Shore excursions - Olbia - North Sardinia

Legend

Cultural experience: learn the history of Sardinia and visit our cities, villages and archaeological sites

Taste of Sardinia: enjoy our cuisine and our famous wines

Active: have fun with some light activities

Active – Sport: challenge yourselves with some sport

Beach Experience: time to chill out at our beautiful beaches

Winter proof: this icon means that the excursion can be done all year round

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•This activity stays open while the cruise ship is at the
harbour

Why choose F.A.Travel?

Because we have been providing ground services in Sardinia for
the last 30 years
Because we are present in the whole island with our offices in
Cagliari and Olbia
Because the most important tour operators in Europe choose
our services every year
Because we will arrange a training and free trials for your Shore
Excursion Manager on board in order to maximize the sales of
the excursions
Because by increasing the sales of excursions you will achieve
a double goal: you will cut your costs during the lunch hours and
of course you will increase your income with our commissions

Cultural Experience: Locations

• Distance from Olbia “Isola Bianca” harbour
• 1 Olbia Old Town: 2,3 Km – 5 minutes
• 2 Archeo-Olbia: 3 Kms – 10 minutes
• 3 Aggius: 54 Kms – 50 minutes
• 4 San Pantaleo: 24 Kms – 20 minutes

Cultural Experience Treasures of the ancient Olbia

Category: Cultural Experience
Difficulty Level: Easy
Duration: 4 hrs
Minimum Participants: 2
Meals: Not included
Guide: Included
Transportation: Minivan or Bus (depending on the
number of participants)
Recommendations: Comfortable clothing and shoes

Cultural Experience Treasures of the ancient Olbia

You will find a bus and a guide waiting for you at Olbia
harbour “isola Bianca”. In about 10 mns drive you will reach
the old town centre. Olbia is very ancient and was possibly
founded by the Punics, according to the archaeological
findings. It contains ruins from Phoenician and Carthaginian
settlement to the Roman Era, when it was an important port,
and the Middle Ages, when it was the capital of the
Giudicato of Gallura, one of the four independent states of
Sardinia. The tour will start with the Church of St Paolo,
dating from the 17th century, which boasts its Gallurese
style and is really worth visiting. The surrounding area is
filled with an array of old, beautiful houses and exquisite
buildings. Remains from the Roman era, the defence wall
and famous thermal baths can also be seen in this part of
town. Another must-see church is the Church of San
Simplicio, which is the oldest and the most important
religious landmark in the Gallura region. The church, with its
grand exterior and interior boasting refined architecture,
also serves as evidence to the diffusion of Christianity in
Sardinia.
The second part of the tour is dedicated to the shopping in
the old town.

Cultural Experience Olbia: Museum & Artisans’Street Market

Duration: 5 hrs
Maximum Participants: 200
Meals: Not included
Including: return bus transfer to the museum, ticket
entrance to the museum and to the artisans’ market,
English speaking guide (one every 30 pax)
Transportation: Bus
Recommendations: Comfortable clothing and shoes

Cultural Experience Olbia: Museum & Artisans’Street Market
Designed by the architect Vanni Macciocco, the
archeological museum is situated on the "isolotto di Peddone",
along the passenger street leading to the embarkation point at
the "Isola Bianca" and the historical centre.
The Museum is characterized by a grand central patio in
which there are some recently discovered Roman ships and
a series of functional places, such as the library, the
auditorium and the congress centre.
On the upper floor advanced technology is used to reproduce
the event of the Vandals sinking ships.
The big spaces of this building will host a picturesque artisans’
street market, where the most representative craftsmen will
perform in front of the guests the art of making nougat, fresh
pasta, handmade knives, pottery, objects made out of cork,
Sardinian jewels. There will also be an exposition and tasting
of typical Sardinian products such as cheese, cold cuts, wine,
sweets and the typical Sardinian sherbet “Sa Carapigna”.
Possibility to buy favourite souvenirs.

