(3 days / 2 nights, from Alghero airport)
Winery, castles, nuraghes, caves, Romanic cathedral, natural beauty, traditional lunch.
Day 1: Alghero / Villanova Monteleone / Bosa
Arrival in Alghero and pick-up the rental car at the airport. Visit a famous winery. Lunch in a farm. In the afternoon, departure to Bosa, town of Carthaginian origin and situated at the mouth of the river Temo. Visit of the town and of the Serravalle’s Castle. Dinner in restaurant and overnight in hotel in Bosa.
Day 2: Bosa / Sassari / Castelsardo / Alghero
After breakfast drive toward Sassari, with a stop by the Nuraghe of Santu Antine and at the Cathedral of Saccargia, definitely the best example of Romanic architecture in Sardinia. In Sassari, second city of Sardinia, visit the archaeological museum Sanna and the Duomo of San Nicola. Lunch at leisure. Continue to Castelsardo, visit of the Doria Castel and the weaving museum. Departure to Alghero, dinner and overnight in hotel.
Day 3: Alghero
Breakfast and then visit of this Catalan city, starting with the old town and its monuments: Church of San Francesco, the Cathedral, the bastions and the Aragonese towers. If the weather is good, possible excursion to Neptun’s caves. Visit the nuraghe Palmavera, with a panoramic stop along the way to see the Foradada and the Escala del Cabriol with its 654 steps carved into the cliff, the reach Neptun’s caves. Back to the airport, return the rental car before departure.