Ferry connections Santa Teresa Gallura – Bonifacio
The port of Santa Teresa and the port of Bonifacio are the maritime stations from which the ferries that leave to connect Sardinia and Corsica travel the shortest trajectory (scarce nine nautical miles), taking fifty minutes. Santa Teresa Gallura is in fact the northernmost of the island, and the municipality of Bonifacio is the southernmost one in metropolitan France. The strait that separates the two islands is called Bocche di Bonifacio; the water arm connects the sea of Sardinia, to the west, with the Tyrrhenian sea, to the east.
The maritime connections active in the strait, in the sense of length, are carried out by the following shipping companies: Ichnusa Lines, with three departures a day; Moby, with two departures on working days and one on holidays; and Corsica – Sardinia Ferries. Timetables, prices and other information on ferry rides, both for the outward and return journeys, can be found below:
Santa Teresa di Gallura ➜ Bonifacio
Bonifacio ➜ Santa Teresa di Gallura
How to get to the Port of Santa Teresa
If you want to know how to get to the port of Santa Teresa, just continue reading. The ferry terminal for boarding for Corsica, in Santa Teresa Gallura is located in Via Muntanea (at the exit of the tunnel), on the western quay. To eventually reach the car parks you have to go along the SP 161/via la Marina, instead of taking the tunnel. The port of Santa Teresa (at the link for further details) is modern and efficient; in the maritime station there is a bar with a snack bar, ATM, newsagent and tobacconist’s.
How to get to the Port of Bonifacio
Here are the useful data to know how to get to the port of Bonifacio. The ferry terminal for boarding for Sardinia, in Bonifacio, is located at the end of the quay – in French Quai – Sott À Portigliola, in the commercial port. The port of Bonifacio was created from a natural inlet approximately one kilometer long, at the beginning of which, from the ground, there is the tourist port with all its piers. Instead, you have to go along the left side of the canal where there are bars, restaurants and hotels, to the Port de Commerce pier, with snack bar also in the immediate vicinity. It is possible to move from the city to the Marina with a small train; at the previous link you can find information on how to get there from the airport and other details.
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How to get to Santa Teresa Gallura by ship + bus from Sardinia
To get to Santa Teresa Gallura by ship from Sardinia, you need to disembark at other maritime stations and, if you don’t have your own vehicle, you can reach your destination by bus, public or private. The closest ports are those of Olbia, Golfo Aranci, Porto Torres, and Palau. The information below may also be subject to change and to be updated.
From Olbia, from the Porto Isola Bianca stop, with bus line 601 (ARST Regional Transport of Sardinia) you have to arrive, after about two hours, at the terminus of Santa Teresa Gallura, Piazza Bruno Modesto, near the port.
Along the way, this same bus also stops at the port of Palau after about an hour and twenty minutes, and not all trips continue to Olbia (at this point you may have to wait for the next one).
With the Turmotravel buses six departures every day of the year, except the first days of May, from the maritime station of Palau (in front of the boarding points) with arrival at the stop near the port of Santa Teresa in half an hour. Tickets can be purchased at the affiliated ticket offices. The same group also makes a morning run from Cagliari, all year round, to arrive in Piazza Modesto after six hours.
From Golfo Aranci, near the port, you can take the ARST bus 610 to Olbia, Corso Vittorio Veneto 3c-terminus, and from there the 601.
From Porto Torres, near the port, in front of the Cormorano bar, the Digitur bus leaves and ends in Piazza Modesto in S. Teresa after two hours.
