Map of the Rock Climbing, Sports Climbing and Bouldering areas in Sardinia


	Various rock climbing and bouldering areas within Sardinia

Rock climbing, sports climbing and bouldering around Cagliari and Iglesias in Sardinia

Rock Climbing Areas of Sardinia.

The best places to go rock climbing in Sardinia are at Cala Gonone, Domusnovas & Isili, though there are many other excellent places to rock climb in Sardinia. For example there is some great bouldering to be found around Nuoro and Cagliari.

The information detailed below concentrates on the various sports climbing (single and multi-pitch), bouldering and Deep Water Soloing (DWS) that is available in Sardinia.

(1) - Nuoro and Cala Gonone Area
The traditional area to go rock climbing in Sardinia is Cala Gonone within the Province of Nuoro, which offers plenty of single pitch bolted sports routes on good quality limestone rock.
Also the mountains near Cala Gonone offer superb multi-pitch climbing in dramatic situations. For more information about rock climbing around Nuoro (including bouldering) please click here. For specific information about Cala Gonone, then please click here.

(2) - Sassari Area
The main climbing is around Osilo, just to the east and south of Sassari, where there are several limestone crags, which offer good single pitch sports routes. To the west of Alghero, at Capo Caccia, there is some impressive sea cliff climbing on bolted limestone up to 70m long, as well as some Deep Water Soloing (DWS). For more detailed information, click here.

(3) - Isili & Oristano Area
Isili is one of the most popular rock climbing areas in Sardinia, with over 250 single pitch sports routes. It is famous for its super-steep roof climbing on large pockets but there are easier routes as well. The area around Oristano has only recently been developed and hence there are limited climbing opportunities. To the north west of Oristano there is a large granite Bouldering area, with other crags offering sports climbing on mainly dark basalt rock. For more detailed information, click here for information about Isili and Oristano.

(4) - Ogliastra Area
Ogliastra, a new province, stretches from south of Cala Gonone almost to Quirra in the south. This area around Tortoli has seen the greatest development of new single pitch sports routes in Sardinia in the last few years. The development has taken place at Jerzu, Baunei, Ulassai, Osini, Villagrande, Seui, and Quirra, where there are now nearly 600 sports routes, from sea level to an altitude of 1,100m. The area also offers some of Sardinia's best multi-pitch sports routes, along the eastern coastline, as well as bouldering and DWS.

(5) - Iglesias area
Concentrated around the town of Iglesias is one of Sardinia's largest rock climbing areas, with over 600 routes. This area is dominated by the rock climbing at Domusnovas, where there are 440 routes alone! The rock climbing at Domusnovas is very varied with numerous slabs, walls and overhangs to choose from across all levels of difficulty. The rock climbing here is generally on excellent bolted limestone.

(6) - Cagliari area
To the south east of Cagliari (knownas Sarrabus) there are several bouldering areas on excellent granite rock. The largest area is called Geremeas where there are over 100 problems recorded. However as always with bouldering there are a great many other problems waiting to be invented.

The above information has mainly been extracted from the only comprehensive rock climbing guidebook to Sardinia called "Pietra Di Luna - A guide to Sport Climbing in Sardinia". The guidebook is available in English and is well worth buying, just for the endless dramatic photographs on virtually every page! The guidebooks for Ogliastra and Sassari have also been used to obtain the above information. You can buy all of these guidebooks from our shop.

Thanks has to go to Peter Herold who has contributed much of this text and supplied many of the photographs. Peter with his wife Ann run the Lemon house. This is a guesthouse for rock climbers, cyclists and walkers based in Lotzorai, Ogliastra.




	Pietra di Luna, the comprehensive guidebook for rock climbing & bouldering in Sardinia. Buy from our shop.