Sardinia

Ferries to Sardinia travel along routes that connect the main ports dedicated to passenger traffic on the second largest island in the Bel Paese to those on the peninsula.

The ports of the island are those of Olbia, Golfo Aranci, Cagliari, Arbatax and Porto Torres, all managed by the Sardinia Sea Port System Authority. The various sea routes have Livorno, Genoa, Piombino, Civitavecchia, Naples and Palermo as their starting points.

Bonifacio and Ajaccio instead represent the starting points from Corsica (France), connected respectively to Santa Teresa Gallura and Porto Torres, which can also be reached from Barcelona (Spain).

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Maritime connections to Olbia and Golfo Aranci

Among the maritime connections to the Gulf of Olbia we find annual lines and seasonal lines.

Annual routes

The routes to Olbia that are carried out throughout the year with outward and return journeys and the respective shipping companies are as follows:

• Civitavecchia - Olbia (Tirrenia and seasonally Grimaldi Lines, GNV);
• Livorno - Olbia (Grimaldi Lines and Moby).

Seasonal routes

The seasonal round-trip routes to Olbia and Golfo Aranci and the respective shipping companies are as follows:

• Genoa - Olbia (Moby and GNV);
• Piombino - Olbia (Moby);
• Genoa - Golfo Aranci (Moby);
• Livorno - Golfo Aranci (Corsica Ferries Sardinia Ferries).

Maritime connections to Cagliari

Maritime connections to Cagliari include annual lines only.

Routes

The return routes, all operated by Grimaldi Lines, are as follows:

• Civitavecchia - Cagliari;
• Naples - Cagliari;
• Palermo - Cagliari.

Maritime connections to Arbatax

Maritime connections to Arbatax are carried out throughout the year.

Route

The round trip route, with the relevant company, is as follows:

Civitavecchia - Arbatax (Grimaldi Lines).

Maritime connections to Porto Torres

Sea connections to Porto Torres are made annually or only in high season.

Annual routes

The annual round-trip routes and their respective shipping companies are as follows:

• Genoa - Porto Torres (Tirrenia and seasonally GNV);
• Civitavecchia - Porto Torres (Grimaldi Lines);
• Barcelona - Porto Torres (Grimaldi Lines).

Seasonal route

The seasonal round-trip route is operated by Moby and it is as follows:

• Ajaccio - Porto Torres.

Maritime connections to Santa Teresa Gallura

Maritime connections to Santa Teresa Gallura are annual and are operated by the companies Moby and Ichnusa Lines (the latter operates only in high season).

Route

The round trip route, the shortest to and from Corsica, is as follows:

• Bonifacio - Santa Teresa di Gallura.

The regional territory

The territory of Sardinia constitutes the Autonomous Region of the same name, which includes an entire archipelago formed essentially by the main island, very extensive, around which there are many other small islands, for a total of 24100 square kilometers not densely populated.

A microcontinent composed primarily of hills and rocky plateaus and, on the coastal strip, of many sandy coasts, sloping rocks and sheer cliffs for a total of 1900 km. The valuable Sardinian ecosystem is preserved by three national parks, three regional parks and several marine and natural protected areas.

Separated from the rest of the boot by the Tyrrhenian Sea, it has the western coasts washed by the Sardinian Sea, those to the north by the waters of the Strait of Bonifacio (with the French municipality and that of Santa Teresa Gallura delineating the borders) a few miles away from Corsica, while it is the Mediterranean that separates it from the Tunisian coasts.

It has always been a sea port for all those who have sailed the Mediterranean routes since the dawn of time and in search of new lands and commercial opportunities; it has a cultural heritage that is not represented solely by the indigenous one of the Nuragic civilization, resulting in a richly heterogeneous nature. It is currently administratively divided into the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, the Southern Province and the Provinces of Sassari, Oristano and Nuoro.

There are three international airports on the island (Cagliari-Elmas, Alghero-Fertilia, Olbia-Costa Smeralda) and, for maritime transport, the aforementioned ports. The economy is based on the tertiary sector - mainly tourism - for a small percentage on pastoralism and a small part on the industrial sector. The climate is insular Mediterranean, with a fairly high average annual temperature.