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7 slow days: Alghero

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A 7-day slow trip across 4 towns based out of Alghero, drawn from the 1,000 Italian communes most travelers skip.

7 days · September · food & wine-first · moderate walking

Alghero

Alghero, 7 days

Base yourself in Alghero and make these your day trips.

4 towns · qualifying pool of 4 from 40 candidates

Coastal towns in the provinces of Sassari, Oristano, and Sud Sardegna. Borghi Più Belli d'Italia, wine territory, and olive oil country.

Getting around

Rent a car for this corner. Alghero, your base, is on the rail network. Only 1 of the 4 towns have a railway station; the day trips assume driving.

Your timing

September sits in this corner's best window: open, temperate, and short of the crowd months.

Day 1 · Arrive in Alghero

Settle in. Alghero is your base for the next 7 days. Take the afternoon to walk the centro, find your bearings, eat something local.

Alghero

Province: Sassari

Alghero

The Catalan city of northwest Sardinia, repopulated by Peter IV of Aragon in 1354.

Picked for:food and wine · coastal

Day 2 · Day trip to Castelsardo

First outing. Head to Castelsardo for the day. Take the slow road, leave time to wander, be back in Alghero for dinner.

Castelsardo

Province: Sassari

Castelsardo

A Doria sea fortress at 114 meters above the Gulf of Asinara, Genoese from 1100, Aragonese from 1448, Savoyard from the 1700s.

Picked for:art and history · coastal

Day 3 · Day trip to Bosa

Out again, this time to Bosa. Same rhythm: leave after breakfast, return for evening in Alghero.

Bosa

Province: Oristano

Bosa

A colour-washed riverside town on Sardinia's only navigable river, with a Malaspina castle on the hill and the tanneries of Sas Conzas along the Temo.

Picked for:food and wine · coastal

Day 4 · Day trip to Carloforte

Last day trip in this corner, to Carloforte. Make a day of it, then back to Alghero.

Carloforte

Province: Sud Sardegna

Carloforte

A Ligurian-speaking fishing town on the Isola di San Pietro, founded in 1738 by coral fishers returning from Tunisian Tabarka.

Picked for:art and history · island

Day 5 · Day in Alghero

A slower day. Stay in Alghero. Walk side streets, find the market, take a long lunch.

Day 6 · Day in Alghero

A slower day. Stay in Alghero. Walk side streets, find the market, take a long lunch.

Day 7 · Day in Alghero

A slower day. Stay in Alghero. Walk side streets, find the market, take a long lunch.

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