Cultural Experience Welcome to Olbia!

Including: folk ballet, accordion player, flowers, “Cruise
Friendly Shopping Map”

Cultural Experience Welcome to Olbia!

Upon the arrival of the cruise ship at the Olbia “Isola Bianca”
harbour, a folk group wearing colourful Sardinian costumes
will perform a traditional dance on the notes of an accordion.
After the dance they’ll hand over a rose and a “Cruise
Friendly Shopping Map” to each guest.
On the “Cruise Friendly Shopping Map” they will find the map
of the old town of Olbia: the shops pointed out in the map
respect some important standards such as:
- Opening times during the stopover;
- English spoken by the shop assistants or our English-
speaking staff helping during the shopping;
- Discounted prices for the guests.

Cultural Experience Olbia Archeo-Tour

Sardinia has many archaeological mysteries: Tombs of Giants,
Menhirs, Domus de Janas (house of the witches), Dolmens,
Sacred Wells, Holy Sources and Nuraghi.We can find these
megalithic constructions everywhere in the island. In the past it
was possible to count more than 20000 constructions, now
there are only 8000 sites. Our tour begins at the Olbia harbour
“Isola Bianca”. A bus will take us to the Giants’ Tomb Su Monte
de s’Ape, just 3 Kms from the town centre.
The Giants’ Tomb of Olbia (1500 to 1100 BC) is one of the
largest in Sardinia. These tombs got their names from local
folklore due to the size of the stones used in the building. The
dead were laid in the central corridor. Offers to the gods and
solemn religious ceremonies took place in front of the tomb in
an area shaped as a large semi-circle, formed by massive
standing stones. One of the most interesting nuraghi in the
north of Sardinia is the nuraghe of Cabu Abbas, near Olbia. It’s
located on a rocky promontory which dominates the gulf of
Olbia at a sea level of 246 metres. We can assume that
nuragic people used this construction in order to check the
arrival of enemy boats.

Sardinian Tradition:
Ethnographic Museum in Aggius
Cultural Experience

Duration: 4 hrs
Meals: Not included
Including: bus at disposal, English speaking
guides (one every 20 pax), entrance ticket to the
Ethnographic Museum
Transportation: Bus
Recommendations: Comfortable clothing and
shoes

Cultural Experience Olbia Archeo-Tour

Duration: 4 hrs
Meals: Not included
Including: return bus transfer harbour –
archaeological sites, English speaking guide (one
every 25 people), entrance ticket to the
archaeological sites
Transportation: Minivan or Bus (depending on
the number of participants)
shoes

Sardinian Tradition:
Ethnographic Museum in Aggius
Cultural Experience

A bus will take you from Olbia harbour to a little village plunged
into the granite mountains of the Gallura region: Aggius (about 45
minutes from Olbia). Here you wil visit the Ethnographic Museum,
the biggest one in Sardinia. 19 exposition rooms with a
permanent display of the Aggius' Carpet as well as
demonstrations of the work of carpets weavers on ancient looms.
An immersion into the history and culture of this part of Sardinia
from 1600 a.C. to nowadays, through an accurate reconstruction
of the traditional house and the ancient activities of domestic
economy, the old costumes and the coral songs.
Ancient occupations, among which the working of cork and
granite, the phases of wool working, including warping and
colouring of yarns with dyeing herbs are displayed and explained
by professional guides.

