Sardinia is big: Cagliari to Santa Teresa di Gallura is almost 300 km, and each area has its own landscape, food and even language. Here the island is divided into eight regions designed for travellers, each with beaches, villages, archaeological sites and practical tips.
With one week, pick one or two neighbouring regions; with two weeks you can tour the island, mixing coast and interior.
Cagliari and the South
A seaside city with a hilltop medieval quarter, surrounded by some of the clearest beaches in the Mediterranean.
Discover →02Sulcis Iglesiente
Islands with a Ligurian soul, mines perched above the sea and wild, little-known beaches.
Discover →03Costa Verde and Marmilla
Towering dunes by the sea, a UNESCO-listed nuraghe and a plateau of wild horses.
Discover →04Oristano, Sinis and Bosa
Beaches made of quartz grains, the seaside ruins of Tharros and the oldest stone giants of the Mediterranean.
Discover →05Nuoro and Barbagia
Sardinia's ancient, mountainous heart: murals, archaic masks, canyons and coves reachable only on foot or by boat.
Discover →06Ogliastra
The most spectacular coast in the Mediterranean: limestone cliffs, spires and water of an unreal blue.
Discover →07Gallura and the Costa Smeralda
Wind-sculpted granite, islands reached by boat and Italy's most famous sea.
Discover →08Sassari, Alghero and the North-West
A Catalan city by the sea, Neptune's Grotto, La Pelosa beach and the Asinara park with its white donkeys.
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