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Sardinia’s main airports are are at Olbia, Alghero and Cagliari. The small airport at Tortolì / Arbatax is open May-October and there are flights from Milan, Germany and Switzerland |
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Peter & Anne Holidays |
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Cycling (road and mountain bike), walking and climbing in Ogliastra, Sardinia |
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How to get to Sardinia & Ogliastra |
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Sardinia is bigger than Wales, with higher mountains, so be careful you don’t try to see too much of the island in one visit and spend a lot of time travelling around and not getting the most out of any one area. Flying from Europe and UK 2010 Flights to Sardinia are operated by the low-cost airlines—here are the routes from the UK. Click on the airline’s name for their policies on transporting bikes for your cycling in Sardinia holiday: Easyjet Gatwick—Olbia, Bristol—Olbia (May to September); Luton/Stansted—Cagliari all year, 3x/week winter , every day summer Ryanair Stansted—Alghero all year, 3-7X/wk Jet2 May –Sept Leeds, Edinburgh—Olbia on Saturdays bmibaby every Saturday East Midlands to Alghero 29 May to 11 September 2010 Meridiana also offer Gatwick to Olbia for some weeks in the year British Airways fly to Cagliari in summer and sometimes fares are very reasonable From 11 June 2010 there are scheduled flights with Meridiana Fly to/from Tortolì Arbatax to Roma Fiumicino, Milano Malpensa and Verona. See the details of flights on the Tortolì Arbatax airport site and you can buy tickets on the Meridiana Fly web site. The new flights are operating all summer, until September 12, and should continue after this. From Rome’s principal Fiumicino airport, you can fly with Meridiana to Olbia, with Alitalia to Cagliari and with Airone to Alghero. You can also fly directly from Germany to Sardinia. There are flights to Alghero from Frankfurt Hahn and to Olbia from Berlin, Cologne/Bonn, Hannover, Munich and Stuttgart. Transfers There are 4 possibilities from the airports of Olbia, Cagliari and Alghero (from all three it takes about 2½ hours to drive to Ogliastra, although the drive is easiest and shortest from Cagliari as the SS125 is progressively improved):- · For cyclists (with their bikes) we can meet people at the airport with a van and bring them to Ogliastra. Rides start at the front door and beaches are within walking distance, so it’s not absolutely necessary to have the use of a car, although you may want to hire a car for the flexibility it gives (see below). It will cost €42 a person, min 4 people, for each such transfer. Please give us a call before you book your flight so we can organize transport. · Note you can hire a car for one day from Europcar (some other companies also offer this) in Cagliari or Olbia and leave it at Tortolì which will cost about €90. Tel Cagliari: +39 (070) 240126 Olbia: +39 (0789)69548 · You may wish to hire a car for the whole time to give yourself more freedom to travel around. This is necessary if you’re climbing or walking to get to the start of the climb/walk. For a 9-day period, car hire costs about €250 for a Punto or Fiesta; about €350 for a Golf, Astra or Focus; and about €400 for a Passat, Megane or Vectra. Contact us if you want details of the best route to drive from the airport. · You can get the bus. There is a good (and cheap) direct service from Cagliari, while coming from Olbia you have to change at Nuoro. From Alghero it is more difficult. See times at the ARST site. Ferry : You can take a car on the ferry from Genoa, Livorno and Rome (Civitavecchia) to Olbia, Golfo Aranci, Tortolì / Arbatax and Cagliari. It is quite expensive and probably would be cheaper to fly and hire a car than drive all the way from England. However, if you’re in Rome, you can come to Arbatax as a foot passenger for only €100 return including train fares, and for a weekend we can provide transport. For more information on Ogliastra, see the Ogliastra province site, in English. |
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Tel/Fax: +39 0782 669 507 Mobile (Anne): +39 339 714 6496 Mobile (Peter): +39 335 648 9826 E-mail: peteranne@peteranne.it
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Concerned about climate change? Many of our visitors are keen to minimize the impact their trip has on the environment. The proximity of activities to The Lemon House and our apartment means that, once you get here, you’ll probably be driving less than you would at home—at most 45’ to reach your walk or climbing. Living here is also relatively low-impact in terms of emissions and on the environment: Sardinia is the size of Wales with only 1,6 million people and much of the island is covered in forests; many people (like us) install solar panels to provide hot water throughout the summer; only 2 of the Lemon House’s 6 rooms have aircon since the 50-cm granite walls mean the others don’t need it and our guests use it only in the height of summer; Sardinia’s towns have a sophisticated differentiated refuse collection system. There’s also wind power, and, much more so than the UK, the produce in the supermarkets is locally-grown. However, you do still have to get here. While your emissions coming to Sardinia won’t be as great if you go to Thailand or Greece, practically-speaking you are likely to fly to one of the island’s airports and hire a car. You may wish to consider offsetting the emissions. Although there are many different schemes, a calculation from www.climatecare.org suggests that to offset two return flights from the UK to Sardinia and 600 km of driving costs generate about 1 tonne of CO2 and to offset this costs about £7. |
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Sardinia without a car Many guests, especially walkers, ask us if they can manage without a car. The answer is Yes, above all for a stay of 3-4 days when a combination of buses (though you may have to get up very early—Paddy Dillon when he was here writing the Cicerone guide regularly took the 0530 Giustizieri bus!) and short lifts from us lets you do lots of walking near to The Lemon House. There is a good bus service to/from Cagliari, while crossing the island to Alghero can be more challenging, and takes a full day. Contact us for more information.
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The Lemon House via Dante 19 08040 Lotzorai (OG) Italy
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To find The Lemon House, you can use this Google map, but don’t trust Google’s “Get Directions” which are wrong ! Contact us and we’ll send you a document with detailed directions. |