Castle · 0.9 km off the route
Castello della Fava
Castle in Posada, Italy.
Photo: Gianni Careddu, CC BY-SA 4.0Orientale Sarda, Sardinia
The SS125 down Sardinia's east side from the ferry at Olbia: Siniscola and Orosei, then the mountain section from Dorgali over the Genna Silana pass and through Baunei to Tortolì.
- Distance
- 111 miles (179 km)
- Type
- Point to point
- Where
- Sardinia
Plotted by us, not yet ridden
Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.
Main roads
SP14MSS125
From the map
- Longest gap between fuel
- 30 miles
- Fuel stations near the line
- 30
- Curvature
- 200 ° a mile
- Campsites within 2 km
- 29
- The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 71 to mile 102. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
- The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 87 to mile 107, at 351 degrees of turning a mile.
- Passes: Ghenna Sìlana (1,002 m, mile 84).
- Countries: Italy.
- 3 motorcycle shops are within 3 km of the line.
Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.
Before you go
- The mountain section between Dorgali and Baunei has almost no fuel. Fill up in Dorgali.
- Ferries to Olbia sail from Genoa, Livorno and Civitavecchia. Book ahead in summer.
On the way
- Olbia
- Siniscola
- Orosei
- Dorgali
- Genna Silana
- Baunei
- Tortolì
Ready to ride it?
Plan it with dates in the tour plannerBook this trip
1Getting there
Most riders cross to Calais by Le Shuttle or a Dover ferry, or take a longer ferry nearer the route.
Compare every crossing2Places to stay
- Find a bed in OlbiaWhere the route starts
- Find a bed in TortolìWhere the route ends
3Cover
Check your bike insurance covers riding abroad, get travel insurance that covers motorcycling at your engine size, and breakdown cover that recovers a motorcycle in every country on the route.
What to check before you buy coverThe country on this route
What GOV.UK says riders need for it, checked 05/11/2026. Rules change, so read the official page before you go.
Italy
- Money
- Euro
- Ride on the
- Right
- Riding into Milan or Rome? Milan has a congestion charge and Rome sometimes restricts traffic in its green band
- GOV.UK travel adviceSafety, road travel and local laws
- Entry requirementsPassport and visa rules
- Riding in ItalyOur routes, passes and fuel gaps there
On every trip abroad: your licence, insurance that covers riding abroad, the V5C and travel insurance with medical cover. The tour planner turns all of this into a checklist each rider in your group can tick off.
Places to see on the way
Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.
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Castle · On the route
Castello
Castello di Orosei.
Fort · On the route
Castro di Dorgali
Mittelalterliche Wehranlage bei Dorgali, Sardinien.
Castle · On the route
Castello di Medusa
Castle in Lotzorai, Italy.
Photo: Mauro Mereu, CC BY-SA 2.5
Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.
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