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Deep in the Sardinian highlands, a waterfall that is gently trickling has its face covered in vegetation.
While the coasts of Sardinia are often highly developed playgrounds for boaters and seasonal tourism, the inland is a different story. Cell phone service comes and goes, dusty flora often encroaches on unkempt highways, and sleepy towns like Seulo—home, by some measures, to the oldest people on earth—receive little in the way of tourist traffic. One hike in the heart of Sardinia outside of Seulo perfectly encapsulates both the ruggedness of the island's hinterland as well as the unyielding and often overlooked natural beauty that lies within. The phenomena at the end of this one kilometer descent into a narrow mountain valley evades clear categorization. While it may fit into the realm of 'waterfall,' its name, Sa Stiddiosa, translates into the Sardo dialect as 'dripping,' which more accurately belies the gentle nature of the falls. A natural spring crests a sheer cliff face--itself covered in calcareous rock formations which are, themselves, blanketed with lush maidenhair ferns--which in time has eroded thousands of slim channels down the steep ledge, such that the lightly cascading water reaches the Flumendosa River below in a
