Cala Gonone is an Italian seaside town and a civil parish (''

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'') of the municipality (''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'') of

Dorgali Dorgali () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari and about east of Nuoro in the Seaside Supramonte mountain area. Economy is mostly based on the vine and wi ...

Province of Nuoro The province of Nuoro (; ) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Nuoro. It has an area of , and, , a total population of 210,972. The province is divided into 74 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''), t ...

, in the region of

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...

. In 2007 it had 1,279 inhabitants.

History

The area around Cala Gonone was inhabited in the Nuragic Era. The remains of a Nuragic settlement can be seen at Nuraghe Mannu on the outskirts of the village, just off the road to

. The modern village was founded by a colony of fishermen from the island of

Ponza Ponza (Italian: ''isola di Ponza'' ) is the largest island of the Italy, Italian Pontine Islands archipelago, located south of Cape Circeo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is also the name of the commune of the island, a part of the province of Latina ...

at the beginning of the 20th century. The town however remained largely isolated from the rest of Sardinia until the tunnel through the hills from Dorgali was opened in 1860.

Geography

The town is situated in the Bay of

Orosei Orosei () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italy, Italian region Sardinia, located about northeast of Cagliari and about east of Nuoro. The town has 5000 inhabitants and at least 13 churches, including San Giaco ...

on the east of the island and in the geographical region of

Supramonte The Supramonte is a mountain range located in central-eastern Sardinia, Italy. It lies northeast of the Gennargentu massif, traveling eastwards until it reaches the Tyrrhenian Sea at the Gulf of Orosei. It has an area of about 35,000 hectares, en ...

, 9 kilometers from

, 41 from

Nuoro Nuoro ( ; ) is a city and (municipality) in central-eastern Sardinia, Italy, situated on the slopes of Mount Ortobene. It is the capital of the province of Nuoro. With a population of 36,347 (2011), it is the sixth-largest city in Sardinia. Its ...

and 108 from

Olbia Olbia (, ; ; ) is a city and communes of Italy, commune of 61,000 inhabitants in the Italy, Italian insular province of Sassari in northeastern Sardinia, Italy, in the historical region of Gallura. Called in the Roman age, Civita in the Middle ...

. Close to the village, and reachable by the sea, is the

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of Bue Marino. Many boats from small speedboats to large tourist boats dock in at the Bue Marino or travel further down the coast to

Cala Luna Cala (or CALA) may refer to: Geography * Cala, Eastern Cape, a town in South Africa * Cala, Huelva, a town and municipality in Huelva province, Spain * Cala Gonone, a civil parish of Dorgali municipality, Sardinia, Italy Acronym * Club Atlético ...

to let the passengers bath in the turquoise water or explore the caves that have been hollowed out by the sea. Almost everyone that goes to the small caves writes their name in charcoal, from a small fire, on the wall, creating a huge mass of writing across several meters of the cave wall. Due to its natural environment (the territory is included in the

Gennargentu National Park The Gennargentu National Park (also National Park of the Bay of Orosei and Gennargentu; ) is a national park on the east coast of Sardinia. Wildlife in the park includes the '' Felis lybica sarda ''(also known as Sardinian wildcat), the mouflon ...

) and to the quality of its waters, Cala Gonone is a popular tourist venue. The beaches of the village are: the Spiaggia Centrale (central beach), S'Abba Durche, Cala Luna, Cartoe, Osalla,

Cala Fuili Cala Fuili is a beach located south along the coast from Cala Gonone, Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty ...

, Sos Dorroles, S'Abba Meica,"Medical water" in sardinian language Ziu Martine and Cala Fuili.

Gallery

File:1529bayCalaGononeFromTheNorth.jpg, Looking down on Cala Gonone and the Bay of Orosei from the north File:Fuili.jpg, The beach of Cala Fuili

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The Beaches of Cala Gonone
{{Authority control Frazioni of the Province of Nuoro

History

Geography

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