Sardinia Self Guided Bike Tour: Discover the charm that the Phoenicians and Romans saw when they first came to Sardinia. Take this journey and see remnants of the Punic Roman seaport towns and the necropolis of Nora and Calasetta. See the endless summer villages down the coast and the unique Genoese style minor Islands of San Pietro and Sant’Antioco. After cycling and exploration, indulge your hunger with the fine typical cuisine and the wines of Sulcis Peninsula, which you can only find here. Cycle along the Green Coast riddled with old villages such as Buggerru, where you will stop for a night of coastal wonders. Continue along the southern coast before winding your way up one of the most scenic climbs of southern Sardinia: up and over beautiful Mount’ Cidro towards your final destination and accommodation in Guspini, situated in the Campidano flats. For those wanting an additional day, we can add a loop ride towards the beaches of Pistis and the dunes of Torre dei Corsari, or you can spend a shopping day in Cagliari, accessible by bus or by train from Guspini.
Fly in and out of Cagliari Airport. Arrival at your first hotel is on your own. Depart Guspini by bus, train in San Gavino Monreale, or private transfer.
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Included Deluxe Hotels:
About: Included 4-star hotels in convenient locations. All lodging includes a private bathroom and a variety of other amenities. A more budget option exists; please inquire about pricing.
Local Expert: Mauro is a native of Northern Italy and studied the history of cinema and photography in Milan. After studying he spent a long period in Mexico, where he learned to make delicious pizza and Italian dishes in an Italian restaurant. His enthusiasm for the outdoors includes horseback riding and he also loves ski touring in the Dolomites. Mauro’s passion for cycling has him on a bike year-round!
Need to Know:
Dates: Plan your trip at a time that best fits your schedule! Pure Adventures tours have flexible start dates.
2024 Tour Rates: (based on double occupancy)
Hybrid Bike Rental: 195 euros
Road Bike Rental: 260 euros
E-bike Rental: 338 euros
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New! Travel Insurance is now required to participate in this tour. You can book through our preferred vendors or your own. Proof of coverage will be required.
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How do our tours compare to similar trips? You Get More! If you compare prices, we are much less than guided trips with similar experiences. In our private, independent format, you get much more than what most traditional self-guided tours offer, plus it’s a better experience! Our team has gone to great lengths to build and create exceptional tours all over the world, vacations that will give you lifelong memories. From the accommodations to the bikes, to the routes themselves, we hold each component of our tours to a very high standard. We are dedicated to empowering people through travel!
Overall great rides, some more challenging than expected. Excellent support from the Pure Adventures team overseas, great hotels and a fantastic part of Italy!
Hello from the Johnson family! This was our first self-guided bike tour as a family and our first time to Sardinia! For a family traveling with extremely active (put us to shame) older children, this was the ideal vacation. We could go at our own speed, allowing for the kids to go ahead a bit if they were feeling zippy. Sardinia is quite the hidden gem, and we loved our time there. We could easily have spent another week there just relaxing and enjoying all of the good food and WINE! At least we earned the cals!
Sardinia – what can I say?!? Sardinia is BEAUTIFUL there and we fell in love with the warmth of the people and their culture. Cycling around the island was a great way to experience everything there was to offer. Even with the occasional wrong turn (we were too busy staring at the landscape,) we found charming places to have coffee and try the local food. We were hesitant to visit Sardinia because we hadn’t heard a lot about it, but we are SO glad that we made the trip! We will be back!
We recently finished a fantastic bike tour in southern Sardinia with Pure Adventure (Sardinia Private Self Guided Tour). Our trip was in mid August of 2019. This was our first cycling trip organized by someone else. We absolutely loved it. First off, even though Sardinia is really hot in mid August, we enjoyed every minute of our vacation. All the cute beach cafes were open and the weather, while hot, made the beach experience perfect. We would wake up early, cycle to one of the many spectacular beaches enjoy our favorite beverages and often rent chairs and an umbrella then continuing along our journey. The food in Sardinia is great and the itinerary was perfect. We met our local contact Mauro on the first day, got our bikes (we upgraded and enjoyed super light carbon fiber cycling bikes that were new and better than our gear at home) as well as the maps and itinerary. The map instructions were very easy to follow and the roads were lovely with options for shorter and longer rides each day with restaurant recommendations (all great). Our luggage arrived promptly, it was always there when we arrived at each hotel which was really appreciated. We did not upgrade on hotels. They were a mix of really great and fine and all the places we stayed were very welcoming, well situated, clean, quiet, allowed us to secure the bikes and had air conditioning (a relief for a mid August vacation). We really loved the itinerary of this trip, especially Carloforte, which is a super cute town on an island so we took our bikes on the ferry and even took a cooking class (thank you Mauro!).It was really nice having a local contact. We are already planning our next trip with Pure Adventure for next summer. Here are some tips if you end up doing a beach adventure in Sardinia (pack covers for your biking shoes that slide over the cleats so you don’t ruin them walking around, pack very small towels that can roll into the little saddle bags, bring change for the showers at the beach since they are all open in the summer with changing rooms, pack a small wash cloth in your bike bag in case you have to fix a chain, an extra water bottle each for your bike since the bike only comes with one each, bring a clothes line and soap since you will likely wash out your bike clothes at each stop since it will dry the same day and a portable iron if you want to press any clothes since no hotels in Sardinia provided irons in the hotel rooms). We also really appreciated the follow through and communications from Richie, our travel adviser in preparation for our trip! The whole vacation from start to finish exceeded every expectation.
We recently finished a fantastic bike tour in southern Sardinia with Pure Adventure (Sardinia Private Self Guided Tour). Our trip was in mid August of 2019. This was our first cycling trip organized by someone else. We absolutely loved it. First off, even though Sardinia is really hot in mid August, we enjoyed every minute of our vacation. All the cute beach cafes were open and the weather, while hot, made the beach experience perfect. We would wake up early, cycle to one of the many spectacular beaches enjoy our favorite beverages and often rent chairs and an umbrella then continuing along our journey. The food in Sardinia is great and the itinerary was perfect. We met our local contact Mauro on the first day, got our bikes (we upgraded and enjoyed super light carbon fiber cycling bikes that were new and better than our gear at home) as well as the maps and itinerary. The map instructions were very easy to follow and the roads were lovely with options for shorter and longer rides each day with restaurant recommendations (all great). Our luggage arrived promptly, it was always there when we arrived at each hotel which was really appreciated. We did not upgrade on hotels. They were a mix of really great and fine and all the places we stayed were very welcoming, well situated, clean, quiet, allowed us to secure the bikes and had air conditioning (a relief for a mid August vacation). We really loved the itinerary of this trip, especially Carloforte, which is a super cute town on an island so we took our bikes on the ferry and even took a cooking class (thank you Mauro!).It was really nice having a local contact. We are already planning our next trip with Pure Adventure for next summer. Here are some tips if you end up doing a beach adventure in Sardinia (pack covers for your biking shoes that slide over the cleats so you don’t ruin them walking around, pack very small towels that can roll into the little saddle bags, bring change for the showers at the beach since they are all open in the summer with changing rooms, pack a small wash cloth in your bike bag in case you have to fix a chain, an extra water bottle each for your bike since the bike only comes with one each, bring a clothes line and soap since you will likely wash out your bike clothes at each stop since it will dry the same day and a portable iron if you want to press any clothes since no hotels in Sardinia provided irons in the hotel rooms). We also really appreciated the follow through and communications from Richie, our travel adviser in preparation for our trip! The whole vacation from start to finish exceeded every expectation.
