If you want to live an extraordinary outdoor experience (by foot, bike, boat, horse or car) but also culinary or enogastronimic experiences with local experts and making new friends we suggest to visit Escursi and choose your best place or activity in the Alghero territory and all over Sardinia.
If you prefer exploring the island by yourself instead, you can go directly at the touristic information office in via Cagliari 2, ex Casa del Caffè, in the Public Gardens. Moreover in via Catalogna there are the ticket office and the bus stops of all the private and public buses toward every directions from Alghero. Here you can have info about busses for the beaches, even the private one like Cattogno, and about boat trips towards Grotte di Nettuno and Asinara island.
- GROTTE DI NETTUNO - CAPO CACCIA E ISOLA PIANA one of the most fascinating natural jewels in the entire Mediterranean basin, the cave is a veritable geological wonder that attracts over 150,000 visitors per year. It is accessible by sea with the Linea Grotte boat lines leaving the tourist port every day, or on foot via "Escala del Cabirol" (the roe deer stairs), a set of 656 steps cut into the cliff side. We recommend this last option since the stairs leads you into the cliff and the view is amazing! However if you prefer to combine a boat trip, ticket office is at the harbour: Linea Grotte Navisarda +39 079 950603 | +39 320 7412400
- PORTO CONTE NATURAL REGIONAL PARK AND THE MARINE PROTECTED AREA (Loc Tramariglio SP 55) great example of biodiversity hosting numerous animal and plants species, with typically Mediterranean flora, this park has a total extent of over 5000 hectares. Learn more on the Alghero parks For trekking, boat excursion, e-bike and visiting the park museum enjoy your experience with Escursì.
- PUNTA GIGLIO a wild, beautiful promontory with easy different tracks that leads to the best-conserved former military outpost of the II World War. The view spans from the bay of Porto Conte to the coastline of Capo Caccia, up to the Alghero bay. Many different kinds of birds, animals and plants can be admired.
- ASINARA NATIONAL PARK From Stintino or Porto Torres you can take a boat and visit this wild little island, also famous for a former high security prison. Unspoiled landscape with rare plant and animal species, as the white donkeys (asini in italian) from which the island takes its name. Don't miss to enjoy your experience with Escursì by reaching the Pelosa beach with a romantic catamaran or discovering Asinara island by boat, e-bike or minivan tour.
- BOSA charming village about one hour south from Alghero with a lovely stroll in the narrow streets among the pastel colored houses along the river. The journey on the road to reach Bosa is breath-taking (a small Californian BigSur!...). Do not forgot to taste the typical wine called “Malvasia”. Enjoy your experience with Escursì: trekking, rubberboat, kayak, caves, diving, snorkelling. For the public bus take a look at the timetable.
- CASTELSARDO this Medieval town, located about 70 km north of Alghero, has a lovely castle and it's packed of local craft shops. From the top of the village you can enjoy one of the best views of the north shore. Don’t forget to visit the famous Elephant Rock. Enjoy your experience with Escursì by trekking or tandem paragliding flight.
- ARGENTIERA a little mine village with its crystal water beaches like Spiaggia dell'Argentiera or Porto Palmas, it seems almost abandoned but emanate a very special energy... and moreover, hidden in the rocks, there is a little cove called La Frana: a wonderful sand beach with incredible colors reachable by boat or foot from the car parking above. Mind that the way to reach La Frana it’s very deep and not easy.