Day trips from Alghero
A beach with a ticket, a city by train and a town of colour
- La Pelosa
- Ticket €3.50, 1,500 places a day
- Sassari
- Train, about 40 minutes
- Bosa
- ARST bus, 1 h 15–1 h 30
Alghero is a good base for day trips, and none of the three below needs a rental car. Stintino is the famous one and asks for a ticket booked online, Sassari is the easy one by train, and Bosa is the long one by regional bus. The page runs in that order, from the trip that needs the most planning to the one that needs the most patience with timetables.
Stintino and La Pelosa
Stintino lies about 43 km from Alghero by road, and a bus takes about 55 minutes, though the operator and any change on the way vary. The beach it is known for, La Pelosa, has a daily limit. From 15 May to 15 October you buy an online ticket, €3.50, and only 1,500 places are sold each day. One reservation covers up to four people, and children under 12 go in free.
The ticket applies between 8:00 and 18:00, and outside those hours the entrance is open, so a very early or a late walk down to the water needs no booking at all. Buy the slot before you leave Alghero and plan the bus around it. The page on beaches compares the five closer ones, for the days when the ticket does not appeal.
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Sassari
Sassari is the one trip that works as a spontaneous half-day. The train is direct, takes about 40 minutes and runs about 21 times a day, the first at 5:15, so you can leave after breakfast and come back after dinner without planning a single connection. It is the larger of the two towns and a university centre.
Bosa
Bosa needs the bus, ARST line 9312, which takes between 1 hour 15 and 1 hour 30 each way, with departures every two or three hours. That spacing is the whole planning problem, because a missed bus costs you two or three hours rather than twenty minutes. Timetables also change at weekends, so read the Saturday and Sunday columns on their own. If you have to choose, take Sassari on a day with little time and Bosa on a day with plenty, since the train leaves about 21 times and the bus only every few hours.
Capo Caccia is not a separate trip
Neptune's Grotto sits on the cape at the end of the same road, and it fills part of a day rather than a whole one. The ARST line to Capo Caccia has been a city bus since the summer of 2026 and runs all year, and the beaches of Le Bombarde and Lazzaretto lie on the way back. The guide to the cave covers the ticket, the 654 steps and the boat.
Where to next
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Before you go
Short answers to what people ask most before setting out.
Can you visit La Pelosa without booking?
Not between 15 May and 15 October, when the online ticket is required. It costs €3.50, covers up to four people per reservation and has 1,500 places a day. Outside the 8:00 to 18:00 window the entrance is free, and children under 12 never pay.
Is Sassari worth a trip?
For a short and unplanned day, yes. The train is direct and quick, and it leaves about 21 times a day, so the journey is the least demanding of the three trips. Sassari is a larger university city, and the trip is mostly about the town itself.
Can you do Bosa without a car?
Yes, by ARST line 9312, which takes between 1 hour 15 and 1 hour 30 with departures every two to three hours. The weekend timetable differs from the weekday one, so the return bus is the departure to plan first.
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