San Pantaleo
Cultural Experience

Duration: 4 hrs
Meals: Not included
guides (one every 30 pax), entrance to the artisans’
labs
Transportation: Bus
shoes

Cultural Experience San Pantaleo

Another world, 18 km from Olbia by bus. San Pantaleo, in
certain respects, evokes a village in the Dolomites. Historically
known as "the fount of Beddoro", it constituted an island of
well-being and salubrious health in a relatively untouched and
unpopulated area. The village, like today, grew up thanks to
the initiative of the inhabitants of the 'stazzi' in the area who in
1894 asked to the bishop of Tempio for the creation of a parish
as a religious and social reference point. Strategically, San
Pantaleo is situated on a raised platform, overlooking on one
side the road for "Monti di Mola" (the current Costa Smeralda),
and on the other, the road from Arzachena to Baja Sardinia. A
dominant position, therefore, to keep a vigil on the coast.
Starting from the 1970's then, a group of artists and painters
populated the village, attracted by its atmosphere, far from the
coastal way of life, and absolutely informal. Artists, painters
and sculptors, arrived here from England, Germany,
Scandinavia and France, and they caused San Pantaleo to
develop a sort of bohemian feel. Next to the foreigners, a
group of Gallurese craftsman are located here, and they are
highly sought after for their products crafted from natural
materials: wood, beaten iron and other metals, but also
terracotta and ceramic.

Taste of Sardinia: Locations
• 1 Berchidda: 39 Kms – 40 minutes
• 2 Monti: 26 Kms – 30 minutes
• 3 Surrau Winery: 22 Kms – 20 minutes
• 4 Aggius: 54 Kms – 50 minutes

The Wine Road

Category: Tastes of Sardinia
Taste of Sardinia

Duration: 4 hrs
Meals: Snack with wine tasting included
Including: bus at disposal, English
speaking guide (one every 25 pax), entrance
ticket to the Wine Museum
Transportation: Bus
Recommendations: Comfortable clothing
and shoes

The Wine Road

Wine-lovers can’t miss this excursion through the so-called wine
Taste of Sardinia

road linking the town of Berchidda to Monti. This area is very
famous for a renowned white wine: the Vermentino.
You will leave Olbia by bus to reach Berchidda, where you will
visit the Wine Museum, located in the upper part of the village, in
a modern building with a rooftop terrace from which you can
admire the vineyards of the area, and the beautiful surroundings
of the village.
In the many rooms of the museum an exposition displays of
ancient tools used to work in the vineyards and to press the
grapes.
On our way back to Olbia, you will stop at the Masone Mannu
Estate, where we’ll be able to visit the winery and to taste the
local wines with a typical Sardinian snack.

Surrau winery

Category: Taste of Sardinia
Taste of Sardinia

Duration: 4 hrs
Meals: Snack with wine tasting included
guide (one every 25 pax), visit to the winery
and cellars
Transportation: Bus
and shoes

Surrau winery

The Surrau winery dominates over 40 hectares of
Taste of Sardinia

farmlands mostly cultivated with vineyards spreading
out in a sunny valley caressed by the north-west wind
coming from the coast. The project was born through
the harmonious blending of buildings and nature.
Glass walls both exalt the landscape when looking
out and illustrate the winemaking activities when
looking in. Spaces are laid out in a sequence of work
rooms, tasting rooms and showrooms in an attempt
to optimize processing spaces and expose modern
methods for vinification and wine preservation. The
wines produced are destined for the global market
and are ambassadors of the hard lands of Gallura.
You will visit the cellar, the winery and then we will
taste some wine accompanied by typical Sardinia
products.

Typical Sardinian Lunch at
Il Muto di Gallura
Taste of Sardinia

Duration: 2 hrs
Meals: Typical Sardinian Lunch with drinks
included
guide (one every 25 pax)
Transportation: Bus
Recommendations: To be matched with
“Sardinian tradition: Ethnographic Museum in
Aggius” and/or “Artisan Labs in Aggius”.
Comfortable clothing and shoes

Typical Sardinian Lunch at
Il Muto di Gallura
In 1800, a feud between two families of shepherds caused
Taste of Sardinia

many victims and till today it is not unusual to hear tales about
the cruel bandit named "IL MUTO DI GALLURA".

