Pia Maria beach, Alghero.
Pia Maria beach, Alghero.
The promenade in Alghero.
Sardinia in sepia! Alghero has a pretty, walled medieval town surrounded by the Mediterranean sea.
Unfortunately the best weather we had was the day we arrived and the day we left. The weather was (apparently) uncharacteristically cool and the seas were rough. This meant the main tourist attraction in Alghero (apart from relaxing on the beach and strolling through the Old Town), Neptune's Grotto, was closed every day we were there! We were keen to see it as the pictures of huge stalactites and stalagmites in the caves set into a sheer cliff looked pretty amazing so that was a bit of a disappointment. We went out to the entrance though, and the above photo is of the '654-step Goat's stairway' leading down the cliff into the caves.
The dramatic cliffs surrounding the caves.
There weren't too many tourists around at this time of the year so we found lots of quiet bays and beaches to relax on.
The medieval walls and apricot-coloured houses in Alghero.
MC in a typical Alghero street.
MC's 27th birthday dinner. The peachy-coloured buildings look really pretty at sunset.
Earlier the same evening. We had to have the birthday dinner the day after the birthday as unfortunately MC slept through the actual birthday after the sleep-deprived night at the airport. Luckily John was on hand to make an emergency dash for pizza when she woke up after the slightly longer than planned siesta!
The port and town in the background.
So although the weather wasn't quite as warm as planned (we even had a day of torrential rain but luckily had a nice hotel to chill out in) we had a great and very relaxing time in Sardinia. Our next planned trip is to Croatia in July, however having been away for the last 7 or 8 weekends in a row, we are looking forward to spending a bit more time in London and catching up with friends!