Costa Smeralda Explorer
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€ 1.050
A great trip focussing on and around the Costa Smeralda, renown for the rugged coastline, beautiful inlets, sparkling turquoise sea and white sandy beaches
Highlights
- Costa Smeralda
- La Maddalena archipelago
- San Pantaleo Village
- Hidden Gallura
- Giants’ grave of Coddu Vecchiu and the Nuraghe La Prisgiona
In the cost summary you pay 25% of the tour now and the balance later. 100% bike rental now.
1st day: tour start day
Transfer or independent arrival to Cannigione, gateway to the Costa Smeralda.
2nd day: La Maddalena archipelago (41 km)
From Cannigione along the coast to Palau, where you take the ferry to La Maddalena, the big sister to about 60 islands and islets that make up the largest archipelago of Sardinia, protected by the national park and one of the brightest gems of the whole Mediterranean Sea.
A stunning road runs all around the island’s perimeter, 20 kilometres of breath-taking views: granite and porphyry delimit jagged sections, lonely coves, white beaches and turquoise sea, with rolling hills inland. Ride across to Caprera, where Garibaldi, that in Italy means much more than a
biscuit, envisioned and prepared the actions that made him the hero of the Italian Risorgimento (Unifcation). Back to mainland Sardinia for an overnight in Palau, a vibrant town where summer evenings bustle with night life and events.
3rd day: Santa Teresa (25km)
Nestled on the hills overlooking the coast, the lovely village of San Pasquale offers spectacular views of the Maddalena archipelago. Ride along country lanes to charming town of Santa Teresa, whose grid layout was designed by King Vittorio Emanuele I in 1808. It is now a famed seaside
resort on a rocky table over a stretch of jagged shoreline.
4th day: Hidden Gallura (29 km)
Do not leave Santa Teresa without a quick detour to the promontory of Capo Testa that offers a great view over the Bonifacio strait and Corsica. Then it’s time to venture inland to discover the Gallura countryside. Forbidding peaks look down on endless expanses of ancient cork forests strewn with weird, wind-blasted granite boulders to make the scenery dramatic. Once roamed by unpunished hordes of smugglers and bandits, these lands are now home to the typical Stazzi,rural settlement restored and converted to hospitality facilities. A stazzo built back in 1840 and immersed in the countryside is your base for the next two nights.
5th day: Archaeology and wine (21 km)
A day exploring Sardinia’s mysterious Nuragic civilisation. Cycling along quiet country lanes,explore the Giants’ grave of Coddu Vecchiu and the Nuraghe La Prisgiona, a tower-shaped building dating back almost 3500 years ago! The sites are surrounded by endless rows Vermentino vineyards. Just around the corner, take a break in one of the most renown wineries in the island and savour their prize-winning Vermentino wine.
6th day: San Pantaleo (21 km)
Ride to Arzachena, the town around which the Costa Smeralda emerged, and into the hills to San Pantaleo, a little hamlet nestled amongst large granite outcrops and built in the early 19th century around a country church. Traditionally populated by painters, sculptors, carvers and craftsmen,
San Pantaleo offers a very special atmosphere, not be found in surrounding villages. Do not miss the Thursday craft market.
7th day: Costa Smeralda (35 km)
Luxury hotels and villas, sparkling nightlife, exclusive boutiques, elegant aperitifs and fne dining.The Emerald Coast is Sardinia’s most glamorous vacation resort. You may end up having lunch next to some TV or cinema personality in Porto Cervo famous piazzetta, However, do not miss Costa Smeralda’s fantastic beaches like Liscia Ruja, with its inlets framed by fragrant juniper bushes and Liscia di Vacca, surrounded by Mediterranean bush and blessed with turquoise waters. Ride back to Cannigione in time to enjoy the sunset over its bay and celebrate the end of this beautiful cycling trip.
8th day: end of tour
After breakfast, end of services.
- Bike tour code: LCS17
- Cycling vacation type: self guided bike tour
- Nearest airports: Olbia OLB (arrival and departure)
- Duration: 8 days / 7 nights
- Departures: Every Saturday all year round, it is possible to start other days paying a supplement
The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance:
INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKAGE
- 7 Nights in 3 star hotels , all rooms with en suite bathroom
- 7 Breakfasts
- Tour presentation (welcome meeting/call)
- Baggage transportation from hotel to hotel
- Visit and wine tasting in a local winery
- Supply of route notes and maps
- Telephone assistance
NOT INCLUDED
- Local Taxes (approx 10 €)
- Admission to museums and archaeological sites
- Tickets for ferries to La Maddalena
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
High season supplement: € 230 (from 01.07 to 01.09)
Single room supplement: € 250 (€ 400 in case of a person travelling alone)
Non Saturday start supplement: € 60
Bike rental: € 120 (€ 20 each additional day)
E-Bike: € 220 (€ 35 each additional day)
E-Bike rentals must be credit card protected!
Transfer rates per person (min. 2 person; any additional pax: -50%)
- Olbia – Cannigione: € 50
Guest’s bike transportation: € 10/bike (fixed rate)
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