Depending on your personal timescale you can either fly, or drive and take a ferry.
Flying
Flying to Olbia is the best solution, as the airport is only a 15 minute drive away. Olbia airport is south of the city, and the properties are north.
Easyjet flies into Olbia from Bristol and London Gatwick. Jet2 flies from Leeds/Bradford and Manchester into Olbia.
Ryanair flies into Alghero, from London Stanstead, and Liverpool. Alghero is only a 1- 2 hour drive across the island.
In season charter flights are available from Birmingham and Stanstead, these fly from May to October once a week on a Saturday. Plus there are regional flights from Southampton, Manchester, and Luton.
Flight time is only 2 1/4 hours, and all flights are direct.
Drive and ferry
Alternatively, time permitting you can either drive through France, to Marseilles, and catch a ferry to Porto Torres on the north east tip of the island. Or drive through Italy, to one of the following ports Genova, Livorno or Civitavecchia (Rome). Ferries run daily, to either Olbia or Golfo Aranci.
This way you could combine a touring holiday, and a relaxing beach holiday.
In addition both Olbia and Alghero airports have daily, internal flights to Pisa, Milan, Venice, Naples and Rome.
Car Hire
We suggest that you hire a car to explore this amazing island. Cars can be either hired through the flight operators at time of booking, or when you arrive at the airport. Do not expect to be able to hire a car at time of arrival during July and August, always book in advance.
We tend to use www.travelsupermarket.com or www.autoeurope.co.uk as they are keenly priced, and look around the different companies to get you the best deal.
Driving is relatively easy on the island, although many of the roads are very windy, but this generally keeps speeds down. You need to be more aware during July and August when the mainland Italians are holidaying on the island…. need we say more.
In the apartment there is a folder with some basic driving tips.
At time of booking we will provide you with directions to the apartments.
