Alghero
City in Sardinia, ItalyWikipedia
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Sep 26, 2026
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
In 1352, under the walls of Constantinople, the Genoese defeated the combined squadrons of the Venetians, the Catalonians, and the Greeks.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
But next year, the Bride of the Sea humbled the pride of Genoa in a disastrous engagement off Alghero.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
And in 1380, when the Genoese had gained possession of Chioggia and all but occupied Venice itself, the citizens rose like one man to meet the desperate emergency, and not only repulsed but surrounded the invaders and forced them to capitulate.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
From this time, Genoa declined in power, while Venice waxed stronger and more haughty.
Claudia TavaniHOST
That is why sometimes I see travel plans and wonder whether people have actually looked at the map.
Claudia TavaniHOST
They'll be staying in Alghero and want to pop over to Cala Glorica, then perhaps visit Cagliari, then head back north for dinner.
Claudia TavaniHOST
And actually I've seen this for real.
Claudia TavaniHOST
Technically, you can spend enormous amounts of your holiday driving, but why would you want to? And this assumption that Sardinia must be small also produces one of my favorite questions in my Facebook group.
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Claudia TavaniHOST
But a place doesn't suddenly become fake because tourists visit it.
Claudia TavaniHOST
Orgozolo doesn't stop being Sardinia because visitors go there to see the murals.
Claudia TavaniHOST
Alghero doesn't become inauthentic because it's popular.
Claudia TavaniHOST
Cagliari doesn't become less Sardinian because it's a city.
Gaute EinevollHOST
Mm-hmm.
Mihai PetroviciGUEST
Uh, it's in Sardinia, uh, in the, the northwest corner of Sardinia, close to Alghero.
Mihai PetroviciGUEST
Um-
Gaute EinevollHOST
Yeah.
Marc MigoGUEST
In Andorra, actually, it's the only official language.
Marc MigoGUEST
And there's even a part of Italy that's called Alghero that speaks Catalan, too.
Marc MigoGUEST
And this comes, it has historical reasons, historical roots, because centuries ago, the Catalan culture reached Italy and even Athens.
Robert MillerHOST
Interesting.
ValeriaHOST
did.
BenedettaHOST
But now where I went to, where did I go? To Alghero.
ValeriaHOST
Yeah, and then you have all the inland, and that's where you also have the blue zone.
BenedettaHOST
I've never been to the inland, but I have friends, even Floriana, when she went to interview the women that live in that little town where they have the people, it's a blue zone, where they have one of the oldest communities of people that live over 100, and It's like another world.
Claudia TavaniHOST
If you're staying in Cagliari, for example, you can get around the city easily, you can reach Poeto Beach by bus, you can use trains and buses to visit other towns, and there are guided tours that also take you to places that are more difficult to reach independently.
Claudia TavaniHOST
Alghero is another place where you can manage quite well without a car, especially if you're mostly interested in the town and in the nearby attractions.
Claudia TavaniHOST
But once you start trying to explore the more rural areas, the archaeological sites, the smaller villages or certain beaches, things become much more complicated.
Claudia TavaniHOST
And sometimes the problem isn't that public transportation doesn't exist.
Josh SchererHOST
A dialect? They speak like Algarese.
Josh SchererHOST
Whoa, really? And Alghero is literally like a Spanish or Catalan dialect.
Nicole EnayatiHOST
Really? That
Josh SchererHOST
they still speak.
Claudia TavaniHOST
Porto Torres is similar in that many visitors know it because of the ferry port.
Claudia TavaniHOST
It has important archaeological remains in the Basilica of San Gavino, but if someone asks me where to base themselves for several days in northwestern Sardinia, usually I would recommend Alghero.
Claudia TavaniHOST
Again, this isn't because these places are bad, it's about understanding their role and deciding whether they fit your trip.
Claudia TavaniHOST
Sassari was another answer and this one doesn't surprise me enormously either, although I personally think Sassari is very underrated.