Hotel Olbia

Olbia can be considered a natural amphitheatre whose frame is made from Mount Limbara, Mount Pinu and from the upland of Monti towards the South. If you get there by boat you will immediately recognise Cape Figari and Figarola Island... Here the climate is always very mild and it aids the growth of Mediterranean vegetation, with a distinctive aroma of fresh sea herbs and myrtle.

For many, Olbia is also known for its proximity to the Aranci Gulf because of its port, reached via a long scenic road where from above it is possible to see the entire Gulf of Olbia. From the city of Olbia all the most important tourist and sea locations can be reached very quickly, known globally as the Emerald Coast.

You mustn?t think that Olbia is just the arrival point in Sardinia, as it is so much more. In all of its province there are 2010 accommodation facilities, hotels from 1 to 5 stars, spas, B&Bs and farmhouses, apartments and holiday rentals. Olbia is a lively city, with a current population of around 58,000 inhabitants that during the summer is increased due to a great influx of tourists, without ever suffering the stress that a city with a surface area of 376.10km² could achieve. It is the fourth largest city in Sardinia after Cagliari, Sassari and Quartu Sant?Elena, a municipality next to the Sardinian capital.

Palau, Porto Cervo, Porto Rotondo, Capo d?Orso, with its distinctive rock whose shape resembles that of a giant bear (therefore the name), and * Porto Ferro, with its red sand and an intense emerald green sea, guarded eternally by three beautiful towers built by the Spanish, and it seems they still monitor to this day the pirates? raids.* (Alghero: The Porto Ferro beach, northern point of the Riviera del Corallo, stretches for about 2km, dominated by three Spanish sighting towers that date back to the 17th Century. It is covered with an ochre-coloured sand whose grains are mixed, at times, with shells).

The existing infrastructure makes the city a major tourist attraction and is considered the tourist driving force of the whole province, among the most important of the island.

Here are some names of beaches more or less known, but all extraordinarily beautiful.

Portisco, Rena bianca (white sand) Cugnana, Spiaggia Ira, Spiaggia dei Sassi and then Li Cuncheddi, Capo Ceraso and Tavolara Island.

Not too far away is the Marine Protected Area of Tavolara - Punta Cavallo, recognised in 2007 as a Specially Protected Area of Mediterranean Importance (SPAMI). It contains a vast area that goes from Cape Ceraso to Rossa island, with the two small islands of Molarotto and Molara up to Cape Coda Cavallo, in the South.

Olbia is perfectly reachable via sea, land or air, in this case through Olbia-Costa Smeralda Airport, the most popular stopover airport of the island. It can be reached from Cagliari, SS 131 towards Nuoro, then from there you can take the Strada Statale 125. Numerous naval lines connected by Moby, Tirrenia and Sardinia Ferries which can also be booked on this website.