The volcanic massif of Montiferru can be easily reached along State Road S. S. 131 Carlo Felice, passing through the crossings at Macomer, Abbasanta, Paulilatino and Tramatza, and from State Road S.S. 292 which run from the West along the coastline of Sardinia. The region is centered around the volcanic cone from which it takes its name, and includes the basalt expanses of the Abbasanta plateau, up to the plane of Oristano to the South, the Sea of Sardinia to the West, and Rio Mannu and Monte S. Antonio to the North-East. Montiferru is distinguished by a typical highlands landscape with mountains rising over a thousand meters, abundant springs giving origin to winding torrents broken by steep waterfalls, centuries-old forests, the refuge and ideal habitat of a wealth of wild-life, lapped by the sea to the West. Here more than elsewhere, history and nature as so closely linked as to give the image of a rich and fascinating territorial unit, all still waiting to be discovered. Montiferru falls under the administration of the XIV Comunità Montana and the Province of Oristano.

a, Cùglieri, built on a flow of black lava; b, trigonometric sign of Monte Urticu; c, Castle of Monte Ferru; d, Monte Entu; and, Monte Tuvanari; f, Monte Su Elzu; g, tertiary land; h, village of Scano Montiferru.(Sketch by A.F. Della Marmora,Itinerary of the island of Sardinia).