SARDINIA – ISLE OF RIDE

Our start/finish hotel is located just a few kilometres from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB). Day 1 is reserved for arrival. We recommend that you are at the hotel no later than 16.00 for a welcome meeting, information about the motorcycles and dinner. If you arrive early, we suggest that you take a walk down to the turquoise Mediterranean Sea, just 700 meters from the hotel!

On an exciting mix of gravel and asphalt we make our way along airy mountain slopes and through lush valleys from Olbia to Abbasanta. As we approach the west coast, the landscape opens up and offers us fantastic views with the Mediterranean Sea as a backdrop.

Our hotel is located in the middle of the Sardinian agricultural landscape, and you can make yourself extra at home as we stay here for two nights. The hotel also has a relax area with pool and sauna. The closest neighbours to the hotel are two local restaurants, a cozy pizzeria and a well-reputed à la carte restaurant.

The first part of this day goes on asphalt. Not just any asphalt, but on some of Sardinia’s most spectacular asphalt roads, such as the SP 105 between Alghero and Bosa. If you feel like a gravel challenge during the afternoon, you will get it when we cross Monte Urtigu at an altitude of almost 1 000 meters. If you instead want to continue on curvy asphalt for the rest of the day, that is also an option. As we return to the same hotel today, there is also the opportunity to use the hotel’s relax area and take a day off.

Today we cross Sardinia’s highest mountain range when heading east. The day offers airy gravel roads at an altitude of up to 1 300 meters, we ride through massive cork oak plantations and to the high-altitude dams along the Flumendosa River. When we cross the mountains, the magical view of Sardinia’s east coast opens up for us. We ride silky smooth and wonderfully curvy asphalt roads down to Arbatax where we will spend two nights at the same picturesque hotel on the Mediterranean coast.

Today there will be a mix of smooth winding asphalt and gravel roads southwards. We ride some of the best parts of the SS 125 before heading north over the mountains again. Once again, we land at the hotel in Arbatax and as we return to the same hotel today there is also the option of a longer or shorter riding day. Of course, there is also the option to take it easy and use the hotel’s pool, jacuzzi, Turkish sauna or the beach in front of the hotel.

Time to head north again. But first we’ll ride some of the most thrilling roads Sardinia has to offer. Among them Passo Ghenna Silana on Strada Statale 125 Orientale with a view of the Gulf of Orosei. Once back at our base hotel we sum up the week and enjoy the last dinner together.

Time flies when you’re having fun and the adventure is over for this time. If you don’t have to leave early, you have the opportunity to enjoy the hotel’s pool, or perhaps a walk to the beach before it’s time to head to the airport. Luckily, there are more tours to join, so hopefully it won’t be too long until we see each other again!