Its white profile stands out alone on top of a plateau from where it looks out over a vast territory that includes the shores of Lake Mulargia. The Goni nuraghe is located outside the town that bears its name, a small village nestled in the Flumendosa valley. The monument blends into the rocky outcrops that are incorporated into the base to adapt to the profile of the relief and rise in a harmonious and regular way. The view of the plain below is perfect. You will reach it at the end of a partially paved trail that climbs through vegetation for a few hundred meters along the slope of the plateau. The nuraghe is made of rough-hewn limestone blocks set in regular rows that reach up to 3½ metres in height and then leave room for long, narrow slabs. The external diameter is about 10 metres, while the current total height exceeds 8 mts.

The tower underwent at least two phases of construction due to a restoration effort undertaken when part of the wall crumbled. After you enter through the door under an architrave, you will find yourself in a corridor with a niche on the right. Here there is a stairway that is interrupted after the first five steps and originally led to the terrace. Following the collapse, the space was repurposed as a guard post. In the central chamber you can see a perfectly intact tholos vault, closed at the top by a stone slab. There are three cross-shaped niches, one of which leads to a small narrow space that may once have been used for storage. On the left, between the corridor and another niche you’ll see a triangular opening leading to a steep stairway that led to the upper level.

But the Goni area is not just about one nuraghe, there is another archaeological area that is a must-see for its beauty, size and importance: the Pranu Muttedu archaeological park, nestled in 200,000 square metre area dotted with cork oaks. The park includes the burial grounds of Pranu Muttedu and Nuraxeddu and the Genna Accas domus de Janas, surrounded by large groups of menhirs and megalithic circles. From archaeology to nature: just a few kilometres from the nuraghe and the park, Lake Mulargia awaits you, an ideal place to engage in some kayaking or canoeing in a setting of islets and inlets, or discover its most hidden corners on foot over hiking trails.