SARDINIA NORD AND CORSICA

1° Day Olbia - Alghero - Promontory of Capo Caccia

Arrival in Olbia and disembarkation, then you will meet up with your guide and head for Alghero. You will visit the old part of Catalan origin (Church and Cloister of San Francesco, Piazza Civica, Teatro, the Gothic-Catalan style buildings, the ramparts and the towers). After lunch a scenic tour along the coral coastline as far as Capo Caccia, a truly beautiful calcareous promontory that also includes the Grottos of Neptune, that you can reach either by going down the 654 steps of the Escala del Cabirol, or, if the weather is good, by going on a boat trip. Arrival at hotel for evening meal and accommodation

2° Day Sassari - Castelsardo - Baja Sardinia

Breakfast in the hotel, then a sightseeing tour of the city and its monuments (Church of Santa Maria, Dome of San Nicola, Piazza d’Italia with its elegant nineteenth century buildings, Corso Vittorio Emanuele etc.). If you wish, you can go on a tour of the city on the electric train. Next destination the pretty, medieval town of Castelsardo, high up on a promontory that is right in the middle of the Gulf of Asinara. Here you will visit the characteristic old part and the Cathedral of Sant’Antonio Abate, with a short visit to the Roccia dell’Elefante. Lunch in a restaurant, then some time to yourselves for some shopping in the numerous local handicrafts centres, the town’s main source of income. In the afternoon you will take the coastline road on the northern side of the island to get to Baja Sardinia, where you will be able to admire many enchanting views of the Bocche of Bonifacio. Arrival at hotel for evening meal and accommodation.

3° Day Santa Teresa di Gallura - Bonifacio

After breakfast in hotel ,departure for Santa Teresa di Gallura for a one hour crossing to Bonifacio, in the island of Corsica, a magnificent town of Genoese origin at the top of a steep, calcareous promontory overlooking the sea. Tour of the town, where you will also have lunch. You will have time to yourselves for a stroll along the port docks or some sightseeing in the Calanques, a breathtaking part of the Bonifacio coast. Back on the ferry for Santa Teresa di Gallura, then evening meal and accommodation in your hotel.

4° Day Palau - La Maddalena - Caprera - Costa Smeralda - Olbia

Breakfast in the hotel, then departure for the port of Palau and embarkation on the ferry across to the island of La Maddalena. You will head for Caprera for a visit to the house/ museum of Garibaldi (closed on Mondays and on May 1st and August 15th), and a scenic tour of the Island of La Maddalena, including the breathtaking view of the smaller islands of the archipelago and Corsica. Return to Palau for the ferry. After lunch in the hotel, a tour of the Costa Smeralda with a stop at Porto Cervo, a business capital and meeting place for international jet setters, then on to the enchanting Cala di Volpe and Romazzino, two beautiful inlets rich in white-sands beaches embellished by slabs of smooth granite and sheltered by the lush, mediterranean scrub, that is all round the elegant dream villas of the rich holiday makers. Last destination the port of Olbia for the ferry.