Included
Hire of 24 speed trekking cycle and equipment
Full board hotel accommodation including packed lunch in rooms with shower/wc
Luggage transport

Transfers en-route
Tour information including maps and routes
Tour guide, cycling guide & support vehicle
Entrance fees to museums & historic sights

Excluded
Cycle Helmets

Extras
Single rooms

Transfers
Extra nights

Access: (advice only not included)by air with Ryanair to Alghero airport: bus meets flight for transfer Alghero-Oristano: return bus from Cagliari for Ryanair flight
By Alitalia & Easyjet to Cagliari airport

Transfers Cagliari-San Salvatore Sinis, Oristano-San Salvatore Sinis, Pula-Cagliari and Pula- San Salvatore Sinis available.

Duration: 7 Nights/8 Days

Start: Start: 1st April, 21st May, 17th June, 30th October 2006

Level 3

Price £650
Single supplement £75

Day 1. Arrive Oristano: your hotel is in a quiet location near SAN SALVATORE SINIS, 11km west of Oristano . Collect cycles and route briefing.

Day 2. Circular tour from SAN SALVATORE SINIS 32ml(52km)
Travel through the fascinating Sinis wetlands where there are colonies of pink flamingo and reach one of the most beautiful spots on the island, the white quartz beach of Is Arutas. After a visit to the Phoenician ruins of Tharros, return to the hotel.

Day 3. SAN SALVATORE SINIS - ARBUS 29ml(46km)
After a transfer to Arborea, cycle through the natural beauty spots of the Costa Verde, some of the most savage scenery on the island to reach Piscinas beach with its 50 m high sands dunes. Continue to overnight at Arbus

Day 4. ARBUS - NEBIDA 30ml(49km)
Today's ride takes you back to ancient mining past of Sardinia at the fascinating abandoned mines of Ingortosu and Planusartu. After the golden beach of Portixeddu and looming mass of Pan di Zucchero cliff, visit the old ore washery at Nebida, nestling in the varied colours of the Mediterranean bush, it looks out over the sea at the end of a long descent of 540 steps.

Day 5. NEBIDA - CALASETTA 27ml(43km)
After a beautiful descent to Fontanamare, reach Porto Scuso and the ferry to the island of Carloforte, where locals still fish for Red Tuna. From Carloforte, continue to the Island of Sant' Antioco and end your day in Calasetta.

Day 6. CALASETTA - S.ANNA ARRESI 27ml(43km)
Pedal through the meadows of the Isle of Sant' Antioco, green in springtime, golden yellow in the summer and enjoy the peace of the rolling plains of the Sulcis. At Tratalias, visit the Pisan sanctuary, an important monument of the Sardinian Romanesque period.

Day 7. S.ANNA ARRESI - PULA 37ml(60km)

The tour continues along the south coast with its gleaming white beaches, unspoilt natural landscape and imposing cliffs: pass Cape Malfatano with its 16th Century tower and Cape Spartivento before arriving at Pula.

Day 8. Depart PULA

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