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Selene Wood (Lanusei)

Very closed to the town of Lanusei, at west, it's possible to visit the Selene Wood that you can reach by the SS 198. It's a beautiful evergreen oak woodland easily visited along its many pathways either on foot or by bike. There are also chestnut trees and many species of Mediterranean bush, from holly to heather, from strawberry trees to different varieties of rock-rose and broom The foxglove (digitalis purpurea) with its pretty purple flowers also grows here, in the past it was used as a heart-stimulant, but now it is a protected species.