{"id":2456,"date":"2019-02-02T08:05:39","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T08:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/our-actuality\/alghero-history-sea-nature-and-curiosity\/"},"modified":"2019-02-02T08:05:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T08:05:40","slug":"alghero-history-sea-nature-and-curiosity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/en\/our-actuality\/alghero-history-sea-nature-and-curiosity\/","title":{"rendered":"ALGHERO &#8211; History, sea, nature and curiosity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-av_slideshow_full-099ee754ffea9634c885ab99a4b8f5ec avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 20.833333333333%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-av_slideshow_full-099ee754ffea9634c885ab99a4b8f5ec__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-2230 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-2230\"  src=\"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/testata-13.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"400\" title='testata-13' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/testata-13.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/testata-13-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/testata-13-768x160.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/testata-13-1030x215.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/testata-13-1500x313.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/testata-13-705x147.jpg 705w, https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/testata-13-450x94.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-2456'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2bd894dbf2e4bf2c4acf98ce4fbf94aa '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h1><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">ALGHERO &#8211; History, sea, nature and curiosity<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">The Bed &amp; Breakfast Pintadera is located in Santa Maria la Palma just a few minutes drive from the magnificent Alghero and it is for this our love for this city that we describe in this article hoping it can arouse interest, bringing you directly here to visit it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">Alghero in Italian, the Alguer in Catalan, s&#8217;Alighera in Sardinian, is a city of about 45,000 inhabitants, part of the province of Sassari.<br \/>\nIt is also known as <strong>Barceloneta<\/strong>, the small Barcelona: the city has in fact preserved the use of Catalan, and 22% of its inhabitants speak it in the variant of Alghero.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">The city is one of the gateways to the Island, thanks to the airport located near Fertilia. It is the capital of the <strong>Riviera del Corallo<\/strong>, a name that derives from the fact that in the waters of its bay is the largest amount of precious <strong>red coral<\/strong> of the finest quality and that for centuries has had great importance, so that a coral branch is inserted in the emblem of the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">The name and its dialect<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\"><strong>Alghero<\/strong> is the third university city of Sardinia, with the seat of the Department of Architecture, Design and Urban Planning of the University of Sassari.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">The name of the city has uncertain derivations, but the most reliable hypothesis is that it comes from Aleguerium (algae), due to the considerable amount of Posidonia Oceanica that settles every year on its sandy coast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">In agreement with the European Union, as well as with the Autonomous Region of Sardinia, the Municipality of Alghero has decided to adopt as an official language, along with Italian, the Catalan dialect of Alghero and as an example in the name of the city streets is often Catalan wording.<\/span><br \/>\n<span id=\"Maglia_urbana\" class=\"mw-headline\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">His own story<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">The city is one of the few centers in Italy to have preserved almost intact walls and towers that have always surrounded it. Today its bastions, dedicated to the great navigators, Colombo, Pigafetta, Magellano and Marco Polo, have become an evocative walk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">Alghero was built between 1102 and 1112 by the Doria family and its first fortifications date back a few decades later. At the end of the XIII century there was an enlargement. Of what has been, almost everything has come down to us: the sea-side walls and eight sixteenth-century town towers (plus 11 along the coast).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">The Porta Terra tower was Porta Rejal, the city&#8217;s entrance coming from Sassari. The tower of St. John was that of &#8216;middle&#8217;, while that of Sulis is known for the bloody night battle between 5 and 6 May 1412.<br \/>\nThe urban perimeter also includes the towers of San Giacomo, Polveriera and Sant&#8217;Elmo, a holy navigator. Finally, the Royal Garitta, guard outpost at the end of the Marco Polo bastions, and the tower of La Maddalena with protruding drains to throw on the enemies oil and boiling water, also called Garibaldi, which landed here in 1855.<br \/>\nTo the south, along the panoramic for <strong>Bosa<\/strong>, we find two other towers, while to the north, between the park of <strong>Porto Conte and Capo Caccia<\/strong>, six and three others are in <strong>Porto Ferro.