The territory of Dorgali is located in the east-central part of the island, a small strip of land that encloses on its 225sqkm, the essence of all the beauties of Sardinia.

The landscape is splendid and unique in all its variety, and is characterized by a succession of green valleys and flattery hills, woods and harsh mountains that hide misterious caves and 'Dolinas' (karsic swalow-hole); on the coasts, imposing limestone cliffs overlook the crystal clear sea, and a luxuriant vegetation alternates with the bare rock mattled, here and there, by white little coves.

The territory is so rich of geological, archaeological, botanic and faunistic particularities and satisfy any kind of naturalistic interest. A land geologically ancient is essentially composed by three types of rocks: granite, limestone and basalt whose dark mantle wraps, here and there, the light limestone rock creating enchating landscapes. Each rock formation is characterizes by a variety of flora: in the basaltic and granitic plateaus there are untilled pastures and luxuriant mediterranean maquis constituited by: lentisk, wild olives, euphorbia, holm-oak, arbutus, myrtle etc.

In the limestone reliefs there are thick woods of juniper and holm-oaks. Among them, the "Cuiles" (characteristic ship-folds built with limestone rocks and juniper trunks) stand-out with all their charm.

This wild and uncontaminated environment is also the natural habitat of different species of animals and rare fauna that, still survives here.

This territory it is not only a precious attraction for all nature lovers, but also for those who are interested  in archaeology. Infact, it holds a particular archaeological wealth, offering a wide choice of monuments and archaelogical sites dating back from the Neolithic age to the Middle ages. Even the caves used, as habitations or as tombs since the most remote antiquity, constituite an important archeological treasure together with the "Domus de Janas", Dolmens, "Giant's tombs", Nuraghi, Nuragic Villages and wells.

These sites are scattered throughout the territory, even in the most inaccessible mountain-areas and on the coasts, where traces left by Punics and Roman conquerors, are clearly visible. The sites have given back a remarkable quantity of archaeological findings, showed in the Archaeological Museum of Dorgali, that have allowed us to reconstruct the history of this territory which, however, still contains a lot of hidden treasures and surprises.

Dorgali and Cala Gonone since the years '50s belong to the most famous places in Sardinia. The importance of Dorgali is also due to the presence of Cala Gonone, attractive sea place connected to Dorgali in 1925 from a new tunnel and from the actual road. The first ones to colonize the area of Gonone were the nuragic, but of certain there were also installations in the Roman age and in the Middle-Age. Beginning from 1700 as point of arrival and departure was used for the exchanges of the commodities with the peninsula, and only in the 1800 after the initiative of some families of Nuoro that began to spend their holidays, became seaside resorts to all the effects.

DORGALI: one of the most interesting town of Sardinia, it constitutes the oriental border of the Barbagia containing in its territory an environment from unique characteristics. This has determined the choice to contribute to the constitution of the Park of the Gennargentu and the Gulf of Orosei with over a quarter (60 Kmqs) of the whole town territory. Sets on foots of the Mount Bardia, Dorgali is visible from all the tops of the Barbagia, resulting as a white stain surrounded by the green.

CALA GONONE: The touristic center is reached with a gallery that crosses the saddle formed to the left by the Mount Bardia, (north), and the Mount Tului to the right, (south). once overcome the gallery the village it appears of sudden 400 more meters in low, over a great wood of evergreen oaks. In the center of the Gulf of Orosei it constitutes the border on the sea of the Supramonte: for over 40 Kms, from the beach of Cartoe up to the Pedra Longa of Baunei, the coast is accessible only on foot or in boat.