Sardinia: Culinary Delights E-Bike Tour

Day 1: Individual arrival
Day 2: Cagliari - Iglesias, 31 mi. (50 km)
Day 3: Iglesisas - Portixeddu, 25 mi. (41 km)
Day 4: Portixeddu - Carloforte, 28 mi. (45 km)
Day 5: Carloforte - Calasetta, 18 mi. (29 km)
Day 6: Calasetta - Sant' Antioco - Calasetta, 31 mi. (50 km)
Day 7: Calasetta - Santa Margherita di Pula, 28 mi. (45 km)
Day 8: Departure or extension of services

All distances are approximate.
 

Day 1: Individual arrival
Individual arrival to your accommodation for the evening, the Hotel Regina Margherita.  At 5 p.m., the group will meet in the hotel lobby for a guided city tour through the lively city and the Castello quarter as well as the National Museum with its Nuragic bronzes. Afterward, the evening is free to spend as you like.

Day 2: Cagliari - Iglesias, 31 mi. (50 km)
In the morning, by bus, the group will be transferred to Castello di Acquafredda. After visiting the ruins of this impressive bulwark, initially, by bike, it will be a slightly uphill route, interrupted by small downhills, through a lush landscape. You will see evidence of the former mining period which brought prosperity to the region. Later, you will be cycling through an almost alpine mountain region made easy on your electric bike. With ocean views in site, you cycle to the highest point for an impressive view and then its all downhill to the Hotel Cortes Aruba, your accommodation for the evening.

Day 3: Iglesisas - Portixeddu, 25 mi. (41 km)
In the morning, before heading out of town, you cycle through Iglesisas, a once-thriving mining city, and very historic. Then, through wild nature, you cycle up to the Passo Genna Bogai, the highest point of the tour. You reach the unique Roman-Phoenician temple of Antas, and later visit the stalactite cave, Su Mannau. A downhill ride will follow into the valley of Rio Antas, pass Fulminimaggiore, a former mining village with beautiful private gardens, before arriving at the Hotel Golfo del Leone. There´s enough time to visit the beach of Portixeddu before an opulent dinner.

Day 4: Portixeddu - Carloforte, 31 mi. (50 km)
This day is dedicated to one of the most beautiful panoramic coasts of Sardinia. In the morning, the route leads through a former mining area in the South. You will see the ruins of old mining houses and former shaft towers along the mountain precipice, an architectural and historical highlight. Your view alternates between the coastal landscape and the rock-embedded fishing villages Buggerru, Masua and Nebida, and especially the Pan di Zucchero. Your itinerary includes a ferry ride to Carloforte on the Isola di S. Pietro. You lodge in the privately-owned Hotel Paola located a few kilometers from the main village and near the place where annually in spring the traditional mattanza tuna fishing takes place.

Day 5:  Carloforte - Calasetta, 18 mi. (29 km)
After a slight ascent, you reach the highlands of the Isola di San Pietro, whose volcanic origin is evident. White farmhouses line the way to the ocean. Passing the saltworks of Carloforte with its flamingo colonies, you reach the white sand of the Spiaggia La Bobba, the perfect place for a swim in good weather. Just a few steps away there is the Colonne, one of the most famous postcard motifs of Sardinia. The lunch break is  spent in the little Genoese-like town, Carloforte, before taking a ferry to Sant´Antioco, second largest island of the Sardinian region.  From the port of Calasetta, with its white and pastel-colored houses, the group cycles to a winery for a tasting of the hearty Carignano del Sulci wine. Then is just a few kilometers to the accommodations for two nights, the Hotel Luci del Faro from which is a vast view onto the islands of the archipelago.

Day 6: Calasetta - Sant' Antioco - Calasetta, 31 mi. (50 km)
Along small paths, between vines and prickly pears, you will arrive to the municipality of Sant´Antioco, a 2,800-year-old Phoenician establishment. Beyond the city, there is the Tophet, one of the many burnt offering places of the island with an impressive archeological museum. You will also see the catacombs near the cathedral.  By special permission, you will cycle through the salt marshes of varying colors and a birds' paradise situated in an impressive lagoon landscape. In the afternoon, your route leads southwards to Sant´Antioco where traffic-free panoramic roads change with beautiful bathing bays until we reach your comfortable hotel again.

Day 7: Calasetta - Santa Margherita di Pula, 28 mi. (45 km)
In the morning a bus transfers the group to a plateau for an amazing view over the hills and the ocean and then you reach a gorgeous coastal stretch of Sardinia, Costa del Sud. With beautiful mountain scenery as your backdrop. The route then follows 16 miles along a panoramic route along the coast. You will relax at the beautiful beach of Tuaredda before, bridging a street of very high traffic by bus. Finally, the city Nora. Already in view of Cagliari, we reach our last hotel Lantana Resort where we finish our trip in stylish ambiance.

Day 8: Departure or extension of services
After breakfast, either a shuttle bus or taxi will take you to Cagliari either to the airport or for extension of your stay. Departure time will be coordinated to the requirements of the group.  Individual transfers are not possible.

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Your accommodations includes hotels of the 4 star level, a more simple house in Portixeddu which lends to the charm of the tour, and a family owned hotel on San Pietro.