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Registrations 2024 Are Open

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It is with great enthusiasm that we announce the opening of registrations for the 2024 Marganai Trail.
Get ready for an epic adventure in the wild nature of Sardinia!

Date: 16-17 March 2024
Choose your favorite route:
95 km 4,600m D+
46 km 2,000m D+
25 km 750m D+
17 km 650m D+
Whatever your level, there is a path for you. Here is the opportunity to challenge yourself and overcome your limits.

The Marganai Trail is a special experience made possible thanks to the scouts and volunteers who work tirelessly. This event is also an opportunity to contribute to charity.
All routes are valid for ITRA and UTMB, giving you the opportunity to earn points.
Join us for a weekend of sport, nature, friendship and solidarity. Save the date and sign up now!

6° Trail del Marganai Registration Is Now Open

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Here we are, we start again, from today registrations are open for the 6th edition of the Trail del Marganai.

Who wants to be the first to sign up?

The competitive distances are three:

and for those who do not want to compete but enjoy the day the non-competitive 11 Km.

The news are many and, just to give one, the 25 Km and 45 Km will pass through the enchanting corner of the coast that is Cala Domestica.

In the coming weeks we will tell you everything.

La Magia di Antas

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Perchè è stato edificato proprio lì più di duemila anni fa?
Ci sono dei luoghi e delle atmosfere che mi fanno stare bene e se non fossi fondamentalmente razionale direi magiche.

Il Tempio di Antas ha un suo fascino perchè è in mezzo al nulla o per essere più precisi è in mezzo alla natura da cui trae energia.

E’ bello arrivarci percorrendo la strada Romana immersa tra lecci, querce e bassa vegetazione mediterranea. Strada costruita sempre in antichità per collegare il Tempo ad un altro luogo magico. Le Grotte di Su Mannau.

Quando il bosco si dirada e lo sguardo riesce ad avere un orizzonte più ampio, si apre una piccola pianura e alla sinistra appaiono le antiche colonne.

La piana con il Tempio che la chiude su un lato si apprezza una volta che, preso il sentiero che porta alle cave, si sale di qualche decina di metri tanto da avere una visione dall’alto.

Quest’anno sono due le gare che passano per Antas, sia la 36 km che la 58 km.

Quando arriverete al ristoro perdete qualche secondo in più, poggiate una mano su quelle pietre millenarie e traetene nuova energia.

Paolo

  • Arrivando dalla Strada Romana
  • Il tempio punico romano di Antas
    Durante la gara
  • Durante la gara
  • Durante la gara
  • Arrivando dalla Strada Romana
  • Il Tempio di Antas
  • Il Tempio e la sua valle
  • La Strada Romana

Pranu Sartu and the Henry Gallery

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After less than a kilometer from the starting line, you will cross the Henry Gallery in loc. Planu Sartu, the most important mining facility close to Buggerru.

Excavated in 1865, it was used for the rail transport of ores from the underground to distant washeries. Located 50 meters above sea level and the built-up area of Buggerru, it crosses the local plateau for about a kilometer.

If the original purpose was to facilitate the transport of metals from the local mines to the port of Buggerru, now it turns out to be a place of rare beauty, thanks to the breathtaking sea views it offers.

This passageway dug through the rock is impressive: the size was determined by the use in 1892 of a steam locomotive. It was part of a modern railway network that soon replaced the slow and expensive transport by pack animals, such as mules.

The gallery is a sort of suggestive labyrinth: secured, illuminated and endowed with indications, it is now accessible in complete safety. Its uniqueness consists in a perpetual relationship with the cliff on the sea through its minor tunnels and walkways carved, like windows, in the rock. Thanks to these openings you may enjoy suggestive views of the coast overlooking the sea.

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The photographic copyrights belong to  Lino Cianciotto . We are publishing the photos with the permission of the owner.

 

Solidarity 2020

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The Marganai Trail has been pursuing some important goals since the very beginning, such as promoting the territory where the competition takes place and support local solidarity projects.

This year we decided to donate one Euro for each registered athlete and one for each pasta party voucher, purchased by those who do not compete.

We also asked all local the accommodation facilities (indicated for free on the ‘Hospitality‘ page), if they deem it appropriate, at the end of the event, to make an additional offer, that will be fully donated to the joint project.

The organization of the competition is not-for-profit, so any positive surplus of this 5th edition will be added to the collected amount.

We asked the associations in Buggerru, who are working with us, to aid in identifying a suitable cause for the donation.
We will take care of publicizing progress of the initiative.

So, if you were still looking for a reason to register, besides the beauty of the itineraries and the desire to join us, having a great time in friendship, remember you can contribute to something worthy!

It is easy to fly to Buggerru

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Coming to run the Marganai Trail is simpler than it might seem.
In March it is easy to find a flight at a very affordable price!

The closest airport to Buggerru, a village that will see both the start and the finish of the race on March 15, is Cagliari-Elmas, about 80 kilometers away.

Buying a plane ticket a few weeks in advance allows for substantial savings.

In March the main airlines that connect Cagliari to Italy and the rest of the world are:

  • Alitalia
  • Ryanair
  • Air Italy
  • EasyJet
  • Volotea

 

Photos Of The New Route

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In December and at the beginning of the year we have often been on the new paths that will characterize the 2020 edition of the Marganai Trail.

The first kilometers after the start and the last ones before the arrival are characterized by the sea, the real novelty of this edition. The sea in any weather reveals its beauty and charm.But as we move away from the sea and the influence of the saltiness, the low vegetation is replaced by the forest. Holm oaks, oak and strawberry trees embrace the paths.

This gallery is used to get an idea of what awaits you in Buggerru and in this corner of Sardinia.

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