Typical of the area:
The Malvasia wine from Bosa is a real speciality. Use this opportunity for an excursion to one of the griffon vultures-colonies.

The medieval part of town distinguishes itself by narrow streets with cobblestones, characteristic squares and picturesque street cafés.

Parallel to the river runs " Corso Vittorio Emanuele " with aristocratic buildings and gold-smith's workshops.

It's also worth to take a walk along the river bank promenade " Via Lungo Temo A. De Gasperi ".

In the left riverbank you can visit " Sas Conzas ", today abandoned, picturesque tanneries.

The Marian Cathedral, a late-baroque, Piemontese Cathedral with a Catalan Mary Statue from the 16th century is also worth seeing.

Above the roofs of the oldest part of town rises the castle ruin of the " Castello Malaspina " (12th century). You can reach it with a few snaky paths from the old town. Once there you can enjoy a beautiful Panorama.

The single still well-mantained building is the church of Nostra Signora di Regnos Altos from the 14th century. That holds a rare, Catalan series of frescos.

Inside " Casa Deriu " in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II number 59 there is another small picture gallery.

Approximately 2 kms away, Bosa Marina offers a long sandy beach with adjacent yacht harbour and Aragonese tower, as well as plenty of bars and beach kiosks.

From the bridge " Ponte Nazionale " in the entrance to the village of Bosa begins a walk of 3 hours which goes past the Malaspina castle ruins and ends with a narrow sheperds' path in the summit of the Rocca Pischinale (caution: stone rumbles).

Excursions with the historic steam engine " Trenino Verde" (green little train):
Bosa -> Modolo -> Tresnuraghes -> Tinnura -> Sindia -> Macomer.

Sardinian-Catalan coastal town 45 kms away. Not to miss during a visit to the city are the “Torre dell´Esperò material” (tower of the royal spur), the cathedral “Santa Maria” as well as “via Principe Umberto” with the historical “Casa Doria” from the 16th Century.

This village is 500 m above sea level, below the Montiferru Mountain and is an important center for horse breeding in Sardinia. Here in the first days of June takes place annually a horse race in the old part of town. Worth seeing is also the museum of farming technology: “Museo della Tecnologia Contadina”.

A small village close to Santulussurgiu with a mineral spring water supply, which flows constantly at 11 degrees Celsius from seven sources (Siete Fuentes).
In this village you also find the Roman Pisane church of the same name, San Leonardo.

7 Kms southwest of Macomer, in direction of Santulussurgiu is the worth visiting excavation site of Tamùli. With 6 conical Menhirs made of basalt, the so-called Betili (perdas marmuradas).
Three are hill shaped, and represent the feminine element clearly, the other three are instead male, and represent the phallic symbol. There are also a Nuraghe with still intact stone huts and the remains of 3 graves of the Giants.

Highway SP292 from Bosa accross Villanova Monteleone to Alghero. Fantastic panoramic stretch of road with many, unforgettable nature impressions. Through the empire of the griffon vultures, that live here freely.

Impressive, natural stoned path going up to the sea, named 'Sentiero dei Giganti' (path of the giants).

Take the highway from Bosa, accross Tresnuraghes and Santulussurgiu up to Bonarcado.

Antique harbour, built in 730 b.C. as a stop for merchant ships from the Mediterranean area. From 238 b.C. Tharros became a rich Roman city. Baths, houses and cult places are found in the south side, while in the north part you can find a Tophet (sacrifice place) and the Nuraghe village of Murru Mannu.

Birdwatching /Trekking / Golf / Diving / Boats trip on the river Temo/

Very impressing city celebration in the 2nd week of September with a Procession, that carries the statue of the Holy Mary through the entire old part of town to the chapel of the castle ruin “Castello Malaspina”. During this celebration you can help yourself with tasty specialities and typical dishes from Bosa, as well as the Malvasia and other typical local wines.

the Sartiglia takes place on the Sunday of Carnival and Tuesday after.
It's a spectacular rider tournament, that goes back to the 16th Century. The different guilds represents the groups of riders and must spear a silver star hanging over the distance while gallopping. The number of these stars is classified as sign of coming harvests. After the tournament, riding acrobats show their amazing skills with horses.
This event is particularly important and very much appreciated by the local population and it's becoming well-known to the tourist that come numerously every year.

On the 6th and 7th July the perhaps most famous rural celebration of Sardinia takes place in Sedilo. And it culminates in the so-called S'Ardia, a bareback horse-race which symbolizes the victory of Constantine over Maxentius.

Bosa Marina