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Ulassai | Caves, art and hiking in Ogliastra

Ulassai

Squeezed between two limestone bastions, Ulassai is Ogliastra's museum-village: here Maria Lai stitched art to the landscape, climbers scale the heels and the Su Marmuri caves descend into the mountain's heart.

Details and how to get there

## Maria Lai's village Ulassai is inseparable from its artist: the Stazione dell'Arte holds the largest collection of Maria Lai's works, but the village itself is the museum — mural looms, the artist's washhouse, the mountain "tied" in her famous 1981 performance.

Contemporary art in Italy's most unexpected place.

## Inside the mountain The Su Marmuri caves are among Europe's most imposing: an hour's visit through 70-metre chambers and stalagmite forests.

Outside, the heels are a vertical paradise for sport climbing, with hundreds of routes and an international festival.

## The water After rain, the Lequarci waterfall drops almost 100 metres from the heel's rim: spring and autumn give the best show.

Pair the visit with a tasting at the village's historic cooperative winery.

At a glance

From I Mandorli: about 50 minutes by car

Don't miss: Stazione dell'Arte, Su Marmuri caves, Lequarci waterfall

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