This agriturismo named after the romantic bandit is equipped
with a hunting reserve and an Anglo-Arabic-Sardinian horse
riding. It consists of productive homes based on what it is
produced on their land, on the agricultural activities and on
their livestock resources. Situated in the Aggius area, 1KM
from the center and 4 Km from Tempio Pausania, at about
500 meters above the sea level.
In this agriturismo guests are offered only traditional healthy
food: from generations cows, goats, sheeps and farm animals
have been raised here and every ingredient used in the
kitchen (cheese, pork meat, ham, vegetables in oil and in
vinegar, wine) comes from organic agriculture and is prepared
according to traditional recipes.

Five Senses Experience
Taste of Sardinia

Duration: 4 hrs
Meals: 3 course lunch included
Including: bus at disposal, entrance to the Spa
and Wellness Center
Transportation: Minivan or Bus (according to

Five Senses Experience

A bus will take you from Olbia “Isola Bianca” harbour to the
Taste of Sardinia

Mercure Olbia Hermaea Hotel, in the center of Olbia. Here you
will relax yourself at a beautiful Wellness Center with Spa:
sauna, hammam, emotional shower with colourtherapy and a
wonderful pool with hydromassage and colourtherapy. In the
outside area the guests can drink a warm herbal tea or rest on
the chaises lounges.
90 minutes of real pleasure for both body and soul, followed by a
delicious 3-course lunch at the hotel restaurant, where refined
recipes will be served in a friendly and welcoming athmosphere.

Active: Locations
Distance from Olbia “Isola Bianca” harbour
1 Berchiddeddu: 17 Kms – 25 minutes
2 Aggius: 54 Kms – 50 minutes
3 Pevero Golf Club: 26 Kms – 30 Minutes
4 Cugnana Bay: 10 Kms – 15 Minutes

Cooking Class at Sa Crescia Ezza
(Berchiddeddu)
Category: Active
Duration: 6 hrs
Meals: Sardinian lunch included with drinks
guide (one every 30 pax), cooking class
Transportation: Bus
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shoes

Cooking Class at Sa Crescia Ezza
(Berchiddeddu)
The guests will be actively involved in the preparation of
the typical Sardinian recipes, that they will be able to cook
for friends and relatives once they’ll be back home. All the
ingredients needed to prepare the Sardinian “gnocchetti”
(small dumplings) and the Papassinos (biscuit made out
of wheat, almonds, raisins and sugar) will be handed over
to them and an experienced cook will explain them the
proceedings.
The guests who are not really into cooking will be able to
visit the cellar, where the owner will explain how
homemade wine and grappa are produced. There will also
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be a tasting of wines produced in the estate.
At the end of the activity, an unforgettable Sardinian lunch
will be served.

Artisan Labs in Aggius

Category: Active
Duration: “Festive Bread” 3 hrs – “Weaving &
Colouring” 4 hrs
Meals: not included
guide (one every 25 pax), laboratory
Transportation: Bus
Active

shoes

Artisan Labs in Aggius

Festive Bread (1 hour): The group will be welcomed by a local
female cook-housewife dressed in the traditional costume, who’ll
briefly introduce the laboratory with the story of the origin of the
decorated bread traditionally prepared in Sardinia for the feasts:
“Easter bread, Wedding bread and Engagement bread”. The guests
will be invited to wear aprons and caps and will be provided with all
the tools needed for the preparation of bread: they will roll out dough
with the supervision of local experts. At the end of the activity the will
receive as a gift the bread they baked according to the tradition.
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Weaving & Colouring (4 hours): This activity consists in the display
of wool combing, spinning with distaff and spindle. The guests will be
actively involved in the weaving with ancient tools such as the “reel”,
the “delivery spool” and the “take-up spool”.
Experienced weavers will explain how to weave a warp and will show
the mordanting of the wool and the colouring of the threads with
dyeing herbs. The coloured wool threads will be weaved in the loom
in the textile laboratory inside the Ethnographic Museum.

