Festivities around Alghero include the New Year celebrations (Capo D’ Anno) featuring a huge fireworks display over the harbor, firecrackers in the streets and bars filled to capacity until the sun rises. Might be best to leave your Alghero car hire at the hotel - the streets will be packed. Due to its Catalan heritage, holy week (Ritta della Settimana Santa) is observed throughout the region along with Easter festivities that follow.

The summer sees a bevy of festivals in the town to coincide with the influx of visitors, the liveliest of which is quite possibly the “FerraGosto” which takes place in the middle of August and celebrated with a huge fireworks display. Festa Sant Miquel sees a host of wild revelries as the town pays homage to its patron saint.

While summer is the best time to visit Alghero, it’s just as wonderful at other times of the year. In fact, without the noise of the boisterous holiday season, you can claim all the time and space to enjoy its natural beauty. Many hotels close their doors in Alghero when the summer rush is done. Fortunately for you, that’s not the case with Pronto. Our Alghero car hire booking system is available all year whenever you decide the best time to enjoy this coastal paradise

Access to Alghero airport is really good being serviced by the SS291 and SP44 motorways. For those looking to hire a car then we would of course recommend this site for obvious reasons. Those that are not going to hire a car could make use of the regular shuttle buses, which run between the airport, or a taxi which sit patiently outside the terminal ready to whisk passengers into Alghero and beyond.

Alghero Airport – General Information Telephone: (+)39 79 935282,

Airport Code: AHO

Address: Aeroporto Civile, 07040 S. Maria La Palma (SS), Italy

Airlines: Alitalia, DHL Air, Ryanair, Volare

The first place to get away from it all is the beautiful beaches. Being an island, there is plenty to choose from if you like sunbathing or swimming in crystal-clear blue water. But for the escapee this this is perhaps a reason to avoid some areas, most notoriously the Northeastern “Costa Smeralda” (Emerald Coast), in the months of July and August. With this in mind we would suggest visiting in late spring or warly autumn.  Some beaches, like Chia stretch for miles, with high dunes of thin white sand and wind-carved rock formations, where the only sounds you hear are those of the waves of its warm sea of many varieties of green and blue.

Sardinia is also beautiful for its inhabitants, the “Sardi”, who take great pride of their culture. Throughout the year, there are many festivals and fairs celebrating old traditions and customs, some religious and some pagan, often coinciding with the harvest and production of local products and delicacies, such as wine or honey. Every town and village has its culinary tradition in the form of weirdly shaped breads, sweets, pastas, lobster, roasted pork, and other kinds of fish and meat. The coastal cities, and especially Cagliari, are obviously the best places if you like fish. And Cagliari, with its millenary history, is also home to most cultural and sporting events. You can visit museums and art galleries, listen to classical music and opera, watch football and windsurf, or simply stroll along the old shopping district to watch people go by.

There are endless activities to keep a person of any age busy. We personally recommend renting a car, since it’s always the best way to get around the island and explore its busy cities and rustic and rugged environment. You can also rent a boat and explore the numerous small beaches, some of them only accessible by the sea. Just keep in mind that driving a boat often requires a license depending on its size. And if riding long-distances is not on your agenda, renting a bicycle or a motorcycle is a better option, especially for parking and traffic jams.

Okay we know that not everyone wants to spend every waking hour on the beach in Sardinia.  So what else could you do on this beautiful island.   One place to try is the very popular tourist hand out - the Forest of Is Cannoneris.   Renowned for widely for its animals and exotic plants and flowers so much so it is regarded as one of the richest forests in the sulcitana area. It is very common to sight one of Sardinia’s deer and other local animals of the area. The forest can be accessed from is primary and

 secondary tracks thanks to a system of well signposted trails to aid the day trip or more serious wildlife enthusiast.  The forest itself is HUGE and covers over 4768 hectares.

Is Cannoneris is located in the municipalities of Pula, Domus de Maria and Villa San Pietro.   The forest is ploughed by lots of tractoes which seasonal watercourses flow. The main water courses are: Mitza su Filisargiu, Rio Isca de Crapitta, Canale de su Marigosu, Riu Sa Truba and Sa Para, Riu su Pizianti, and Canale Medau Angiu.

Among the main courses, we must mention Su Porcheddu, the typical suckling pig, loved by locals and tourists alike. Sardinians love meat!! Make sure you try the lamb stews seasoned with a delicious sauce made from chopped dried tomatoes, garlic and olive oil. The Cordula with peas is a fantastic dish: is none other than the lamb’s intestine in olive oil with garlic and parsley and then cooked in a pot with water and peas.

Sardinian Desserts: pardulas, small cakes stuffed with fresh ricotta, or bianchittus,  meringues, cakes very light derived from simple ingredients such as almonds, sugar and egg white. 

For digestive purposes!! Immediately after the meal, you should order a Mirto, the Sardinian drink of choice made from Myrtle berries.

After 10 years of industry service, we’d like to think we know what people look for when booking their Alghero car hire with Pronto. More than just a car hire, our clients appreciate the wealth of options we have on offer, our unparalleled prices and our extremely prompt booking process.

Our exclusive ties with local Alghero car hire offices has allowed us to provide you with prices that few companies are likely to match and none are likely to beat. Take a whiff of our regular rates from the list below:

A Citroën C1 or a similar city car beginning at only £20 per day.

A Volkswagen Golf or a similar small family car starting at only £30 per day.

A full-size Audi A8 or similar vehicle starting at only £41 per day.

An Opel Meriva and similar mini-vans for family and utility use starting at only £66 per day.

Take note that those aren’t even special rates. We occasionally have seasonal deals and promotions on offer that can drive prices even lower. If you travel often, make sure to check our Alghero car hire booking engine regularly. You never know when a special offer is in place - you will not want to miss out!

Why burden yourself with booking your Alghero car hire with individual companies when you have them all under one roof with Pronto, the Italian car hire specialists?

South: the capital of Cágliari has a popular 10km white, stretch of sand called Poetto Beach and some superb stretches of sand off Sardinia’s most scenic road heading southwest on the Costa del Sud, past cliffs, coves, ancient watchtowers, dunes and flamingoes. South-west: Spiaggia san Nicolo, just north of Buggeru is a huge curving slash of golden sand much favoured by surfers and isolation-seeking beach folk. Piscinas Beach - just south of Mariana di Arbus and below Oristano - has 3,000 acres of sand dunes known as the ‘Sahara of Italy’, and naturally spectacular wide-open beaches too.

North Costa Smeralda is Sardinia’s best-known upmarket beach area, sporting sensual wind-sculpted rocks and glittering seas but costly, needless to say. A couple of easy-access beaches there are Cala Liscia Rula and Spiaggia Capriccioli.  North-west: For those on a tighter budget the popular package tourist town and active fishing port of Alghero on Sardinia’s west coast is one attractive option with some excellent architecture in and around the old town, plenty of colourful fishing activity and some good beaches nearby, such as Torre del Lazzaretto’s shallow waters or S’Abba Druche and it’s rocky pools - both family friendly.?

North: Alternatively try the turquoise sea, powder sand and sociable, bikini-packed beach of La Pelosa, near Stintino on the northwestern tip of the island, or even better, hire a boat to get to Asinara National Park and share the magnificent beaches with little albino donkeys, wild pigs and wild sheep. In short, go wild.?East: Sardinia’s east coast is still forested and strangely undeveloped, with dozens of perfect coves and bays lined with curvy cliffs and perfect sand.