Palau is a town of about 4,300 inhabitants in the province of Olbia-Tempio in the north of Gallura in Sardinia, and is the gateway to the archipelago of La Maddalena.

On the coasts and jagged granite, there are many pine forests and beaches, in the direction of Olbia there are the beaches, "Sciumara", the beaches of "Porto Faro" and the beach of "Palau Vecchio". In the other half of the country, is the beach of 'Isolotto", then again the huge beach of "Isola dei Gabbiani", this is a sandy strip of land broken by the mouth of the river "Liscia", about 2 kilometers. The entire territory is rich with vegetation typical of the Mediterranean such as olive, myrtle, arbutus, pine sea, the sea fennel, broom, rosemary, wild fennel, lavender and wild, the mastic tree, the cyst Marino, everlasting, etc.

Visited each year by thousands of people and the Bear Rock (Roccia dell'Orso), near Palau, a hill 122 meters of granite shaped by weathering, famous for its shape of bear.

In Palau there are numerous archeological sites like the tombs of the giants of Li Mizzani and those Sajacciu.

Map of Palau

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