Excursion to Cala Goloritze

Starting point: locality Su Porteddu in the Golgo Plateau, Baunei

Description: From Baunei you reach the plateau of Golgo. Coming from the South, turn right after St Nicholas church in Baunei and follow the directions to San Pietro (St Peter)- Golgo. After a few hairpin turns, you reach the Supramonte. After 8 Km you leave the paved road and you take the unpaved way on your right (Signals for Cala Goloritzé); the parking and the bar restaurant “su porteddu” is more or less after 1,5 km.
You leave the car in the parking and start on the well visible footpath. At the beginning the path goes up, arriving 470 meters high above sea level.

You continue on a Mule track to ”bacu Goloritzè”, which is the rill taking you to the homonymous bay, cala Goloritzè. The path runs easily downhill within big holm oaks, ancient animal shelters and mediterranean scrub. Return by boat is not allowed.

At around a few hundred meters from the beach you go past the left side of the “Aguglia”, the big limestone pinnacle, destination of lots of climbers (the first time the Aguglia was ascended was in 1981 from Manolo and Alessandro Gogna). The entrance to the beach is facilitated through wooden passageways.

How to book

From 2020, the cove has a limited number of 250 people at the same time. It will be possible to book the trek starting from the third day before the day on which you choose to make the excursion, via App (Heart of Sardinia), Website (www.heartofsardinia.com), or via our telephone numbers via Whatsapp, the Administrative Secretariat (+393495462583, operating Monday to Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.) and the Municipal Infopoint (+393804616989, operating daily from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., only on Thursdays from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.).

For the first two options, the payment (€7.00 per person, children under 6 and residents of the municipality of Baunei free of charge) is immediate, by credit card; with Whatsapp booking, payment is by cash or credit card directly at the start of the trail. Parking next to the Su Porteddu Restaurant is included in the ticket price and the time range for walking the path downhill is from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., while on the beach you are allowed to stay until approximately 5 p.m. Closed shoes, with grip, preferably trekking shoes, water supply (at least 2 litres per person) and food are required.

Technical data excursion

Distance: 3,6 km.
Hiking time: about 1h 30 way there, 2 h way back.
Difficulty level: E (trail without technical difficulties)
Altitude difference: 513 m.
Signposting: good and very evident path.
Info: possibility of parking by Bar Restaurant “Su Porteddu”, at the beginning of the path. It is required the Payment of a ticket of 7,00 €.