Mount Limbara

Vallicciola, a wooded picnic area with a hotel, bar, spring and campervan area on the north side of the massif, is the usual base. It is reached from Tempio Pausania on the SS392 towards Oschiri: after Curadureddu turn left at the Vallicciola sign and follow a winding paved road for about 10 minutes. The paved road continues past Vallicciola to the car park at the Madonna della Neve chapel (about 1,245 m), which many walkers use as a higher starting point. From Vallicciola, waymarked paths (red and white, with Forestas information boards) climb through the pines to the chapel. Behind it, CAI path 402 starts on cobbles and continues gently uphill over rocky ground. After about 400 m a cairned side path on the right leads in about 300 m to the Arco di Suprappare, a natural granite arch and listed natural monument; return to path 402 and continue north then east to the granite summit blocks of Punta Sa Berritta (1,362 m), about 1.6 km from the chapel including the arch detour. A mobile-phone mast stands just north of the top; the dense antenna field and the fenced military communications site lie further north on Punta Balistreri (1,359 m). Return the same way, or continue to the junction of paths 401, 402 and 403 and follow path 403 towards Punta Bandiera (1,336 m), with views to the east coast; the CAI Sassari loop returns to the chapel along the mountain road (about 5.5 km and 210 m of ascent from the chapel, 3–4 hours at a relaxed pace). A longer forest-agency circuit from Vallicciola links Punta Bandiera, Punta Sa Berritta, Madonna della Neve and Punta Giugantinu (about 4–4½ hours with stops).