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Sardinia ports

With rugged landscape, historical ports and ancient resort towns, Sardinia is a beautiful and unspoiled Mediterranean island getaway. Greeks, Phoenicians, Romans, Pisans, Genoese and Spaniards have all contributed to the unique character of today's 'Sardis'. Being an island and part of Italy, many of the ferry connections from Sardinia link it to the mainland. However, there are also extensive links to its neighbouring islands; Corsica and Sicily.

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There are four main ports in Sardinia: Olbia, Porto Torres, Arbatax and Cagliari. Tirrenia Lines operates ferry routes connecting the various Sardinian ports to the mainland Italian ports of Genoa, Civitavecchia, Naples and Fiumicino. The sailings to Porto Torres to Genoa depart daily and take nine hours. Genoa-Olbia is serviced three times a week, with a journey time of 13 hours. Genoa to Arbatax sailings depart twice a week and take 18 hours - some sailings stopping in Olbia en-route. From Civitavecchia, there is an overnight service to Olbia up-to three times daily during the high season, with a journey time of eight hours. There are two sailings a week to Arbatax, with a crossing time of 10 hours. There are also daily sailings to Cagliari, with a journey time of nine hours. Fiumicino is connected almost daily to Golfo Aranci and Arbatax by fast-ferries, with a journey time of three hours. Naples is connected to Cagliari with one or two sailings per week, with a journey time of 16 hours. There are also connections to Palermo in Sicily, once a week, with a journey time of 13 hours.

SNCM Ferries services Porto Torres from Marseille, in France, once to twice daily. Sailings are on board the luxurious cruise ferries and take about 19 hours. There is also a limited service available from Toulon to Porto Torres, taking 21 hours. Some of these sailings also go onto the ports of Ajaccio and Propriano in Corsica. There are also four sailings a week connecting Porto Torres with Propriano.

The sister companies, Corsica Ferries and Ferries to Sardinia, provide frequent connections between the two islands, Corsica and Sardinia, as well as with the Italian mainland.