SEA, SAND AND CYCLING

Tour Map

Included
Hire of 24 speed hybrid cycles and equipment
B&B accommodation 6nights hotels and 1 night Agriturismo in

rooms with shower/wc
Luggage transport

Transfers en-route
Tour information including maps and routes
Emergency support

 

Excluded
Lunches & Dinners

Cycle Helmets Entrance fees to historical sites
Ferry fares

Extras
Single rooms
Extra nights

 

Access: (advice only not included) by air with Ryanair to Alghero airport: bus meets flight for transfer Alghero-Oristano: return bus from Cagliari for Ryanair flight
By Alitalia & Easyjet to Cagliari airport

Transfers available. Enquire at office for details.

Duration: 7 Nights/8 Days

Start: Saturdays all year.
Non Saturday departures £47 p.p.

 

Level 3

Tour Code SSC

Prices: £560 per person 1st Jan - 30th April and 16th Oct - 31st Dec

£607 per person 1st May - 2nd July and 4th Sept - 15th Oct

£727 per person 3rd July - 3rd Sept.

Single room suppl £120 or £200 if one person travelling alone.

 

Half-Board Supplement 6 Dinners (not Pula) £145

Day 1. Arrive Oristano: your hotel is in a quiet location near SAN SALVATORE SINIS, 11km west of Oristano . Collect cycles and route briefing at 1700hrs (Saturday only).

BeachDay 2. Circular tour from SAN SALVATORE SINIS 32ml(52km)
Travel through the fascinating Sinis wetlands where there are colonies of pink flamingo and reach one of the most beautiful spots on the island, the white quartz beach of Is Arutas. After a visit to the Phoenician ruins of Tharros, return to the hotel.

Day 3. SAN SALVATORE SINIS - ARBUS 29ml(46km)
After a transfer to Arborea, cycle through the natural beauty spots of the Costa Verde, some of the most savage scenery on the island to reach Piscinas beach with its 50 metre high sand dunes. Continue to overnight at Arbus

Sardinian CoastDay 4. ARBUS - NEBIDA 26ml(41km)
Today's ride takes you back to ancient mining past of Sardinia at the fascinating abandoned mines of Ingortosu and Planusartu. After the golden beach of Portixeddu and looming mass of Pan di Zucchero cliff, visit the old ore washery at Nebida, nestling in the varied colours of the Mediterranean bush, it looks out over the sea at the end of a long descent of 540 steps.

Day 5. NEBIDA - CALASETTA 27ml(43km)
After a beautiful descent to Fontanamare, reach Porto Scuso and the ferry to the island of Carloforte, where locals still fish for Red Tuna. From Carloforte, continue to the Island of Sant' Antioco and end your day in Calasetta.

Day 6. CALASETTA - S.ANNA ARRESI 27ml(43km)
Pedal through the meadows of the Isle of Sant' Antioco, green in springtime, golden yellow in the summer and enjoy the peace of the rolling plains of the Sulcis. At Tratalias, visit the Pisan sanctuary, an important monument of the Sardinian Romanesque period.

cyclist in SardinanDay 7. S.ANNA ARRESI - PULA 37ml(60km)
The tour continues along the south coast with its gleaming white beaches, unspoilt natural landscape and imposing cliffs: pass Cape Malfatano with its 16th Century tower and Cape Spartivento before arriving at Pula.

Day 8. Depart PULA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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