Golf class* at the Pevero Golf Club

Category: Active
Duration: 3 hrs
Meals: not included
instructor / or green fee
Active

Transportation: Minivan or Bus
Recommendations: Comfortable long trousers (not
jeans) and shoes

* Golf Class can be switched with a regular
Green Fee

Golf class at the Pevero Golf Club
A bus will take the guests to the Pevero Golf Club, where a
golf instructor will be waiting for them: he will teach them
the basic rules and techniques of the game.
They will have fun in a charming place and will enjoy one of
the most wonderful views in Sardinia.

Pevero Golf Club: an extraordinary position for an equally
extraordinary golf course. Everything is special starting from
the design by Robert Trent Jones, who, at the beginning of
the Seventies (in 1978, Pevero Golf Club hosted the
renowned Italian Open), implemented a very exclusive
course scattered with terrible hazards created by nature
itself more than by man and with a strong wind often
blowing across it. Before, the whole area between Cala di
Volpe and Golfo del Pevero was completely covered by the
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typical Mediterranean bushes, by rocks and natural ponds;
it would have been a shame if he had destroyed this
beauty. So, he have just removed some areas where the
vegetation was too thick. The Pevero is considered one of
the most beautiful courses in the world, is second to none
thanks to the spectacular foreshortenings taken from the
magnificent Costa Smeralda, stretching from Porto Rotondo
to Porto Cervo. The view from the club house over the gulf
of Pevero and the bay of Cala di Volpe are unforgettable.

Horseback riding

Category: Active
Difficulty Level: Medium
Duration: 3 hrs
Meals: not included
instructor
Transportation: Car or Bus (according to the
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number of participants)
Recommendations: Comfortable long trousers
and training shoes

Horseback riding
Just 15 minutes from Olbia harbour “Isola Bianca”, a horse
riding center will host an unforgettable excursion on the
saddle of wonderful horses. The ideal activity for nature
lovers, even if they are inexperienced beginners. The routes
stretch along the Bay of Cugnana, where you can ride both on
the beach and in the sea-water in a breathtaking scenery.
All the equipment needed (helmets, boots or gaiters) will be
handed over before the excursion.
A snack will restore the riders after the excursion.
Active

Sport Active: Locations
• 1 Monte Pinu: 15 Kms – 18 minutes
• 2 San Pantaleo: 24 Kms – 20 minutes
• 3 Berchidda: 39 Kms – 20 minutes
• 4 Aggius: 54 Kms – 50 Minutes
• Berchidda – Aggius: 50 Kms – 45 Minutes

Trekking at Monte Pinu - Olbia

Category: Sport Active
Duration: 4 hrs
Sport Active

Meals: not included
Including: Jeep at disposal (max 6 pax on each
jeep), English speaking guide, fuel
Transportation: Jeep
training or trekking shoes

Trekking at Monte Pinu - Olbia

An easy trip along a Forest track leading from an artificial
lake used for sports fishing to the lookout of Punta
Casteddu.
We walk along a cart way which crosses the State Forest,
where you can pick cherries in spring and corbezzoli
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(Arbutus unedo) in autumn.
In summer, from the various panoramic sites which face
the Costa Smeralda and the Gulf of Olbia, you can see
right across the island from the isle of Tavolara to the
Maddalena archipelago.
During the walk various breaks are planned at the area' s
natural springs and we can have lunch in one of the
specially equipped areas.
It 's also possible to extend the walk descending from the
other side of Monte Pinu where you can often see
tortoises.

