The most important Sardinian ports
You can arrive in Sardinia by ship or by plane. The Sardinian ports are various and you can choose the place of landing depending on the area of the region where you want to go. For the north-east there are the ports of Olbia and Golfo Aranci, for Ogliastra and the east there is the port of Arbatax, for the south Cagliari while for the north-west Porto Torres. There are also three airports (in Olbia, Alghero and Cagliari) but we have already written about why it is better to travel by ship rather than by plane.
Civitavecchia – Sardinia naval routes
The Italian landing place that guarantees the shortest route in order to reach the island of Sardinia is the port of Civitavecchia. From here the closest is the port of Olbia (two hundred and thirty kilometers away) and the Tirrenia fast ships guarantee this route daily, morning and evening, in eight hours, with a deck, armchair or cabin passage. Passengers must show up for boarding at least half an hour before departure, while those traveling with a vehicle at least an hour and a half before. Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) ferries make the route in six hours and forty-five minutes, with the possibility of Armchair, bed, cabin or suite; it is necessary to go to boarding at least two hours before. Grimaldi Lines ferries also works on summer on this route and also on the one to the port of Cagliari. The rules of this company invite you to show up for boarding at least an hour and a half before departure, or two hours before if traveling by vehicle. It departs from Civitavecchia three times a week at eight in the evening and arrive in Cagliari the next morning (some routes arrive at 9:00 am, others at 11:00 am), with a motor ship with Bridge, Poltrona or Cabin. The port of Arbatax can also be reached by the Grimaldi Lines motor ship which depart twice a week at 20:00 and arrive there at 5:00 the next morning. For the port of Porto Torres, the Grimaldi fleet offers a Cruise ferry, with the possibility of Suite cabins and many services on board, which leaves once a week in the evening and takes seven and a half hours. Below is a list of links through which you can get further details on all the rides:
Piombino – Sardinia routes
From June to September you can reach Olbia from the port of Piombino in five hours and thirty minutes by Moby Cruise ferry. At the following link there are timetables, prices and other information about the Piombino – Olbia route. It is necessary to show up for boarding at least thirty minutes before departure, which becomes ninety minutes if you have a vehicle.
Leghorn – Sardinia routes
From the port of Livorno you can go to Olbia with the Cruise ferry carriers of the Moby company, thanks to daytime runs lasting 7-8 hours or at night 8-9 hours (boarding presentation times are half an hour earlier, or an hour and a half earlier if you are leaving by vehicle). In alternative, with those Grimaldi Lines with departures in the morning and in the evening lasting 9 hours (you must show up at least ninety minutes before departure, with or without a vehicle). The route from Livorno to the port of Golfo Aranci is also carried out all year round, by Corsica Ferries – Sardinia Ferries, with Cruise ferries (with armchairs or cabins during the day or exclusive beds or cabins at night). At these two links there is all the necessary information about the rides:
Genoa – Sardinia routes
From the port of Genoa the ships Fast Cruise of the Tirrenia to Porto Torres sail all the year round; in daytime they takes nine and a half hours, at night the route is covered in ten/twelve hours and can also be comfortably spent in the cabin (for boarding you must go to the pier thirty minutes before, by vehicle at least two hours in advance). From May to October, Moby makes the Genoa – Olbia line in ten hours of navigation (you must go to boarding at least thirty minutes before departure or within two hours if by vehicle). The route is also served from mid-May to early October by the GNV company in about twelve and a half hours. GNV also goes to Porto Torres from mid-May to mid-August. By clicking below you can get more details on the races:
Naples and Palermo routes
Among the ports from which you can reach the Sardinian island we have the port of Naples and the port of Palermo. Grimaldi Lines motor ships sail on the route Naples – Cagliari twice a week departing at 19:00 and arriving the next morning at 8:00; as on that Palermo – Cagliari one, lasting eleven hours, with a morning departure and an evening per week. In both cases, you must go to the boarding an hour and a half before departure.
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Route from Savona
Ferries Cruise Corsica Ferries – Sardinia Ferries leaves from the port of Savona, in night crossings, to Teodoro from May to October, with the possibility of booking a bed or exclusive booth.
Route from Barcelona, Spain
One a week the Grimaldi Lines across the Barcelona – Porto Torres route by Cruise ferry from the port of Barcelona in twelve hours and thirty minutes with accommodations in Passage Bridge, Armchair, Cabin or Suite. Boarding is possible at least ninety minutes before departure.
France – Sardinia routes
The Fast Cruises of Corsica Ferries – Sardinia Ferries depart from France: from the port of Nice, through the Nice – Golfo Aranci route, they dock in Sardinia but not before having made a stop in Bastia in Corsica (the first part of the route is crossed in seven hours; after the stop of about five hours, the ferry sails for another seven hours towards the Sardinian destination). From the port of Toulon, on the Toulon – Porto Torres route, a Corsican stage is similarly carried out, after almost eight hours of navigation: stopover in Ajaccio, from where it departs for Sardinia the next morning. Beds and cabins can be booked for exclusive use with or without portholes.
Corsica – Sardinia routes
The Corsica – Sardinia Ferries fleet operates the Porto Vecchio – Golfo Aranci connection from the port of Porto Vecchio from May to September with one night departure per week and the Porto Vecchio – Porto Torres connection. From the port of Bastia to Golfo Aranci; from the port of Ajaccio to Porto Torres. The fleet as the Moby, Blu Navy and NLG ferries, it allows you to arrive in Sardinia by completing the Bonifacio – Santa Teresa di Gallura route in fifty minutes. The latter company also leaves from the port of Palau to cross the strait of the Strait of Bonifacio.
