Via Lingua
Sardinia (Alghero)
Via Vittorio Emanuele 111
Tel.Fax +39 (0)79 281523
www.italianinsardinia.com
Sunny Alghero!
What to do… During your training in Alghero, you will have the opportunity to participate in a wealth of leisure-time activities: sunbathing on its beautiful white beaches, snorkeling in its crystal clear waters, mountain-biking along its trails through Mediterranean scrub brush, scuba-diving, hiking, sailing to places accessible only by wind-driven vessels, wine- and food-tasting in its delicious restaurants, strolling along the wide promenade on the “lido mare”, having an aperitif in an outdoor café overlooking the port.
What to see…
Learn about Alghero, Italy while you learn to become an English teacher. Go and see the breath-taking sea caves “Grotte di Nettuno,” which are accessible by vessels departing daily from the main port or from “Capo Caccia,” or by a cliff-hanging walk down the breath-taking stairs (only 654 steps!) “Esacala del Cabirol.” There are also numerous points of historical and cultural interest, such as the intriguing ruins left behind by the mysterious Neolithic “Nuraghic” civilization, which you can explore at the “Palmavera” or “Anghelu Ruju” complexes. Equally interesting are the “bastioni”, the high fortified walls dotted with lookout towers that encircle the city’s western waterfront and southern flank.
What to eat…For people who fancy good wine and food, there are loads of restaurants that serve up fresh local fish, as well as typical Sardinia dishes such as “Malloredus” (little shell-pasta served up with a tomato sausage ragu) or “Culurgiones” (a sort of largish ravioli pasta). Local deserts are no less memorable. Take “Crema catalana”, for example, which is a sort of crème brulé, but much sweeter.
What to drink...Definitely worth tasting are the wines made from the local “Cannonau” grape, which has a rich and biting taste to it, as well as the local “Vermentino”, a fizzy white wine to accompany fish dishes and the local red wine “Cagnulari”. To top off your meal, your waiter will no doubt recommend a “Mirto” (a liquer made from myrtle berries). For the truly brave there is “Fil‘e ferru” (a Sardinian grappa), which literally translates as “iron wires” – because (as tradition would have it) when farmers wanted to hide their illegally-distilled cache, they planted iron wires in the ground to mark its location.
