Agriturismo Sa Mandra

A farm stay in the Nurra

Sa Mandra is a farm with a restaurant and rooms in the Nurra, the farming plain north of Alghero, beside the SP 44 road, not far from the airport. It is among the best-known farm stays in the area: it is in the Michelin guide for the fourth year running. On the same estate they have a shop of their own products, Sardinian-style rooms with a pool in summer and, five kilometres away, a country house, Su Passu.

The menu

There is no à la carte here: you eat a fixed menu, the Menù Degustazione 1990, of traditional cooking from the Barbagia, the interior and shepherds' Sardinia, made with what the farm produces and with produce from the Nurra. It costs €60 per person. The website links the full menu as a PDF; its photos show pasta dishes, braised meats and cheeses. There is a children's menu. If you are vegetarian, coeliac or have allergies, say so when booking and they will prepare alternative dishes.

Booking and hours

You eat only with an online reservation, on the form on its website, leaving a card as a guarantee. The booking is not valid until you receive the confirmation email. The website does not publish opening days or times: confirm them when you book or on +39 320 968 7641.

Getting there

It is outside the city, in the countryside, so you need a car or taxi. From Alghero you leave by the airport road; the farm is on the SP 44. If you are going to drink wine with the meal, think about sleeping there: they have rooms, with a breakfast of farm produce. In the morning, the necropolis of Anghelu Ruju and the Sella & Mosca winery are in the same area.