Alghero Airport is the ideal starting point for road-trips around Sicily. However, there are also frequent bus connections to nearby towns from the terminal.
Car rental
If you want to explore Sardinia on your own, driving around and discovering deserted beaches or mountain villages, the best mode of transport is a rental car. Many car rental companies, both local and multinational, are based at Olbia airport. You can easily compare them all at the click of a button, for example via this website:
Prices vary greatly according to the season and especially how far in advance you book. If you book a car a month in advance for the summer season, you will pay for a week at 400 eur, but if you book six months in advance, for example, you will only pay 165 eur for the same car for the same period of time.
Discover Sardinia with our guide and find out where to go:
Bus to Alghero
Get to Alghero, the 10km town after which the airport is named, by local public transport from ARST.
The ARST bus ticket machine is located outside the airport concourse. You can pay by card at some of the machines. Tickets can only be purchased from the driver at stops where there is no machine.
- ALFA line (timetable: arstspa.info/ALFA) - the journey to the main bus station (via Catalogna) takes 20 minutes. The bus runs about once an hour, the first connection from the city at 5:00, the last connection from the airport at 23:00. The ticket costs 1,30 eur at the ticket machine in the arrivals hall or for 1 eur via the DropTicket app (available on Google Play / App Store). It is possible to purchase a 24-hour ticket for Alghero's city buses for 2,80 eur.
- Line 9312 (Timetable: arstspa.info/9312) - additional intercity service, ticket for 1,30 eur, can also be purchased at the ticket machine and via the app, the last connection from the airport runs until 23:15
- Line 714 (timetable: arstspa.info/714) - additional intercity transport connection, ticket for 1,30 eur, can also be bought at the ticket machine and via the app.
Bus to Sassari
Sassari, also 30 km away, is connected to the airport by ARST with about ten daily frequencies. From Sassari you can then take the train or bus to most parts of Sardinia.
- Line 760 (timetable: arstspa.info/760) - the journey to the main bus station (via Padre Zirano) takes 30 minutes. The bus runs about 10 times a day, the first service from the city leaves before 5:00, the last service from the airport at 0:15. The ticket costs 3,10 eur at the vending machine in the arrivals hall (exact change required) or via the DropTicket app (available on Google Play / App Store).
Buses to other cities
There are direct connections from the airport to other cities in Sardinia, we select the most frequently used destinations:
- Olbia - 2-4 times a day direct connection SunLines line 90, ticket for 25 eur with the driver. The cheaper connection to Olbia is by bus 714 to Sassari and from there by Trenitalia train.
- Bosa - 3-6 times a day direct ARST connection line 9312, ticket for 4,30 eur at a newsagent, vending machine or DropTicket app
- Porto Torres - 2 times a day direct ARST connection of line 714, ticket for 3,10 eur at a newsagent, vending machine or DropTicket app
- Stintino - 4x daily direct Sardabus service, ticket 3,70 eur at the driver
- Castelsardo - 1x daily direct connection Digitur, tickets at the driver
- Badesi - 1x daily direct Digitur connection, tickets at the driver
- Santa Teresa Gallura - 1x daily direct Digitur connection, tickets at the driver
- Cagliari - 1-2 times daily direct connection Logudoro Tours, tickets at the driver
- Nuoro - 2x daily direct connection Reden Tours, ticket for 18 eur at the driver