The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
In port at Golfo Arranci, the bucket-list move is Private Sailboat Day to La Maddalena Archipelago. Below: 2 bucket-list things to do on a Golfo Arranci port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Glide by private sailboat through the turquoise straits of La Maddalena Archipelago — 7,000 hectares of National Park, secret coves, and Caprera's wild granite shores. This is Sardinia at its most untouched and cinematic.
Book itNorthern Sardinia: La Maddalena Archipelago Boat Trip$73 per person
Join a small-group expert-led boat excursion into the Cetacean Sanctuary — one of Europe's richest marine corridors — for near-guaranteed sightings of bottlenose and striped dolphins in open Sardinian waters.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Paddle a sea kayak through the electric-blue waters of Cala Moresca and around the wild limestone flanks of Capo Figari — Sardinia's most dramatic headland — then snorkel pristine reefs and toast the sea with a local aperitivo.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Be chauffeured in a private luxury vehicle along the legendary Costa Smeralda — the playground of Aga Khan, Berlusconi, and the world's superyacht set — exploring glittering Porto Cervo, clifftop Baja Sardinia, and hidden coves.
Book itFrom Porto Rotondo: boat tour to Porto Cervo & Golfo Aranci$110 per person
Trek a wild limestone promontory above the Tyrrhenian Sea with a local naturalist guide — Capo Figari rewards with rare endemic flora, nesting griffon vultures, and 360° views stretching to Corsica and the Maddalena islands.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Descend into a 3,000-year-old Nuragic sacred well — one of Sardinia's most atmospheric Bronze Age temples — then explore Olbia's Phoenician-Roman layers with a private archaeologist guide who brings the island's deepest history alive.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Your day in Golfo ArranciNothing picked yet — tick what you fancy
$0for two, booked direct
Now plan the rest of it
You know what to do on the day. Here is the trip it belongs to —
each one opens as a whole plan, not a list: where to fly in, every port, what it runs.