Alghero - A Rough Guide

Alghero is probably Sardinia’s most touristy town and its most attractive:
WIth it’s colourful bell towers and  cobbled streets , its medieval walls and seaside bastions . Yet Alghero started as a Catalan colony and you can still see  the Catalan-inscribed street signs of “Little Barcelona”, and eat paella.

One of Alghero’s landmarks is the Cattedrale di Santa Maria in the Piazza Duomo - a mixture  of Renaissance, Baroque and Gothic styles with four oversized Doric columns that nearly cover its façade. The campanile and portal are from the original 1552 construction and modelled after the cathedral in Barcelona.
Nearby in the Museo Diocesano d’Arte Sacra  you can view  Spanish jewels, a marble statue of the Madonna della Misericordia, and a collection of stamped lithographs of Sardinian Romanesque churches.

Hertz have a car rental desk at Alghero Airport - one of many at the airport.
Hertz car hire prices may not always be the cheapest - but they do seem to have a good selection of cars.
Expect to be offered Italian made cars such as Fiat - make sure you get air conditioning otherwise you will bake in the 34 degree summer temperatures.
Hertz Car Hire Alghero Airport
Car hire in Italian is Autonoleggio