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">The center and its coastline<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">In Alghero, the whole historic center, of Spanish architectural origin, is worth a visit. Largely restored over the last twenty years, it is an<strong> authentic jewel<\/strong> that makes staying in the Catalan town even more pleasant. The historic center is animated until late at night, especially during the summer, by <strong>important cultural, gastronomic and entertainment events<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">Alghero has a <strong>very varied natural landscape<\/strong>, from fine sandy beaches to cliffs with pebbles: you can appreciate the view from the sea, as you can grasp the variety of its coast mixed with vegetation, the typical Mediterranean vegetation and the pine forest that often makes from outline; much appreciated for its panorama is the <strong>promontory of Capo Caccia<\/strong>, with its now known cliff shaped as a sleeping giant that has become one of the symbols of Alghero.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">The Capo Caccia area, overlooking the Isola Piana and the Gulf of Porto Conte, is a site of primary naturalistic interest, in which the <strong>Marine Protected Natural Area<\/strong> was established. The particular geological conformation, makes the area very rich in caves and ravines, still largely unexplored.<br \/>\nHere are the famous <strong>Grotte di Nettuno<\/strong>, accessible both from the sea and from the ground (through the famous <strong>Escala del Cabirol,<\/strong> 656 steps), and that offers inside a panorama of salt and pools, stalactites and stalagmites.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">Another protected area where trekking is possible is the <strong>Arca di No\u00e8<\/strong>, located not far from the hamlet of Tramariglio: here, on the edge of the cliffs, the griffin and other protected birds like the peregrine falcon, the cormorant and the seagull still nest. course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">There are also <strong>numerous possibilities for lovers of diving<\/strong> with several kilometers of limestone cliffs overlooking the sea and countless karstic caves, one of the most spectacular environments in the Mediterranean that offer a great variety of marine fauna and flora. Red coral colonies and various types of crustaceans, including lobster, lobsters and cicadas and then moray eels, conger eels, and specimens of brown grouper are visible just a few meters deep.<br \/>\nThe most famous site is the Nereo cave, considered the largest sea cave in Europe, with depths ranging from -30 to -6 m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">Near the fraction of Fertilia, there is the brackish water pond of Calich, with the ruins of the Roman bridge, where pink flamingos once appeared during the migration period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">For those who love biting inside a reference point is the <strong>lake of Baratz<\/strong>, not far from our B &amp; B, (the only natural freshwater lake of Sardinia) with the surrounding pine forest, lake where during the retreat the German army plunged weapons and ammunition.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">Food &amp; Wine<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">The Alghero cuisine is based above all on fish and shellfish, some typical dishes are the lobster algherese, coppazza and spaghetti with sea urchins, spaghetti alla bottarga, the monzette baked in the oven and the paella algherese, which then accompany the dishes and typical Sardinian products; and finally some sweets like the burnt cream and blancmange, better known with the Catalan name, menjar blanc. Among the vegetables we remember the corallino tomato, the camona tomato, the artichokes and the thistles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">The wine of this area, the Alghero DOC, is for the most part produced by the Sella &amp; Mosca estate, of which it is possible to visit the cellars and which has a wine ecomuseum inside it; also important is the production of olive oil, which comes from the olive groves of the Alghero area.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">Transportation and connections<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">Speaking of transport, in the Pietraia district is the station of Alghero, the terminus of the railway to Sassari. The line is served by the ARST trains that <strong>connect Alghero with Olmedo and Sassari<\/strong> and with various stops in the countryside crossed, including those of Punta Moro and Mamuntanas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">The port of call of the city is the <strong>Port of Porto Torres, just over 30 km<\/strong> from the center.<br \/>\nIn Alghero there is also a port, but a tourist type that offers sea connections between the city and the <strong>Neptune caves or other activities and excursions<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"tlid-translation translation\">At about 12 km from the center, near the fraction of Fertilia, there is the <strong>airport of Alghero-Fertilia<\/strong>, which guarantees connections between the city and various national and international destinations and that in the last ones contributed to the development of the city and, more in general, of the whole territory of the north west of Sardinia.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-4f73e3b62057814dfa717b8265efdb4e\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-4f73e3b62057814dfa717b8265efdb4e{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-4f73e3b62057814dfa717b8265efdb4e .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-4f73e3b62057814dfa717b8265efdb4e .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-4f73e3b62057814dfa717b8265efdb4e av-special-heading-h3 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_magazine '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >It could also interest you<\/h3><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-2456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-actuality","tag-alghero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2457,"href":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2456\/revisions\/2457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bbpintadera.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}