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Civitavecchia with Golfo Aranci
in just over four hours. Tirrenia
offers a similar service from La
Spezia and Civitavecchia to
Olbia (a four- to five-hour trip).
There are also ferries from
Bonifacio in Corsica, bound for
Santa Teresa di Gallura and
between Palau and Porto
Vecchio in Corsica during the
high season. Moby sails from
mainland Italy to the Sardinian
port of Olbia and between
A Tirrenia line car ferry Bonifacio (Corsica) and Santa
Teresa di Gallura.
Tickets and Fares
7 hours between Civita vecchia
If you are based in the UK, Ryanair and Olbia), although the more
and easyJet usually provide the expensive ferry lines offer a Package Holidays
cheapest flights. However, it is faster service. For over night Most travel agencies, both in
also worth scouring the small ads crossings, passengers can book Italy and abroad, offer holidays
of news papers as well as airline a cabin. Ferry services leave to Sardinia. The sea and coast
aggregator websites such as from Civitavecchia, Fiumicino, are the greatest attractions, but
skyscanner.co.uk for cut-price Naples, Genoa, Livorno, Palermo there are also options for
charters and discounted scheduled and Trapani. They dock at holidays in the interior. Many
flights. Fares vary greatly during Sardinia’s tourist ports of holiday villages provide a wide
the year, but the most expensive Arbatax, Cagliari, Olbia, Golfo range of enter tainment and
periods are summer, Christmas and Aranci, Palau and Porto Torres. sports facilities, including diving
Easter holidays. Meridiana offers Corsica Sardinia Ferries’ fast and wind surfing, sailing lessons
low-season economy flights. service connects Livorno and and horseback riding.
For intercontinental flights the
most economical option is to
take a budget flight to London,
Berlin or Barcelona and get
a Ryanair or easyJet flight from
there to the island.

Arriving by Sea
Sardinia is easily reached by
ferry from Italy’s mainland ports
which are accessible by train.
The crossing can be long
(16 hours from Naples to Cagliari, A Moby ferry
DIRECTORY
Arriving by Air Elmas Airport Ryanair Moby
Cagliari. Tel 0871 246 0003 (UK). Tel 199 303 040.
Alitalia Tel 070 211 211. Tel 800 582 717 (Italy). ∑ moby.it
International & Fertilia Airport ∑ ryanair.com
Domestic flights Alghero. Tirrenia
Tel 89 20 10 or 39 06 65 Tel 079 93 52 82. Arriving by Sea Information/reservations
64 90 (from abroad). Tel 892 123
∑ alitalia.com Meridiana Corsica Sardinia ∑ tirrenia.it
Information/reservations Ferries
British Airways Tel 89 29 28. Information/reservations
Tel 0844 493 0787 (UK). Elmas Airport, Cagliari. Tel 199 400 500.
Tel 02 6963 3602 (Italy). UK 17 Leighton Place, ∑ corsica-ferries.
∑ ba.com London NW5 2QL. co.uk
Tel 0871 222 9319.
easyJet ∑ meridiana.it Grandi Navi Veloci
Tel 0843 104 5000 (UK). Olbia Costa Information/reservations
Tel 199 201 840 (Italy). Smeralda Airport Tel 010 209 4591.
∑ easyjet.com Tel 0789 690 00. ∑ gnv.it

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