# Two nights in Stintino: Asinara by 4x4 with white donkeys and Cala Sabina, La Pelosa by reservation and Capo Falcone Two nights in the centre of Stintino: on Saturday, Asinara by 4x4 with Cala d'Oliva, the white donkeys and Cala Sabina; on Sunday, La Pelosa by reservation and Capo Falcone. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/sardinia/stintino-and-asinara/itineraries/two-nights-by-boat-and-beach · Revisado: 2026-11-13 Dónde: Stintino and Asinara Island Stintino offers two journeys in one: Asinara, the island that was a quarantine station and prison and is now a national park, and La Pelosa, the shallow-water beach you can only set foot on with a reservation. With two nights you do both without rushing. On Saturday you cross to the island and tour it in a 4x4 van with a guide; on Sunday, a beach morning with your QR code, lunch facing the gulf and sunset at the Capo Falcone tower before heading back. ## How do you get there from Olbia or Cagliari? From Spain, fly to Olbia (OLB), with a direct flight from Barcelona, or to Cagliari (CAG), from Barcelona and Seville. Alghero (AHO) is closer to Stintino, about 50 km away, but has no direct flight from Spain. Hire a car at the airport: Stintino is about two hours from Olbia and about three and a half hours from Cagliari, estimated times without stops. On Saturday you do not need it: the boat to Asinara leaves from the village harbour. ## Before you go Book La Pelosa for Sunday at spiaggialapelosa.it: €3.50 per person; a thousand places are released at 9:00 on Friday. Children under 12 do not need to book. Book the 4x4 with Gite Asinara: the van carries eight people. Book Saturday dinner at Depalmas: it is compulsory. ## Where to stay? AccommodationWhereWho it suits Hotel SilvestrinoCentre of StintinoA 1949 hotel with a seafood restaurant and free parking 103 Stintino Boutique HotelPromenade, facing the new harbourBreakfast included and rooms with a terrace over the harbour Both nights at the Hotel Silvestrino, the oldest in the village, with free parking and its own seafood restaurant. If you prefer the harbour in front of you, the 103 Stintino Boutique Hotel is on the promenade, with breakfast included. ## What if you change a day? By sailing boat. From June to September, swap the 4x4 for the classic sailing boat of Gite Asinara: from €95 with lunch, drinks and tax, with stops at Cala d'Oliva and Cala Reale. No place at La Pelosa. Go to Le Saline, south of the village: long, with white pebbles and no quota. If it rains. The Tonnara Museum tells the story of tuna fishing and the founding of the village; from June to September it is open on Sunday morning and afternoon. €5, free for under-15s. ## El plan ### Friday · 16:00 · From Olbia or Cagliari to Stintino About two hours from Olbia or three and a half from Cagliari. Leave your luggage at the Silvestrino. ### Friday · 21:00 · Dinner at Il Portico Wood-fired pizza or grilled red tuna on the promenade, facing the harbour. ### Saturday · 08:55 · Asinara by 4x4 Meet at the Tanca Manna tourist harbour, twenty minutes before the 9:15 departure. Cala d'Oliva and its old prison, the white donkeys of Cala Reale and two hours of swimming at Cala Sabina. From €60, plus €20 for the boat and the landing tax. Bring your own lunch. ### Saturday · 17:30 · Back to Stintino A shower and a stroll round the old harbour. ### Saturday · 20:15 · Dinner at Agriturismo Depalmas 2 km away, in the countryside. A fixed menu of Sardinian inland cooking: house cured meats and pecorino, homemade pasta, suckling pig and seadas. ### Sunday · 09:00 · La Pelosa With your QR code and your mat. Shallow water, the 1578 tower and Piana island ahead. ### Sunday · 13:00 · Lunch at L'Ancora Over the beach, on the La Pelosa road, with picture windows onto the gulf. Fish from the gulf and homemade pasta. ### Sunday · 15:30 · Capo Falcone An hour to climb the tower, about 200 m above the sea, with views of La Pelosa and Asinara. ### Sunday · 17:00 · Return To Olbia, about two hours; to Cagliari, about three and a half. ## Consejos ### Log on at nine on Friday That is when the La Pelosa places for Sunday are released. ### Take food to Asinara The 4x4 does not include it and the island has few bars. ### Check the wind on Friday In a heavy sea, boats change route or do not sail: swap the days. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How many nights do you need in Stintino? Two for Asinara and La Pelosa; with three you add the sailing boat or a day at Le Saline. ### Do you need a car? To get there from Olbia or Cagliari, for Depalmas and for La Pelosa, yes. On the Asinara day, no. ### When should you go? From May to October, when the boats run; best in June and September. ### Is there a direct flight to Alghero? Not from Spain. Fly to Olbia or Cagliari. ## Dónde dormir if you're flying - **Hotel Ristorante Silvestrino**: The oldest hotel in the town The Silvestrino opened in 1949 and was Stintino's first hotel-restaurant. It is on Via Sassari, in the centre, a stroll from the two harbours and the Asinara departures, and five minutes by car from La Pelosa. It is a small three-star with 11 rooms, and is still in the hands of the same family: the chef, Efisio, is the founder's son. The rooms There are four types, all renovated, with a bathroom with a shower, hairdryer, air conditioning, television, telephone and minibar: Standard, simple, on the first or second floor. Triples, with a balcony. Quadruples or family rooms, on the first floor. Terrace, the biggest, on the second or third floor, with a panoramic terrace with a sea view and a sunbathing area. The hotel has no lift: if you have a lot of luggage or find stairs hard, ask for the first floor. Breakfast is a buffet in the restaurant room, and wifi is free throughout the building. The restaurant For many people, the Silvestrino is a restaurant before it is a hotel. Efisio has been in the kitchen for almost thirty years, with Stintino fish as the base: lobster, seafood antipasti, fregola, risottos, the Baci alla Silvestrino, the house dish, and tuna bottarga, made by the town's traditional method. If you sleep here, dining in is the logical choice on the first night. The website does not publish the menu or prices. Getting there and parking It has free parking, something you will appreciate in the centre in August. The hotel offers an airport shuttle; ask about the price and airports when booking. It accepts small animals if you tell them when booking. From here you can walk to the Asinara boats that leave from the town harbour and drive to La Pelosa in five minutes. The website does not publish prices or check-in and check-out times: ask for them when booking. - **103 Stintino Boutique Hotel**: A small hotel on the promenade The 103 is at number 103 of the Lungomare Colombo, the Stintino promenade, opposite the new harbour. Sardegna Turismo lists it as an albergo diffuso, a hotel spread across buildings in the town, and it belongs to the Stintino Hotels group, which also runs a residence, a restaurant at La Pelosetta and beach services. Its advantage is the location: the Asinara departures are within a radius of 2 km and the centre is at the door. The rooms All measure about 25 m², are for two people, with a double bed or two beds, and have an independent entrance with a key card. They have a bathroom with a chromotherapy shower, air conditioning, minibar, a 43-inch television and home automation. There are three types: With terrace and harbour view, on the first floor, with a table and chairs outside. This is the one to ask for. With harbour view, with a window onto the quay. Over the inner courtyard, quieter, with a small balcony or window onto the courtyard, 10 metres from the harbour. There is one adapted room for guests with disabilities. Cleaning is daily and the sheets are changed every three days, at no charge. Breakfast, bar and ice-cream parlour Breakfast is included. In the building there is a bar, an artisan ice-cream parlour and a small shop of Sardinian products with the wines of Tenute Stintino, from the area. If you want half board, dinner is at the La Pelosetta restaurant, from the same group. The staff help organise excursions to Asinara and around the area. Getting there The nearest airport is Alghero, 45 km away, but it has no direct flight from Spain: the usual way is to arrive by car from Olbia or Cagliari. The website does not publish its own parking, prices or check-in and check-out times; ask when booking on its booking engine or by WhatsApp. For La Pelosa you will need to take the car, a bike or the shuttle: it is 3.5 km. - **Club Esse Roccaruja**: A club hotel above La Pelosa The Roccaruja is at Capo Falcone, at the top of the Stintino point, 200 metres from La Pelosa and 3 km from the town. It is one of the first hotels built on the Sardinian coast and today is a four-star of the Italian Club Esse chain, with a club formula: full board, entertainment, pools and activities for children. Many rooms look onto the Gulf of Asinara, towards the sunrise. The rooms It has 135 rooms: doubles, triples, quadruples with bunk beds and two-room Family Garden rooms for four. Those in the main building almost all have a sea view, with a supplement of €20 a day per room; the Garden rooms, in the garden, have no view but are bigger and suit families better. All have a bathroom with a bath and shower, air conditioning, fridge, safe and television. There is also a Beach Suite on the sand, with a jacuzzi. What is included and what is not The price is per person per day on a full-board basis, with a buffet of Sardinian and Italian cooking, pizza and house water, wine and beer at meals. In 2026 it ranged from €90 in late May and September to €280 in the week of 15 August. You must add at the hotel the Esse Card, €7 a day per person from age 3, which gives access to the pool, the equipped beach, the kids' club and the entertainment. Beware of the minimum stay: 7 nights if the booking falls between 30 June and 8 September, and 