Altitude: 742 metres
Total length of the trip: 11 Km

Trekking at San Pantaleo

Duration: 4 hrs
Sport Active

Meals: not included
Including: Minivan or Bus transfer, English
speaking guide
Transportation: Minivan or Bus (according to
and trekking shoes

Trekking at San Pantaleo

Sardinia is a true trekking and sightseeing paradise.
Across its uncontaminated territory, under the blue sky,
you’ll be able to walk through wild valleys, mirror yourself
in clear waters, enjoy breathtaking landscapes with
beautiful granite cliffs.
The best way to live this experience is to be lead by our
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export guides in hardly forgettable excursions.
Departure by minivan or bus (according to the number of
participants) from Olbia harbour “Isola Bianca”.
The enchanting uncontaminated landscape will take you
from the Cugnana Bay to the mountains and fountain of
San Pantaleo, from which you will admire the beautiful
Costa Smeralda, from the Portisco Bay to the Cala di
Volpe.

In the heart of Gallura
between nature and culture
Duration: 6 hrs (h 9.30 – 16.30)
Sport Active

Meals: Sardinian lunch included
Including: Land Rover Jeep with driver,
English speaking guide, lunch at the farm, fridge
inside the jeep with mineral water, insurance
Transportation: Land Rover 110 (max 6 pax
per jeep)
Recomendations: Comfortable clothing and
trekking shoes

In the heart of Gallura
between nature and culture
Full Day tour of the inlands parts of the Gallura region,
discovering nature, small villages, traditional gastronomy and
culture of Northern Sardinia. The tour starts in Olbia: after a 20-
minute transfer by Land Rover we’ll get to Berchidda, a small
village clinging to the east side of Mount Limbara.
The first stop will be at a well-known artisan laboratory, where
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typical Sardinian sweets, marmalade and spirits are produced.
We’ll continue visiting the old center of the village, with its
characteristic houses made out of granite.
A dirt road starting from the highest part of the village and going
through a thick forest and Mediterranean maquis will lead us to
the heights Mount Limbara (1362 m), from which we’ll be able
to admire a superb 360 degree view on a great part of Northern
Sardinia and Corsica.
After a quick transfer we’ll get to a picturesque farmhouse,
where we will taste the various Gallura specialties. Early in the
afternoon we’ll visit an artisan weaving laboratory.
Transfer to Olbia harbour.

Flying & Off-road Experience
Duration: 6 hrs
Sport Active

Meals: Sardinian Lunch with the shepherds
included
Including: helicopter flight over La Maddalena
Archipel, jeep transfer from the airfield to the
shepherds‘ shed, jeep transfer back to Olbia “Isola
Bianca” harbour, English speaking instructor
Transportation: helycopter und Land Rover Jeep

Flying & Offroad Experience

An exciting excursion that you will hardly forget!
An helicopter will pick up the guests at Olbia harbour and will fly
to the Natural Marine Park of La Maddalena Archipel: 7 beautiful
islands surrounded by crystal-clear water, most of them totally
uninhabited.
Sport Active

The helicopter will land on an airfield near Arzachena, where a
Land Rover jeep will be waiting for the guests and leave towards
the village of Luogosanto. Here the guests will enjoy a typical
Sardinian lunch prepared by some shepherds in their shed.
Transfer back to Olbia by jeep.

Beach Experience: Locations

Distance from Olbia “Isola Bianca” harbour
1. Bados Beach: 10 Kms – 15 minutes

Sunny Day on the Beach

Category: Beach Experience
Beach Experience

Duration: 6 hrs
Maximum Participants:
Meals: not included
Including: bus at disposal
Transportation: Bus
Recomendations: Swimsuit, beach clothing

Beach Experience Sunny Day on the Beach

Transfer by bus from Olbia “Isola Bianca” harbour to the nearby
beach of Bados.
This wide beach made of white fine sand is very popular
especially among young people, who very often play beach
volley on the volleyball court on the beach. Several bathing
establishment are at the guests’ disposal for the rental of
umbrellas and sunbeds, to eat a sandwich or have an ice-cream.
The Iow seabed makes this beach particularly safe for bathing.
Transfer back to the harbour in the afternoon.

Contact Us

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Viale Aldo Moro, 367
“La Serenissima 2”
I-07026 Olbia (OT)
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