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 Car Hire & Driving in Olbia, ItalyWelcome to Olbia Car Hire, Sardinia Island, Italy; available at Olbia Airport.Sardinia Island Car HireIn his travelogue, Sea and Sardinia, D H Lawrence wrote that Sardinia was ‘left outside of time and history’. Indeed, the march of time has been slow in Sardinia, and traditions from ancient Europe have also survived in Sardinia, as you may be able to witness while travelling around Sardinia in your hire car. These traditions are displayed in Sardinia’s many festivals which you may be able to catch while in Sardinia in your hire car. Several different dialects and languages are spoken in Sardinia, Catalan can be heard in Alghero, and on the island of San Pietro, there is a Ligurian dialect. Of particular interest on Sardinia are the pre-historic nuraghe castles, villages, temples and tombs which litter the countryside and which you can visit in your hire car while on Sardinia. Olbia Car Hire Sardinia IslandAlthough the area around Olbia has been inhabited since the 8th century BC, the town was not actually founded until the 6th century BC. The Carthaginians decided on the location of Olbia because of the natural harbour which created excellent access to Italy. The Olbia’s export of corn served to make it economically very viable, and was its main source of income. The harbour that you can visit in your hire car today is used as the main access point to the island for the many Italians who spend their holidays there. The area around the port in Olbia has many bars and restaurants that you can visit in your hire car, giving credence to Olbia’s name, which means ‘happy town’. If you need a little bit of peace and quiet after the buzz of the bars, visit the little basilica on San Símplicio Piazza in your hire car in Olbia. This granite building is set back from the hustle and bustle of the rest of Olbia and is reputedly the most important historical building in Gallura. This church in Olbia was contructed in the 11th and 12th centuries, and features columns that were rescued from destroyed Roman buildings and you can visit it in your hire car. Even the font used for the holy water has been recycled – it used to be an urn containing ashes! Olbia is located on the Costa Smeralda, one of the most beautiful stretches of coast on the Mediterranean that you can explore in your hire car. Olbia is therefore a popular holiday destination for the rich and famous, but this fantastic area has much to offer the budget traveller and tourists in their hire car also. A wild and rocky coast on the one hand, catering for the more active holidaymaker – excellent opportunities for hiking and climbing, should you wish to leave the hire car for a more active pursuit. On the other hand there are beautiful sandy beaches around Olbia, ideal for long lazy days by the sea in your hire car. The rest if the island of Sardinia is easily accessible from Olbia in your hire car. Sardinia offers many historical sites which you can investigate in your hire car, with remnants of the many cultures that have passed through here. The Carthaginians, the Romans, and the Genoans have all left their traces in Sardinia and around Olbia – there are even examples of Spanish Baroque architecture to be found t6hgat you can also explore in your hire car. But the Nuraghic civilisation was unique to Sardinia, and the mysterious structures they built are dotted all over Sardinia. They are often situated in remote parts, so this is why a hire car is essential for exploring Olbia and Sardinia. The museums of Cagliari or Sassari have collections of artefacts left by this uniquely Sardinian culture which you can also visit in your hire car while in Olbia. Italy Car HireHome of opera, Ferrari and designers like Giorgio Armani, Prada and Gucci; Italy is a place of diversity and culture, all free to be explored in your hire car. From the snow capped peaks of the Alpes in the north, through to the unique and magical city of Venice in the northeast of Italy, whose streets are full of water, the central Tuscany region of Italy, full of evocative landscapes; peaceful and timeless, and the main wine making region of Italy; Florence, its capital, is a great art centre. Italy’s capital Rome is home of one of the greatest amphitheatres, the Colosseum, which was commissioned in AD 72, you will also find the Vatican City here in your hire car, the world capital of Catholicism and the world’s smallest state, occupying just 43ha (106 acres). The south of Italy is rich in archaeological remains, such as the famous Pompeii. Italy also includes the beautiful islands of Sicily and Sardinia, equally worth a visit in your hire car. See our links to Venice Car Hire, Florence Car Hire, Rome Car Hire, Naples Car Hire, together with Alghero, Cagliari, Olbia for Sardinia Car Hire and Catania and Palermo for Sicily Car Hire, for details of what you may see on a trip to these places in your hire car while exploring Italy.
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