4 nights including a Friday or Saturday the rest of the season. Check-in is from 16:00 and check-out before 10:00. According to its 2026 rates, it is open from 22 May to 4 October. For families It is the accommodation in the area most geared to children: Hero Camp for ages 3 to 13 from 9:30 to 18:30, a Young Club for teenagers, a children's menu, a bottle-feeding room open day and night, a children's pool, tennis, padel and beach volleyball courts, a diving centre and electric bike hire. The hotel beach is 30 metres away, with one umbrella and two sunloungers per room from the second row. From here, La Pelosa can be reached on foot, with your booking. Getting there It has a large interior car park and paid electric car charging. From Olbia it is 147 km and from Alghero airport, 51 km. It accepts one small dog per room, up to 20 kg, with notice. ## Dónde dormir if you're driving - **Hotel Ristorante Silvestrino**: The oldest hotel in the town The Silvestrino opened in 1949 and was Stintino's first hotel-restaurant. It is on Via Sassari, in the centre, a stroll from the two harbours and the Asinara departures, and five minutes by car from La Pelosa. It is a small three-star with 11 rooms, and is still in the hands of the same family: the chef, Efisio, is the founder's son. The rooms There are four types, all renovated, with a bathroom with a shower, hairdryer, air conditioning, television, telephone and minibar: Standard, simple, on the first or second floor. Triples, with a balcony. Quadruples or family rooms, on the first floor. Terrace, the biggest, on the second or third floor, with a panoramic terrace with a sea view and a sunbathing area. The hotel has no lift: if you have a lot of luggage or find stairs hard, ask for the first floor. Breakfast is a buffet in the restaurant room, and wifi is free throughout the building. The restaurant For many people, the Silvestrino is a restaurant before it is a hotel. Efisio has been in the kitchen for almost thirty years, with Stintino fish as the base: lobster, seafood antipasti, fregola, risottos, the Baci alla Silvestrino, the house dish, and tuna bottarga, made by the town's traditional method. If you sleep here, dining in is the logical choice on the first night. The website does not publish the menu or prices. Getting there and parking It has free parking, something you will appreciate in the centre in August. The hotel offers an airport shuttle; ask about the price and airports when booking. It accepts small animals if you tell them when booking. From here you can walk to the Asinara boats that leave from the town harbour and drive to La Pelosa in five minutes. The website does not publish prices or check-in and check-out times: ask for them when booking. - **Club Esse Roccaruja**: A club hotel above La Pelosa The Roccaruja is at Capo Falcone, at the top of the Stintino point, 200 metres from La Pelosa and 3 km from the town. It is one of the first hotels built on the Sardinian coast and today is a four-star of the Italian Club Esse chain, with a club formula: full board, entertainment, pools and activities for children. Many rooms look onto the Gulf of Asinara, towards the sunrise. The rooms It has 135 rooms: doubles, triples, quadruples with bunk beds and two-room Family Garden rooms for four. Those in the main building almost all have a sea view, with a supplement of €20 a day per room; the Garden rooms, in the garden, have no view but are bigger and suit families better. All have a bathroom with a bath and shower, air conditioning, fridge, safe and television. There is also a Beach Suite on the sand, with a jacuzzi. What is included and what is not The price is per person per day on a full-board basis, with a buffet of Sardinian and Italian cooking, pizza and house water, wine and beer at meals. In 2026 it ranged from €90 in late May and September to €280 in the week of 15 August. You must add at the hotel the Esse Card, €7 a day per person from age 3, which gives access to the pool, the equipped beach, the kids' club and the entertainment. Beware of the minimum stay: 7 nights if the booking falls between 30 June and 8 September, and 4 nights including a Friday or Saturday the rest of the season. Check-in is from 16:00 and check-out before 10:00. According to its 2026 rates, it is open from 22 May to 4 October. For families It is the accommodation in the area most geared to children: Hero Camp for ages 3 to 13 from 9:30 to 18:30, a Young Club for teenagers, a children's menu, a bottle-feeding room open day and night, a children's pool, tennis, padel and beach volleyball courts, a diving centre and electric bike hire. The hotel beach is 30 metres away, with one umbrella and two sunloungers per room from the second row. From here, La Pelosa can be reached on foot, with your booking. Getting there It has a large interior car park and paid electric car charging. From Olbia it is 147 km and from Alghero airport, 51 km. It accepts one small dog per room, up to 20 kg, with notice.