing on one of the wildest sections of Sardinia's coast.
The silver mine at Argentiera dates back to the Roman era and was once the largest Sardinian producer of this precious metal. It was as recently as 1963 that the seams were finally exhausted and production at the mine ceased. Apart from fencing off some of the more unstable buildings nothing has really been touched since the closure. Shafts and workings, administration buildings, miner's quarters and chapel all stand in an empty, eerie silence like something from the old wild-west. “
Alghero CC-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Sardinia-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Sardinia-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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18 May 2016
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Thanks so much good timing for sure!
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21 May 2016
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From here it was a short 30+ km to Alghero for a 2 day rest.
Alghero CC-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We really needed a day off the bike mostly so I could get the suits to the coin laundry for a much needed wash. It was very windy here, but in the old city with the narrow streets it was quite pleasant. The old city wall and ramparts are breezy for sure.
Alghero-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Alghero-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Alghero-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Alghero-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Alghero-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Alghero-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Alghero by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Alghero-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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From here we rode cross country for a boring hour to get to the hill country. There were several small villages where you had to snake thru the streets to find the main road again. Thank goodness for the directional arrows for the one ways and the GPS!
Lansuei-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We did find a small off road route, which takes you past one of the bronze age Nuraghe.
Lansuei-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Lansuei-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Lansuei-17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
“The nuraghe is the main type of ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardinia, developed during the Nuragic Age between 1900 and 730 BCE. Today it has come to be the symbol of Sardinia and its distinctive culture, the Nuragic civilization. More than 7000 nuraghi have been found, though archeologists believe that originally there were not fewer than 10,000.”
Lansuei-21 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Lansuei-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Here we were on the right track if the number of bikers we saw was an indication. it was vroom vroom in both directions. Once we got to Ghilarza the riding was much better. By the way finding your way points here can be a challenge since the Sardinian spelling is used on the GPS so you have to look that up for every town on wikipedia. Even then it may not help since Gairo is listed on line as Gàiru, but as G?iru on the GPS. We were up over the mountains with switch backs up and down several passes. There was almost no traffic if not for the bikers.
Screen Shot 2016-05-17 at 09.17.23 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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