The main airports at Cagliari (Aeroporto Elmas), Olbia (Aeroporto Internazionale di Olbia Costa Smeralda) and Alghero (Fertila) link Sardinia with major Italian and European cities. As well as the major international carriers, there are several no-frills airlines, although some routes are restricted to between April and October.
From the UK try Ryanair or Easyjet for low cost deals, and please contact us if you would like more information on airlines serving Sardinia from other locations.
The island is accessible by ferry from Genoa, Savona, La Spezia, Livorno, Piombino, Civitavecchia, Fiumicino and Naples, and from Palermo and Trapani in Sicily. Ferries also run from Bonifacio and Porto Vecchio in Corsica. French ferries running from Marseille and Toulon sometimes call in at Ajaccio and Propriano (in Corsica) en route to Sardinia.
The arrival points in Sardinia are Olbia, Golfo Aranci, Palau, Santa Teresa di Gallura and Porto Torres in the north; Arbatax on the east coast; and Cagliari in the south.