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Olbia

Travel Guide Europe Italy Sardinia Olbia

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Introduction

Olbia, Sardinia

Olbia is a port city in the northeast of Sardinia with around 55,000 inhabitants.

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Neighbourhoods

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Sights and Activities

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Events and Festivals

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Weather

Olbia has a typical Mediterranean climate, with warm, dry and sunny summers but mild and wetter winters, though during recent years drought has become a bigger problem. Temperatures in summer (June - September) are generally around 30 °C to 32 °C degrees Celsius during the day and still warm at night, with 20 °C on average but sometimes hardly dropping below 25 °C. During heat waves, temperatures here can rise to 40 °C or even a bit more. Winters from December to February are mild with daytime temperatures of around 14 °C to 16 °C and nights still well above 5 °C on average. This is also the time when most of the rain falls though occasionally summers can have a few rainshowers as well.

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Getting There

By Plane

Olbia-Costa Smeralda Airport in Olbia serves a large number of international and national destinations and is the second largest on the island, after Cagliari-Elmas Airport.

By Train

Trains go to Porto Torres, Golfo Aranci and Cagliari.

By Car

There are roads to Nuoro and Cagliari (SS131) and national roads to Sassari (SS199-E840), Tempio Pausania (SS127), and Palau (SS125).

By Bus

By Boat

Mainland Italy:

Grandi Navi Veloci seasonal between Genoa and Olbia.
Snav between Civitavecchia (port of Rome) and Olbia.
DiMaio Lines between Napels and Olbia.
Moby Lines between Leghorn and Olbia and seasonal between Genoa and Olbia and Civitavecchia and Olbia.
Tirrenia Ferries between Genoa and Olbia.
Tirrenia Ferries between Civitavecchia and Olbia.

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Getting Around

By Car

By Public Transport

By Foot

By Bike

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Eat

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Drink

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Sleep

Property	Address	Type	Popularity
Affittacamere B&B Janas	Via Lamarmora 61	Guesthouse	87
Agriturismo L'Aglientu B&B	Via L'Aglientu 1 Loc. Azzanì	guesthouse	-
B&B Asfodeli	Loc. Sanalvò-Vaccileddi,	Guesthouse	74
B&B Olbia	Via Monza, 2	Guesthouse	81
Ciro's House	Via Aspromonte, 7	Guesthouse	44
Domus Olbia Inn	via Liguria 24	Guesthouse	-
Drummì e Smulzà	Via Santa mariedda, s.n.	Guesthouse	-
Grand Hotel President	Via Principe Umberto, 9	hotel	-
Hotel Centrale	Corso Umberto 85	hotel	72
Hotel Club Cala Ginepro	Viale Cala Ginepro 76	hotel	-
Hotel Club I Giardini di Cala Ginepro	Viale Cala Ginepro 97 Orosei	hotel	-
Hotel Corallo	Via Londra 1 Località Montelongu Posada	hotel	61
Hotel Pozzo Sacro	Loc Pozzo Sacro Golfo Aranci	hotel	61
Hotel Royal	Viale Aldo Moro 333	Hotel	94
La Casa delle Fate B&B	Via Acquedotto, 98	Guesthouse	73
Luna Lughente	Località Pittulongu SS Panoramica Olbia Golfo Aranci	hotel	-
Residence Hotel Lu Nibareddu	Località Porto Taverna Monte Petrosu	hotel	81
Sa Cussorja	Via del ciliegio 18	hostel	61

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Work

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Learn

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Keep Connected

Internet

Phone

Post

Post Italiane is the national postal services of Italy and has quite an efficient network of postal offices and reliable postal services. Standard letters and postcards (up to 20 grams) cost €0.39 to send within Europe and the Mediterranean countries outside Europe and €0.41 to all other destinations throughout the country. Up to 50 grams, prices start at €0.52 for Europe, €0.62 for other areas. Packages start at €1.55 within Europe, and around €2.50 for other countries. Post office business hours in Italy are from 8:30am to 2:00pm from Monday to Friday, with closing times at Saturday and the last day of the month at 12 noon.

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