How to reach Asinara Island.

From Porto Torres:

Asinara Island can be reached via a public ferry service, departing from the Dogana-Segni dock in the commercial port of Porto Torres.

The service is provided using the “Sara D” ferry, run by the Delcomar shipping line ;

For up-to-date information on costs and times, please visit the official website of the shipping line, or request information at Reception during your stay at Il Melo.

Delcomar – Management Office
Telephone : +39 0781 857123
www.delcomar.it
info@delcomar.it

Office for information on the Porto Torres – Asinara line

Telephone : +39 345 3683626

You can only board the Sara D on foot or by bike – no private cars are permitted to disembark on Asinara Island. You can park your car free of charge at the dock.

Tickets can be purchased on board the Sara D or at the Riu newsstand in Piazza Colombo.

After a journey lasting 1 hour and 15 minutes, you will disembark at the Cala Reale dock on Asinara Island.

The National Park can be visited in several different ways.

Bicycle hire.

You can hire bicycles and make your way right around the island, aside from just a few, well-signposted areas – the so-called Aree A, (“A-Areas”) – which people are not permitted to visit (the island is protected by Carabinieri and forestry guards, whose duties include the safeguarding of these areas). At Fornelli, Cala d’Oliva and Cala Reale you will find catering facilities that are open seasonally (information can be found at Reception at Il Melo Residence).

Public transport.

As we always remind our guests, Asinara Island is enormous, and so any attempt to visit it on foot in a single day is crazy!

Seasonally, during the summer months, public transport is available in the form of a minibus, which runs along the asphalt road that links up Fornelli, Cala Reale and Cala d’Oliva. The start date of the public transport service and information on the timetables and stops are communicated on a seasonal basis, so ask at Reception at Il Melo if you want to use this service.