Alghero

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Introduction

Alghero is a small city of about 44,000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari. Located in the northwest of the island of Sardinia, it's a good base for exploring this part of the island, but the city has something to offer itself as well. It has medieval centre with cobbled lanes, bustling squares and beautiful city walls. A small part of the population still speaks Catalan, a Spanish dialect.

For more information check the official Alghero Touristic website (English, Italian, French).

Neighbourhoods

Sights and Activities

• Palazzo Carcassona
• Alghero Cathedral - started during the late 16th century, but not finished before 1730.
• The church of St. Francis - dating back to 1360, but rebuilt during the 16th century.
• The church of St. Michael
• The Madonna del Santo Rosario
• The Torre del Portal
• The Tower dell'Esperò Reial (16th century).
• Palazzo D'Albis - an example of Catalan-Aragonese architecture of the 16th century.
• Neptune's Grotto
• Porto Conte
• Capo Caccia

Events and Festivals

Weather

Alghero has a great climate with warm, dry and sunny summers from late May to early October. Temperatures are usually around 30 degrees Celsius during the day and around 20 degrees at night though occasionally temperatures can hit 40 degrees as well. The wintermonths last from December to February when temperatures are around 10 to 14 degrees during the day and chilly nights. This is also the time when most of the rain falls, though months without a single drop of rain are even possible during winter.

Getting There

By Plane

Fertilia Airport near Alghero has a growing number of flights serving the city and island of Sardinia. It's especially popular with budget airlines. For example, Ryanair flies to Alghero from Ancona, Bari, Billund, Bremen, Brescia, Brussels, Dublin, Eindhoven, Genoa, Girona, Graz, Frankfurt, Liverpool, London, Lübeck, Madrid, Milan-Bergamo, Oslo, Paris, Parma, Pisa, Rome, Stockholm, Venice, Verona and Weeze (near Düsseldorf, across the border from Nijmegen, Netherlands.

A few other airlines serve domestic destinations and Copenhagen and Helsinki.

By Train

Up to 11 trains daily run to and from Sassari (35 minutes).

By Car

By Bus

buses to Sassari leave regularly and take about an hour. There are up to eight buses to Porto Torres and other destinations include two buses daily to Bosa and three buses daily to Olbia.

By Boat

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