The Giara Plateau

The Giara Plateau covers the central part of Sardinia and originally boasted a high concentration of woods, now altered to Mediterranean plants and flowers.

Wide expanses of green lawns gently cover the lines of the plain, run through by a wide variety of mammals that enjoy the beauty of an uncontaminated habitat. Among them, you can bump into the famous Cavallini della Giara, Europe’s last wild horses. In the winter, the natural depressions of the plain are filled with rainwater, attracting the horses that set out to graze peacefully nearby.

The wildlife site is further enhanced by a wide range of plant species, associated with the odd presence of archaeological finds – including pieces of pottery, flint and obsidian – suggesting that a Prehistoric population must have gathered and settled on the place.

Such an assumption seems to be supported by the presence of the Bruncu de Maduli or Bruncu Madugui proto-nuraghe on the edge of the plateau, where a village must have probably stood.