Olbia Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Car & motorcycle

Holiday Car (0789 2 84 96; Via Genova 71) will rent you a Fiat Punto from €45 a day.

Train

The Trenitalia station lies parallel to Via Gabriele d’Annunzio – walk through the bus station. One direct train a day runs to Cagliari (€13, four hours). Otherwise you have to change at Chilivani (and sometimes Macomer too). Up to three trains run to Sassari (€6.10, one hour 50 minutes) and up to seven to Golfo Aranci (€2, 25 minutes).

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Boat

Regular ferries arrive in Olbia from Genoa, Civitavecchia and Livorno.

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Air

Olbia’s Aeroporto di Costa Smeralda (OLB; 0789 6 90 00; www.olbiairport.it) is about 5km southeast of the centre and handles flights from most important Italian mainland destinations, as well as international flights from London, Paris and Frankfurt.

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