Gavoi, Lake Gusana
Gavoi, Lake Gusana - CC BY-SA 3.0 Gianni Careddu, Commons Wikimedia - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gavoi_-_Lago_di_Gusana_(03).JPG

Gavoi
Lake Gusana

This artificial lake was created between 1959 and 1961 in the Gavoi area, just two kilometres from the town.

Gavoi, Gusana lake
Gavoi, Gusana lake - © Ivo Piras

Created by damming the eponymous river, it extends to the base of the Fonni plateau, picturesquely nestled between Barbagia’s Littederone and Nodu nos Arcos mountains.
Surrounded by hills covered with Italian oak and Mediterranean vegetation, Lake Gusana is a stunning intense blue.

With a capacity for about sixty million cubic metres of water and a surface of 2.4 square kilometres, the lake is one of Barbagia’s main tourist destinations, as much for water sports, like canoeing and windsurfing, as for trout, perch, carp and tench fishing. It is also a perfect place for hiking, horseback riding, off-road vehicles and quads, mushroom hunting and nature photography.

Curiously, there is a four-arch ancient Roman bridge in the middle of the lake. Built over the Rio Gusana between the second and third centuries CE, the Su ponte vetzu (‘old bridge’) becomes visible in the summer, when the water level lowers. The presence of this bridge attests to the strategic importance of the valley for the Romans, who had also built a road here connecting Cagliari and Olbia.

Contact

Address:
Strada Statale 128, 08020 Gavoi NU, Italia