Sardinia Trip

[AGT]

Good evening Funsters

We are planning a trip to Sardinia in a couple of weeks time and I am looking for some suggestions for places to stay (or avoid) and any general advice about touring on Sardinia.

We have seven to 10 days to spend on the island. We appreciate that Sardinia is a large island and would be content to limit this trip to the Northern part of the island.

In terms of campsites, we are not into water flumes or live entertainment but don’t mind paying for a nice campsite in a good spot. Equally, we can survive for a few days in a basic aire. We are outward bound and so interested in beaches, hiking and cycling.

I am a bit nervous about the roads on Sardinia as I am not very experienced as a camper van driver. Last year we toured Corsica. I did not enjoy the unguarded vertiginous drops (poor due diligence on route bis from Calvi to Galeria) and I could have wrung my t-shirt out after driving through Les Calanques. However, we only have a PVC and so I will just have to get on my big boy pants and tuck in my mirrors if we want to visit Sardinia.

All advice and suggestions much appreciated.

Andrew

 

[DBK]

It's on our To Do list. We enjoyed Corsica and spent a month driving around the island. But compared to Corsica I think you will find Sardinia much easier driving. Except of course the local drivers are Italian!

What ferry are you taking! We have a dog so would take the shortest crossing but there are alternative routes.

 

[seasideBill]

I’ve visited many times but not in the MH. Driving is generally ok with the occasional mad driver, but no worse than most of southern Europe. The official campsites look busy even out of peak season and are usually in beach front locations offering plenty of shade and a beach bar or restaurant. I get the impression there’s plenty of wild camping. In the early evening you’ll see plenty of vans parking up in remote seaside locations reached by bumpy sandy tracks and next day become part of the free parking. I’ve not explored the interior much, but seems to be plenty of agricultural type stopovers. It’s a great place to visit, fabulous beaches & great food. Locals are generally friendly but English not as widely spoken as many other places. Very few concessions to foreign visitors which is a good thing from my perspective. My favourite parts are the coast from Olbia to Cala Gonone in the NE and Chia in the south.

 

[BouncyBoatFolk]

Stintino. At the very top of Sardinia, drop dead photogenic.
Roads are mostly good.
Costa Smerelda ( spelling?) Also worth a drive, slowly. West Coast has good beaches, and surf!!.
Mike.

 

[AGT]

It's on our To Do list. We enjoyed Corsica and spent a month driving around the island. But compared to Corsica I think you will find Sardinia much easier driving. Except of course the local drivers are Italian!

What ferry are you taking! We have a dog so would take the shortest crossing but there are alternative routes.

We have booked with Corsica/Sardinia Ferries - outbound Nice to Porto Torres next Sunday and inbound Porto Vecchio (Corsica) to Toulon 17 days later. Both ferries are long overnight crossings but as we are based just outside Nice for the summer these ferries are the most convenient for us.

Our plan is to stay a minimum of 10 nights on Sardinia before crossing over to Corsica.

The weather in this part of the South of France has been poor the last few days - although, after months of drought, no one is complaining about a few drops of rain. I am really hoping for some sunshine on the islands.

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[TinaLes]

A few years ack I was following a couple via their blog here on fun I think, they travelled extensively and gave some great tips on motor homing, with a great story line & pictures. They reached Sardinia, toured and gave us an insight with many pictures.
Here is a link below to their blog site (the bit on Sardinia) however if you have time, their whole blog on the many places they went to is well worth a read.
LES.
Let us know how you get on, have a great trip.

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[AGT]

Thank you. I hadn’t found that. So much useful information.

 

[AGT]

The sun came out in the South of France on Sunday afternoon which let us pack up in the dry. We had a short drive down to the port of Nice to catch the ferry at 23.55 - sailing with Corsica Ferries on its Mega Express. The boat was a bit shabby but we had a decent cabin and a very smooth crossing. Our pre-paid breakfast was poor. The weather was fine approaching Sardinia and we enjoyed a couple of hours on deck at the Lido Beach Club! I’m sure it will have more atmosphere in August.

 

[AGT]

First stop at Camping Village Laguna Blu just outside Alghero on the North-East coast. It’s a large, full facilities site which cost us €46 per night (approx €10 less with ACSI although with limited pitch choice). The site has a beach on one side and a lagoon on the other. There was a bit of noise from the nearby airport - not many flights. The site is two and a half km outside Alghero which is an easy walk through the pine woods behind the beach. We were happy with this site and stayed for three nights.

 

[AGT]

Alghero is a large and attractive Med seaside resort with lovely beaches. There is good parking at the port and plenty to see and do.

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[AGT]

Day two we got our bikes out heading South along the coast road towards Bosa before heading upwards and in to Villanova Monteleone. Fantastic scenery and great cycling if a little tough on the legs. We enjoyed excellent and quiet roads. Villanova Monteleone was a bit of a ghost town and all three restaurants were shut.

 

[AGT]

From Alghero we trundled South to Bosa following the coast road. The road was excellent, not at all what I had expected - well engineered and surfaced. Bosa is a lovely town with grand old streets and pretty pastel painted houses. We decided to park up at the marina car park encouraged by the reviews on camper contact. There was one overgrown no camping sign and the car park’s

pay station was wrapped up for the low season. The car park gradually filled up with other camper vans and we enjoyed a peaceful and free night with a sea view.

 

[AGT]

From Bosa we continued South down the East of the island heading for Oristano. We stopped a few kms short of the town at a long stretch of beach with a choice of three campsites side by side. As all three campsites shared the same public beach we chose Camping Nurapolis which was the cheapest by a long way (€22 per night). The site facilities were basic - hot showers but no hot water for the dishwashing sinks. The pitches were all in a deep, dark pine wood so not quite enough sun for this time of the year. There were also a lot of ancient touring caravan ”installations” - swaddled in (or held together by) tarpaulins which I found a dit creepy.
For us the site was fine for the price and we could not have been closer to the beach.

 

[AGT]

We decided to finish our mini tour with a few days on the East side of the island. The road from Oristano across to Olbia was first class. We detoured to a lovely beach at La Caletta for an excellent lunch in a beach front restaurant. There was easy parking and luckily the payment machine was out of order.

We had planned to stop at Camping San Teodoro La Cinta but it only had tent pitches available and so we carried on up towards Palau and Camping Capo d’Orsa. This was another full facilities super site costing almost €60 per night although again we could have saved almost €25 with an ACSI card.

From Camping Capo d’Orsa we cycled around the Costa Smerelda coast to Porto Cervo. It was really beautiful although we preferred Baia Sardinia to Porto Cervo, the latter seemed a bit fake.

From Palau you can cross with the ‘van to the island of La Maddalena which looked gorgeous. We didn’t have time to make that trip but would definitely do so if we come back.

 

[AGT]

And that was the end of our Sardinian mini tour. After nine nights on the island we took the short ferry crossing from Sta Teresa Gallura to Bonifacio in Corsica. We sailed with Ichnusa Lines which was all a bit melodramatic in terms of loading and unloading. However, it was delightful to sail into Bonifacio which must be one of the most picturesque harbours in the Med.

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[DBK]

Views of Bonifacio harbour from the landward side.

The castle is well worth a poke around before you leave Bonifacio. If you look on one of the apps it should show a car park near the harbour where you can stop for a few hours.

From there I guess it is either up the west side of the island, which is spectacular but demanding driving, up the middle (mountains and cooler) or the easy east coast - best for beaches if you didn't find enough on Sardinia.

 

[Onemanandhisdog]

I've been to Corsica a couple of times, if I go again I will make the effort to visit Sardinia. Thanks for sharing.