Start your trip in Alghero, with a typical Sardinian historic city center characterized by narrow streets protected by massive bastions overlooking the sea, it's a charming city to begin your journey. A Mediterras representative will welcome you at the airport, and provide a complimentary 10-minute shuttle to your hotel in town.

We'll start with a detailed bike fitting and briefing and, if time allows, a short warm-up ride exploring a lovely rural countryside with olive oil groves, orchards, and vineyards.

In the evening kick off your Sardinian bike holiday with a proper Mediterranean aperitif featuring local refreshing Torbato wine, followed by a tasty dinner at one of our favorite restaurants on the ramparts facing the marina.

• Accommodation: Hotel Villa Piras - Alghero (or similar)
• Meals: Dinner

Start off your tour with a ride along the stunning scenic coastal road from Alghero to Bosa, 45 km of pristine beauty over the cliffs overlooking the sea, admiring the views of Alghero Bay and Capo Caccia. Surrounded by wild nature over a rugged coastline, mountain pastures, and oak forests, you’ll ride all the way to the colorful Bosa, a medieval town dominated by its XII-century Malaspina castle.

Leaving Bosa, the road starts climbing through the Modolo valley, a vivid patchwork of vegetable gardens, olive groves, and vineyards of Malvasia wine, a symbol of the area. Once you reach the peak of your ride, take moment of rest and admire the beach of Porto Alabe with its brown volcanic sand. Then ride across the villages of Magomadas ending in Tresnuraghes.

• Daily distance: 37 mi / 60 km
• Elevation gain: 3900 ft / 1188 m
• Accommodation: Asfodeli Hotel - Tresnuraghes (or similar)
• Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Leaving Trensuraghes, you'll enter the Montiferru area, an ancient inactive volcano that you will climb along a magnificent road with a 5% incline, shaded by oak trees and with a perfect surface conditions. Reach the peak at Santu Lussurgiu, a stone village nestled in the mouth of the volcano. Begin your gradually descend into the Tirso Valley, the longest river of Sardinia, passing by the ancient Santa Chiara dam, built between 1918 and 1924. This dam, which feeds into Lake Omodeo, was considered a colossal work for its time, and at 70 meters tall, it was at one point the tallest dam in the world for many years.

• Daily distance: 41 mi / 70 km
• Elevation gain: 4200 ft / 1280 m
• Accommodation: Sa Tanchitta Agriturismo - Ula Tirso (or similar)
• Meals: Breakfast, Dinner

Today’s route leads you all the way up to the Gennargentu range, with the highest Sardinian peak, Punta La Marmora. Begin along the Tirso river banks, gently climbing among silent plateaus and crossing very few rural villages. Among them the most important being Samugheo, known for its tradition of precious woolen carpets, still handmade with excellent workmanship according to ancient techniques and now reinvented by international designers.

The second half of the day brings you through stunning wine landscape of the Mandrolisai region, producing a great full-bodied wine using three local grapes, the Bovale, Monica, and Cannonau. And the final stage brings us to the chestnut woods of Aritzo with its mountain allure.

• Daily distance: 27 mi / 43 km
• Elevation gain: 3900 ft / 1188 m
• Accommodation: Hotel Dera Belvi - Ula Belvì (or similar)
• Meals: Breakfast

The day starts with a downhill ride towards Gadoni and the Flumendosa River Valley, brining you to the Ogliastra region. You’ll be surprised by the wild beauty and nature, where the river and its erosion have carved valleys creating bizarre rock formations known as “Tacchi” (heels). These rocky plateaus hover on high canyons of white limestone carved over the millennia by the Flumendosa River and tributaries. We are at the heart of the Sardinia Blue Zone, one of the areas of the world where people live exceptionally long lives. Here you are likely to cross paths with a centenarian!

The last canyon encloses Lake Flumendosa and leads you to the Orroli village, perched on a vast plateau, it's a symbol of longevity in Sardinia. Here, there’s the “Panifico Kentos”, a modern bakery making the most fragrant bread you can imagine, using only local wheat and a time honored sourdough starter.

• Daily distance: 40 mi / 64 km
• Elevation gain: 4100 ft / 1250 m
• Accommodation: B&B Sa Pardina - Orroli (or similar)
• Meals: Breakfast

After a short stretch on the plateau, your bike journey brings you to the megalithic complex of the “Nuraghe Arrubiu”. This 3000-year-old fortress is one of the most important of the 7000 “Nuraghi” buildings spread all over the island. It is beautifully preserved, and worth a short visit to discover the very evolved civilization that lived here three thousand years ago.

You will then follow the Flumendosa River Valley, ending by the seaside in Muravera. The landscape here is marked by the most generous citrus groves of Sardinia and lagoons inhabited by pink flamingos and rare birds.

• Daily distance: 37 mi / 60 km
• Elevation gain: 2460 ft / 750 m
• Accommodation: Domu Elvira - Muravera (or similar)
• Meals: Breakfast

To conclude your final day of riding, choose from three options, all memorable rides between mountains and the sea.

1) The stunning old 125 road, 2) the coastal ride of the SP17; or 3) an epic ride touching the east coast of Sardinia. All three are memorable rides between mountains and the sea.

1) The scenic "125 road" is a 70 km long ride along the west Sardinian coast. This stretch of the old national road between Cagliari and Palau is a paradise for bikers and slow cars.

2) The ride along SP17 is a fantastic coastal road, a never-ending series of ups and downs along a succession of impressive cliffs and beaches, granite hills, and ancient Spanish towers. It will be difficult to resist the temptation to stop and swim in one of the many beaches and crystal waters, such as Porto Sa Ruxi, Solanas, Torre delle Stelle, Geremeas, Mari Pintau, Cala Regina.

3) The third option is the icing on the cake, adding a stunning coastal ride between Castiadas and Villasimius with a view of Isola di Serpentara.

All three rides end with a 7 km long sandy beach in Poetto, where you'll cruise along the paved bike path along the beachfront. The arrival in Cagliari is remarkable, as you pass by the precious Molentargius Park with its huge pink flamingo colony and finish off with the last portion of the bike path that leads you along the marina right to the center of Cagliari.

• Daily distance: 43 mi / 69 km
• Elevation gain: 2600 ft / 793 m
• Accommodation: Hotel Italia - Cagliari (or similar)
• Meals: Breakfast

It’s time to say goodbye, but we know our island touched your heart and you are sure to return to Sardinia again or consider another of our destinations tour with Mediterras.

After breakfast and debrief with our local representative, we’ll provide a complimentary shuttle to Cagliari airport, just 10 minutes from the city center. Ciao amici, ci vedremo ancora! (Goodbye friends and we'll see eachother again!)

• Meals: Breakfast