Day 15, Sassari to Alghero

After the drama of the previous day we were looking forward to a simple, short ride to Alghero on the coast. It was not to be though, as Ross had come down with a digestive tract bug and so we delayed until he had gotten some cement powder from the pharmacy. After that it was a cautious, if easy ride.  It was quite scenic riding through varied farmland for most of the way, getting a more coastal "feel" as we got closer to our destination.

Garmin data

Another day of perfect weather and we arrived in Alghero, a coastal tourist town that must really bulge at peak season but had a fair crowd even now. It reminded me a lot of Otranto in Apuglia, with a similar fortified harbour, narrow tourist-oriented shopping streets and so on.

Although all three of us were in different accommodation, the structure was the same... an arched tunnel back from the street (so a window only at the front) into what must have been the basements of the houses above until tourism made it lucrative to do a makeover.

Seafood lunch on the waterfront for Keith and Patrick. Whole fish of the day washed down with local vino bianco!

I walked around the harbour fortifications, quite similar to places on the Puglia coast - I guess that the threats were the same.

The tourist shopping streets had the same stuff and we're moderately crowded. Must be hell in peak season.