Alghero

Alghero is a city and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Sassari in the northwest of the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy, next to the Mediterranean Sea. With a population of 41,765, it is the 5th-largest city in Sardinia. Wikipedia

Population 42,281 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Italy

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Italy
Daylight 9 h 18 in Dec, dark by 17:00 · 15 h 03 in Jun
  1. January: 9 h 35 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 40 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 54 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 16 of daylight
  5. May: 14 h 25 of daylight
  6. June: 15 h 03 of daylight
  7. July: 14 h 48 of daylight
  8. August: 13 h 49 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 30 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 11 of daylight
  11. November: 9 h 57 of daylight
  12. December: 9 h 18 of daylight

Getting there

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Where you can go from Alghero

  • Under 1 h
  • 1–2 h
  • 2–3 h
  • 3–5 h
  • 5 h +

From Alghero's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.

5 hours or more· 1

From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.

Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Mercato del primo pescato

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    220 m from the centre

  • Mercato Civico

    Covered hall

    No hours mapped

    950 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 5 places to eat

Getting around

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