Book

Museums and attractions in Alghero

History, nature, and archaeology — at your own pace

Alghero and its surrounding area offer a rich layering of history, nature, and archaeology. Alongside the sea and everyday city life, there are places that invite you to slow down, observe, and better understand the soul of this part of Sardinia.

Ancient archaeological sites, intimate museums, monumental complexes, and natural landscapes coexist within a relatively small area, allowing each day to be shaped differently depending on time and interests.

Palmavera Nuragic Village

One of the most important nuragic complexes in the area, built and inhabited between 1500 and 800 BC. Constructed mainly of limestone and sandstone, it features one of the largest meeting huts in Sardinia. A visit offers direct insight into the Nuragic civilization and its social organization. (Distanza 9,7 Km). Click here to find out more.

Anghelu Ruju Necropolis  

A striking complex of domus de janas, underground tombs carved into the rock and used between 3500 and 1800 BC. The site leads visitors through the ancient funerary cults of the pre-Nuragic period, in a quiet and evocative setting. (Distanza 8,7 Km). Click here to find out more.

Archaeological Museum
A museum designed to illustrate the prehistory and history of the Alghero area through its main archaeological sites. The exhibition is organized around three central themes: the sea, ways of living, and the sacred world of death and ritual. (Centro Storico)

Museo Del Corallo 
A journey through the biology of coral, the history of its harvesting and trade in the Mediterranean and Alghero area, and the evolution of local goldsmithing and design. The museum is housed in an early 20th-century Liberty-style villa. (Centro Storico). Click here to find out more.

Monumental Complex of San Francesco

Located on Via Carlo Alberto, the complex includes the church and the adjoining Franciscan convent, likely built at the end of the 12th century. The church is one of the finest examples of late Gothic and Renaissance architecture in Sardinia. The 15th-century cloister and the Gothic-Catalan bell tower complete a visit of great historical and artistic value. (Centro Storico)  Click here to find out more

Porto Conte Natural Park
An area of extraordinary beauty featuring some of the Mediterranean’s most striking landscapes: the cliffs of Capo Caccia, Punta Giglio, and Punta Cristallo; the Prigionette forest; the Calich lagoon; and stretches of unspoiled coastline. Guided itineraries and visits allow guests to explore the park in a mindful and respectful way. Click here to find out more

Neptune’s Grotto
One of Sardinia’s most famous natural attractions, Neptune’s Grotto lies at the base of the Capo Caccia promontory. Inside, visitors can admire impressive stalactites and stalagmites. The caves can be reached either by boat from Alghero’s tourist harbor or by land via the spectacular Escala del Cabirol, a monumental staircase carved into the cliff overlooking the sea. Click here to find out more

Casa Gioiosa 
ISet within the Tramariglio bay, Casa Gioiosa is the headquarters of the Porto Conte Park. It hosts the Visitor Centre, the Sea Museum, a botanical garden, and several spaces dedicated to environmental education. Inside, guests can also visit the Museum of Memory, dedicated to the history of the former penal colony, and a multimedia exhibition inspired by The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Click here to find out more.

Casa Manno Museum

Located near the Cathedral of Santa Maria, the museum houses furniture, artworks, ancient books, manuscripts, and documents belonging to Giuseppe Manno — an important Algherese intellectual, historian, and politician. The exhibition explores key moments of his life and, through multimedia displays, traces the history of Savoy-era Sardinia and pre-unification Italy. Click here for all information.

Santu Pedru Necropolis 

A pre-Nuragic archaeological site dating back to the Late Neolithic period, consisting of ten domus de janas carved into trachyte rock. A quiet and essential place that tells the story of the area’s earliest origins. Clickere to find out more..

Sant'Imbenia Nuragic Village
Located in the bay of Porto Conte, Sant’Imbenia is one of the oldest maritime trading settlements associated with Phoenician and Levantine peoples in Sardinia. The site includes a nuraghe and a cluster of huts, highlighting the area’s commercial and strategic importance since ancient times. Click here to find out more..

Read also
Accessibility
close
Accessibility Information

Together with our selected providers, we are committed to ensuring that our services are accessible to people with disabilities. We devote significant resources to ensure that our website and room booking pages are easier to use and more accessible for individuals with disabilities, based on the strong belief that everyone has the right to live with dignity, equality, comfort, and independence.

Along with our partners, we continuously strive to improve the accessibility of our website and the pages for booking rooms and/or purchasing additional products and services related to the stay. We firmly believe it is our collective moral obligation to allow seamless, accessible, and unhindered use, even for those of us with disabilities.

In our ongoing efforts to improve and consistently address accessibility issues, we regularly scan all web pages using accessibility scanners provided by third-party commercial partners to identify and fix any potential accessibility barriers on our site. Despite our efforts to make all our web pages and content fully accessible, some content may not yet have been fully adapted to the strictest accessibility standards. This may be due to not having yet found or implemented the most appropriate technological solution.

Compliance Status

This website and the room booking pages are partially compliant with the technical standard for websites and mobile applications UNI CEI EN 301549, and with the “AA” accessibility level required by the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1.
In particular, the compliance level of this website is constantly monitored through the tools provided by:
https://mauve.isti.cnr.it/
https://pagespeed.web.dev/

Non-accessible Content

Despite our efforts to ensure the accessibility of the website and booking pages, we are aware of some limitations we are working to resolve. Below is a description of the known limitations. Please contact us if you encounter an issue not listed below.

  • Image text alternatives: Some images do not have meaningful text alternatives for users.
  • Reading order: Due to the modular structure of some pages, the reading order of elements may not match their visual order.
  • Focus contrast: In some cases, when elements receive focus, there may be insufficient contrast between text color and background.
  • Keyboard operability: Some components cannot be operated using only a keyboard.
  • Animated content: Some pages contain animated content that cannot be paused or hidden.
  • Focus visibility: In some pages, the element with active focus is not visually identifiable.
  • Language accessibility: Some elements display text or accessible names only in certain languages.
  • Assistive technology: Assistive technologies may not always correctly announce messages.

Last Updated

This page on accessibility was last updated on June 25, 2025.