I have just spent 2 weeks riding in Corsica and Sardinia and thought that I would share a few thoughts. May 2026.
Getting there - three options; fly and hire, ride down on the bikes or trailer the bikes down to south of France and park the car/trailer and ride from there. First option is doable. Each island has a couple of companies that hire bikes. some don't allow taking the bikes to the other island but some do. We decided not to do this as we preferred to take our own bikes. We didn't do the drive the bikes down option - we considered it too brutal to ride all of the way down. It would have taken 3 days each way of horrible motorway driving (however, some people might like this). We chose the car/trailer option (as we had access to car and trailer. It was a long haul but it worked well. We caught an early afternoon shuttle on the first day, slept at a hotel about 2 hours south of Calais. Second day, we drove all the way to Toulon, France (10+ hours) where we parked the car and trailer in a trailer park (Phillippe of Six Fours Karting - if interested DM me for intro and telephone number. He was really helpful and friendly). We caught a 21.00 ferry from Toulon to Ajaccio, Corsica. The ferry arrived at 07.00 the next morning.
We spent about one week in Corsica and one week in Sardinia. I thought that roads were extraordinarily good. If you can go, you should go. For me, Sardinia had the edge as it the roads were as good but slightly less crowded and slightly cheaper. Both places were fantastic and the difference is minor and so not really worth worrying about. If you can only go to one, whichever is easier is fine. If possible do both.
DM for any questions.
Getting there - three options; fly and hire, ride down on the bikes or trailer the bikes down to south of France and park the car/trailer and ride from there. First option is doable. Each island has a couple of companies that hire bikes. some don't allow taking the bikes to the other island but some do. We decided not to do this as we preferred to take our own bikes. We didn't do the drive the bikes down option - we considered it too brutal to ride all of the way down. It would have taken 3 days each way of horrible motorway driving (however, some people might like this). We chose the car/trailer option (as we had access to car and trailer. It was a long haul but it worked well. We caught an early afternoon shuttle on the first day, slept at a hotel about 2 hours south of Calais. Second day, we drove all the way to Toulon, France (10+ hours) where we parked the car and trailer in a trailer park (Phillippe of Six Fours Karting - if interested DM me for intro and telephone number. He was really helpful and friendly). We caught a 21.00 ferry from Toulon to Ajaccio, Corsica. The ferry arrived at 07.00 the next morning.
We spent about one week in Corsica and one week in Sardinia. I thought that roads were extraordinarily good. If you can go, you should go. For me, Sardinia had the edge as it the roads were as good but slightly less crowded and slightly cheaper. Both places were fantastic and the difference is minor and so not really worth worrying about. If you can only go to one, whichever is easier is fine. If possible do both.
DM for any questions.
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