
Giara Park – Sa Jara Manna
A place unique in the world
The Giara Park, also known as Giara di Gesturi, is a magical place with an incredible amount of biodiversity.
Definitely, very famous for the Giara horse, one of the few species that still live in the wild in the world. Before the guided walk in the Giara Park, we suggest a visit to the PARC to discover the geological details of the plateau and, subsequently, a visit to the Civico Museo del Cavallino della Giara.
Horse of the Giara in the bushes of the plateau[/ caption]
The name Giara, Sa Jara, probably derives from the Latin glarea (gravel), with reference to the widespread stoniness that characterizes the surface of the plateau.
The Pliocene basalt plateau of the Giara (500-600 m a.s.l.) surrounded by 11 municipalities, spreads over about 45 km² of territory.
Steep cliffs of dark lava rock, from which thundering waterfalls sometimes fall, surround this vast plateau, whose surprisingly flat summit is embellished by the suggestive stagnant water of the paulis (Pauli Tramatzu, Pauli Maiori, etc.) with their splendid, white spring blooms of water buttercups.
The steep slopes of the Giara, luxuriant with verdant woods and Mediterranean maquis, are modeled in the soft marine marl sediments of the Miocene, at times engraved by steep seasonal water channels. On these slopes, frequent springs (funtanas or mitzas) often originate from the infiltration of rainwater along the diaclase network that crosses the basalt rock at the top.
Thanks to its remarkable landscape-natural value, the Giara plateau has been included among the nine natural parks envisaged by Regional Law No. 31 of 1989
Video on the volcanism and formation of the Giara Park
Guided visits to the Giara Park
Guided tours are available all year round and last from 45 minutes to 2 hours. Upon booking, it is also possible to visit the archaeological site of Bruncu Seurgiu and Corona Arrubia.
Details on the costs of the walk in the Giara Park
The walk in the Giara Park lasts approximately 2 hours, can be done with the transport of Giunone Soc Coop and starts with a minimum group of 8 people.
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Intero
- Visita guidata al PARC
Cumulativo valido una giornata
- Include tutti i musei e siti
- Passeggiata guidata al Parco della Giara (minimo 8 persone)
Cumulativo 2 siti
- Include due siti/musei a scelta
- Escluso la passeggiata guidata al Parco della Giara
Cumulativo 3 siti
- Include tre siti/musei a scelta
- Escluso la passeggiata guidata al Parco della Giara
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