Immersed in a suggestive landscape dominated by granite masses shaped by time and wind and forests of holm oaks and cork oaks, wild olive trees and Mediterranean scrub, Telti It is a typical Gallura hilltop town that has preserved the traditions of an economy based on agriculture and pastoralism, which has been integrated, respecting the place and customs, with a tourism offering. Local businesses specialize in granite, iron, and woodworking, alongside the production of fresh pasta. Telti work one Pro Loco A very active and dynamic community, each year it organizes a series of events that attract and entertain tourists and lovers of tradition and folklore from across the Gallura region and surrounding areas. Local traditions are still deeply felt and celebrated in these towns, which are commemorated in these events, keeping alive the memory of the history and culture of a people deeply rooted in their origins.

Its name derives from Tertium, a Roman military station at the crossroads of the Olbia-Gemella road, and in the medieval period it was transformed into Villa Torcis, a village embroiled in a long war in the 14th century between the Crown of Aragon and the Giudicato of Arborea. The modern town dates back to the 18th century, when the various nearby stazzi gathered around the two churches of Sant'Anatolia (18th century) and Santa Vittoria, completed in 1899 in 18th-century style, now located in the heart of the town. Both once served as religious centers for residents of nearby towns, who gathered there for worship.

The small historic center hosts the unusual colored granite and several murals, while not far from the center you can visit the Cultural and Natural Museum of Sardinia which collects objects of local daily life, from traditional domestic spaces, to animal life, botany and minerals.
Just outside the town, in the direction of Calangianus, stands the country church of San Bachisio from the 17th century, celebrated in May with a community lunch. Particularly fascinating are the Holy Week rituals and the processions in traditional dress for the feast days of Saints Anatolia and Victoria.

The area is rich in springs and streams which have allowed for particularly thick and lush vegetation. Mount Pinu It is the highest peak, at 750 meters above sea level, and is characterized by a vast maritime pine forest. The discovery of burials in cavities naturally formed in granite formations confirms human presence in the area since the Neolithic (5000-2700 BC). Some house of Janas They date to the subsequent Copper Age. The area was densely populated in the Bronze Age, and the Nuragic, Irish, and Balares cultures left traces of their settlements in the form of a series of nuraghe.