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Sardinia on a road bike

Sardinia road cycling holiday – Self-guided cycling Trip Sardinia on road bike
From May until September every Saturday
For guided options from 6 persons or more send us an email.

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Self-guided cycling Sardinia

Sardinia road cycling holiday, experience all the beauties of this wonderful island. Sardinia is the second-largest Mediterranean island and has a lot to offer. The Sardinia on road bike Trip covers an outstanding cycling loop in the Northern part of the island. It is possible to start the grand tour either in Alghero or Olbia, whichever is the most convenient for you. Feel like a pro just as Vincenzo Nibali or Fabio Aru in the Giro d’Italia! Enjoy panoramic medieval villages, sunshiny beaches, or small mountain ranges with physical action. Furthermore, the locals are just like all Italians, warm and friendly. A warm welcome awaits you when you arrive on this wonderful Island.

Your start will be in Alghero, a very popular tourist resort. Walk around the ancient walls of the old town in the evening and enjoy Alghero’s history and Sardinian culture. From Alghero, you will start your tour on perfectly secondary paved roads, almost free of traffic. The route will take you right to the middle of Sardinia as you follow your way due to the traditional villages and old towns, like Bonorva and Pattada. At last, you go down to the East Coast town of La Caletta. This is beautiful because of its ancient town of fishermen and the cozy restaurants. The coastal way along the Mediterranean Sea brings you to the lively center of Olbia. After Olbia, you’ll cycle to the city of Castelsardo before you reach finally Alghero again.

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Combine cycling in Sardinia with the qualities of Italy
The Coastal view leaving Alghero and the climb toward Villanova
Picturesque Olbia is an interesting city of history and culture
La Caletta-Posada with its beautiful harbor and white sandy beaches
The beautiful Italian Island of Sardinia is rich in beauty and tradition
Postcard villages and harbors full of character
Fantastic scenery, perfect roads, and fine food make Sardinia a paradise for Road Cycling
The Old medieval town of Castelsardo

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Day 1

Check in

Transfer or independent arrival to Olbia

Day 2

Olbia to Castelsardo - 103km / 1400mt

Leave the coast and ride inland where forbidding peaks look down on endless expanses of ancient cork forests strewn with weird, wind-blasted granite boulders to make the scenery dramatic. You are in the heart of the island’s major cork production area. Hundreds of cork businesses (sugherifici), large and small, are concentrated around Calangianus and Tempio, the two main centres of the area. Ride past the impressive valley of the moon, consisting of amazing granite rocks shaped by the force of the weather over thousands of years to end your day back to the coast in Castelsardo, a charming village perched high up on a cape overlooking the sea.

Day 3

Castelsardo to Alghero - 93km / 1340mt

The route over the rolling hills of Anglona boasts some breath-taking views over the coast and Corsica. After the adrenaline kick descent of Scala di Giocca, you reach Alghero, arguably the nicest town in Sardinia.

Day 4

Alghero to Mores - 81km / 1270mt

The coastal road South of Alghero is one of the most scenic in the whole island and a perfect warm up for the “wall”, a challenging climb leading inland towards Villanova Monteleone. After a spectacular descent over Lake Temo, it’s a Mangia e bevi (Italian cycling slang defining a rolling hill terrain) all the way to Mores, passing sleepy hamlets on the way.

Day 5

Mores to Pattada - 79km / 1516mt

This is a terrific day crisscrossing the Goceano mountain chain featuring a variegated stunning landscape of woods, Mediterranean brush and cultivated areas of olives and vineyards. Challenge yourself along the climb leading to Foresta Burgos, a forest founded in 1886 by royal decree and enlarged over the years. End your day in Pattada, famous for its handmade knife Pattadesa, a cult object prized by collectors all over the world thanks to its shape, durability, finish and inlays of precious stones and metals.

Day 6

Pattada to Posada - 86km / 1230mt

Ride East past Su Romanzesu, a great residential and cultural complex immersed in a cork oak forest with granite outcrops, representing a precious and charming legacy of the Nuragic civilization. Then back to the ocean with the exhilarating descent over Siniscola. Your base tonight is Posada.

Day 7

Posada - Olbia - 55km / 300mt

Short day along the turquoise waters of Capo Coda Cavallo and Tavolara, a limestone and granite imposing island that rises up from the sea, 560 metres high. Alternatively, you can go for a more challenging inland route. Both routes end in Olbia, the lively capital of Gallura that opens onto a turquoise bay and dazzling beaches. On the pedestrianised high street Corso Umberto you can relax savouring some of the local specialities, accompanied by a glass of cold vermentino wine, the best way to celebrate the end of this fantastic road cycling trip.

Day 8

Departure day

After breakfast, end of services.

Airport

The airport of Alghero is used by Ryanair a budget company and is also called Fertilia Airport. Alghero is only 12 kilometres south of the airport and there are regular bus fares between Alghero Centre and Fertilia Airport.
The Airport of Olbia is also used by budget airlines except for Ryanair. Every 15 minutes there are buses running to Olbia centre. Take Bus 2 & 10 (except on Sundays) to Olbia.
The Sardinian most important airport is Cagliari Elmas Airport (Mario Mameli). It handles over 2.5 million passengers per year. The airport is only 6 kilometres from Cagliari city Centre. Buses leave frequently to downtown. It takes only 15 minutes to Piazza Matteotti.

Ferry Boats

The most important ports of Sardinia are Olbia, Porto Torres and Cagliari. All ports in Italy have connections to Sardinian Island.

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All prices are based on double rooms.
Price €990 Saturday departures
Non-Saturday departure start - extra supplement + €80
High season supplement: €160 (from 04.07 to 28.08)
Single room supplement: €200
Travelling alone: €465
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Included

7 nights in 3* hotels, Guest houses, Farmhouses, all rooms with en suite bathroom
7 breakfasts
Tour presentation (Welcome meeting/call)
Baggage transportation from hotel to hotel
supply of road book and maps
Telephone assistance

Not Included

Lunches
Dinners
Admission to museums and archaeological sites
Local Taxes (approx. €20)
Road bike €200 (€30 each additional day)
E road bike €350 (€50 each additional day)
High season supplement: €160 (from 04.07 to 28.08)
Single room supplement: €200
Travelling alone €465
Non-Saturday start supplement: €80

Transfer rates per person

Olbia Airport €20
Alghero Airport €25
Guest's bike transportation €10/bike

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Sardinia on road bike

Enjoy panoramic views in the Northern part of the island

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All year round

3 * Hotels

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Sardinia on a road bike

Self-guided cycling Sardinia

Immerse your Cycling Holiday on Sardinia Island right now!

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