The Centro Velico Caprera only organises transport La Maddalena-Caprera-La Maddalena.
From Olbia to Palau (40km)
In addition to taxis, there is a regular bus service from the port or airport of Olbia to the port of Palau.
Bus timetable
ARST - toll free number 800 865 042
TURMOTRAVEL - tel 0789/21487
From Palau to Maddalena
There is a regular ferry every 15 minutes (journey time about 15 minutes).
From La Maddalena to Caprera
Every Saturday in La Maddalena at 13:45, on the seafront via Amendola, motorboat Apollo II with a CVC sign will take the students to Caprera (appointment 10/15 minutes before).
Before 1 May and after 31 October, the motorboat will be replaced by a coach, same time and meeting point.
For Skipper courses you will be given instructions at the time of confirmation.
Return from Caprera to La Maddalena
Students are taken by motorboat back to La Maddalena, where they arrive at approximately 12.00 noon.
Before 1 May and after 31 October, the motorboat will be replaced by a coach.
CONVENTIONS AND DISCOUNTS
Travel: Moby Lines, Tirrenia and Grimaldi Lines.
Grimaldi.
Other: Palau Maritime Station.
Agreements with Moby Lines and Tirrenia are handled through the CVC secretariat.
To use it, send an email to info@centrovelicocaprera.it after confirmation of course registration, to receive a form to send to Moby/Tirrenia with your progressive number to be included in the request.
VALID DATES FOR THE CONVENTION:
from Livorno, Piombino and Civitavecchia to Olbia and v.v.: February to December 2023 (except for periods excluded from the agreement - below);
Discount of 25% off the regular rate available at the time of booking, applicable to No. 2 associates plus one vehicle (car with height less than 2.20 meters - motorcycle);
from Genoa to Olbia and Porto Torres and v.v.: February to December 2023 (except for periods excluded from the agreement - below);
20% discount on the regular rate available at the time of booking, applicable to No. 2 associates plus one vehicle (car with height less than 2.20 meters - motorcycle).
PLEASE NOTE:
The discount is valid until the number of seats allocated to it is exhausted;
The discount will be applicable only with the Best Offer fare (NO RESIDENTS/NATIVES);
The discount cannot be combined with other promotions or vouchers issued for other initiatives;
Anything not specified above (additional passengers not registered with the Sailing Center, accommodations, etc.) will be quoted at the day and list rates;
In the event of requests for changes or cancellation, the penalties specified in our General Conditions of Carriage will be applied;
Port taxes, fees, charges and other costs are always excluded and to be added to the booked categories;
It is important that the measurements (height and length) of the vehicles stated in the reservation turn out to be accurate when boarding. Should the port assistance staff find any anomalies in the reservation, compared to what is present at boarding, they will require payment of a penalty and vehicle boarding will not be guaranteed.
PERIOD EXCLUDED FROM THE CONVENTION:
Go (mainland to island): April 05 to 08; April 21 to 28; May 24 to 30; June 01 to 04; June 23 to 25; every Friday and Saturday in AUGUST and SEPTEMBER and every day from June 30 to August 15 inclusive;
Returns (island to mainland): 09 to 11 April; 25 to 26 April; 02 to 04 June; 09 to 11 June; 24 to 26 June; 30 June to 03 July; every Saturday and Sunday in JULY, AUGUST and SEPTEMBER and every day from 05 August to 19 September inclusive.
Said discounts will be given to vehicles and to passing members upon presentation of the credential, complete with the progressive no.
issued by the CENTRO VELICO CAPRERA secretariat at the time of registration.
IMPORTANT: Reservations and tickets may be requested via e-mail.
In order to access the benefits, members must contact our booking agents by sending the credential complete in all
its parts to one of the following e-mail addresses:
moby.portoferraio@moby.it; moby.firenze@moby.it; moby.milano@moby.it; moby.bologna@moby.it; moby.roma@moby.it; convenzioni@tirrenia.it
The agreement with Grimaldi Lines is managed through the CVC Secretariat.
To use it, contact info@centrovelicocaprera.it after course registration confirmation to receive the discount code to be used for booking with Grimaldi Lines.
GRIMALDI LINES AGEVIATIONS
On the purchase of Grimaldi Lines ferry connections to Sardinia
- 15% discount (fixed fees and onboard services excluded) for departures from 16/02/2023 to 30/06/2023 and
01/09/2023 to 31/12/2023
- 10% discount (fixed fees and onboard services excluded) for departures from 01/07/2023 to 31/08/2023
You are advised to visit www. grimaldi-lines.com/en/ for schedules and itineraries.
HOW TO BOOK
Once you have obtained the discount code from the secretary, you can book Grimaldi Lines ferry connections in one
of the following ways.
On the website www.grimaldi-lines.com by entering the discount code in the relevant field.
By contacting the Grimaldi Lines Call Center at 081496444 indicating convention and
discount code.
By sending an e-mail to info@grimaldi.napoli.it indicating convention and discount code.
At the port ticket offices of Civitavecchia, Livorno, Olbia and Porto Torres.
At Grimaldi Tours outlets indicating convention and discount code:
- Naples, Via Marchese Campodisola, 13
- Rome, Via Rasella 157
- Cagliari, Via della Maddalena 3
Only one discount code may be used per booking whether one-way or round-trip
booked at the same time.
Conditions of Application
The discount:
The discount:
- applies to the purchase of the sea connections indicated to the ship passage fees (adult/child),
accommodation supplement (armchair, berth, cabin), accompanying vehicle and pets.
- It does not apply to fixed charges, (or port charges for lines in territorial continuity: from Civitavecchia
to Arbatax and Cagliari and vice versa; from Naples and Palermo to Cagliari and vice versa), meals, insurance
trip cancellation and onboard services.
- It can be combined with any offers active at the time of booking unless otherwise specified
in the relevant conditions of applicability available on the grimaldi-lines.com website.
- The discount applies to both the special and standard fare levels. Issued tickets follow the conditions
of change and cancellation provided by the chosen fare level.
- The discount does not apply on lines operated by Grimaldi Euromed spa under
concession regime to which the discount applied will always be 10%. By lines operated under
concessionary regime are meant precisely: Cagliari / Naples / Palermo;
Civitavecchia / Cagliari / Arbatax.
- Cannot be combined with native/resident fares except for lines in convention (Naples-Cagliari,
Cagliari-Naples, Cagliari-Palermo, Palermo-Cagliari, Civitavecchia-Arbatax, Arbatax-Civitavecchia,
Civitavecchia-Cagliari, Cagliari-Civitavecchia).
- Cannot be combined with senior fare, convention discounts, partnerships and discount codes;
- Does not apply in conjunction with on-board events.
- Applies to member and traveling together (same reservation).
- Is not retroactive and must be requested at time of reservation.
Agreement with Stazione Marittima Palau
To all Caprera students leaving for a course, 10% discount on all products on sale (except newspapers and tobacco) and fixed price 12€ on lunch (a first course, a second course, a drink, a coffee). Menu and information at the cash desk.
We highlight the Facebook page (not moderated by CVC) Arrivals & Departures CVC, where trainees,
independently, get in touch to organise themselves among themselves.
