Sardinia is the most expensive Italian cruising ground and the best sailing in the western Mediterranean. The north coast has granite islands, clear water and genuine wind; the Costa Smeralda has the most expensive berths in Europe. A charter week here is priced by which of those two you spend it in rather than by the boat.
What a Sardinian week costs
Nautilus Yachting publishes around 1,200 pounds a week for a two to three cabin bareboat monohull in low season Italy, which is the lowest published Italian week in this record. At the other end, Boataround publishes a 16.7m Solaris 55 at Porto Rotondo from 706 USD or 592 EUR a day, read on 11 September 2026, marked Skippered, with a full week at 5,295 USD on its own availability calendar for October. Those two describe the range on one island.
The extras, published in full on one listing
The same Boataround listing is unusually honest about what sits on top, and the figures are worth knowing before any Italian quote. A mandatory skipper at 238 USD a day. A mandatory transit log covering final cleaning and bed linen at 809 USD per rental. A gennaker at 214 USD a week if you want one. And a refundable security deposit of 3,573 USD held for the charter. On a week at 5,295 those are not a rounding error.
Where a Sardinian week goes
North from Olbia or Porto Rotondo into the Maddalena archipelago, a national park of granite islands between Sardinia and Corsica with the best anchorages in the Mediterranean and a permit requirement to enter. West to Corsica across the Bonifacio strait for crews with the week to spare, which is a genuine piece of sailing in a tide race. South to Cagliari is a delivery rather than a cruise.
The Costa Smeralda problem
Porto Cervo and the marinas around it charge more per night in August than many charter yachts cost per day. Crews who plan to berth there should price the berths before the boat; crews who anchor in the Maddalena and go ashore by dinghy have the same week at a fraction of the cost. This is the single largest variable in a Sardinian budget and none of it appears in a charter quote.
Questions people ask about bareboat charter sardinia
How much is a bareboat charter in Sardinia?
Nautilus Yachting publishes around 1,200 pounds a week for a low season two to three cabin Italian bareboat monohull; Boataround shows a full week at 5,295 USD for a 16.7m skippered Solaris 55 at Porto Rotondo, both read on 11 September 2026.
What extras does a Sardinian charter carry?
On one published listing: a mandatory skipper at 238 USD a day, a mandatory transit log at 809 USD per rental, an optional gennaker at 214 USD a week and a refundable deposit of 3,573 USD.
Where do you sail from Olbia?
North into the Maddalena archipelago, a national park of granite islands with a permit requirement, and west across the Bonifacio strait to Corsica for crews with the time.
Why is Sardinia expensive?
The berths rather than the boats. Porto Cervo and the Costa Smeralda marinas charge more per night in August than many charter yachts cost per day, and none of that is in a charter quote.