Alghero has been a good city for a relaxed 4-night stay and the food here is really good. There were many options for focaccia at Bar Milese but the “Specialty of the House”made with ham, tuna, boiled egg slices and tomato was a winner.
Tuesday we drove to one hour south of Alghero to Bosa, a lovely town on the Temo River.
It’s a colorful fishing village with pleasant streets and alleyways for wandering.
After a nice lunch of calamari and perfectly grilled tuna, we headed back to Alghero. Along the way, we followed signs that led us six kilometers on a narrow winding roadway, all uphill. Near the top, we found a very well-maintained archeological park with the remains of three Bronze-Age nuraghi.
Naurghe, a word of ancient and unknown origin, is a tower-like structure built of large stones that stands one to three stories in height. The structures date back to 1800 BC and there are about 7,000 of these structures left in Sardinia.
The photo below, shows the entrance to one naurghe – we went inside to see the complexity of the rooms and chambers.
While from the outside, it looks like a pile of rocks, the interior is a fascinating to explore.
The weather has remained hot and dry but temperatures will be a bit cooler today. There is plenty of things here to explore but tomorrow we move to our next stop on the northern tip of the island, Santa Teresa Gallura.