Ferries to Sardinia: ferriessardinia.in/ Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily). It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are (clockwise from north) the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands. The name Sardinia came probably from the ancient sardinian mythological hero and god whose name was Sardo. Sardinia in the past was also called Icnhusa and Sandalion by the ancient Greeks and the Romans. ( source Wikipedia )