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Day itinerary · 40.30° N · 8.50° E
A climb up Sa Costa to Malaspina castle, Bosa-style lunch by the Ponte Vecchio, the Sas Conzas tanneries and, late in the afternoon, the Temo by boat.
Part of Bosa and the Planargia
The plan
Any part can be swapped for another without spoiling the day.
Along the SS131; you reach Bosa around 10:00
Park beside the river; Corso Vittorio Emanuele and the climb through Sa Costa
combined ticket €12 with Casa Deriu and the Museo delle Conce
open every day from 12:30; Bosa lobster by weight
Via Nazionale, 2, 08013 Bosa · +39 0785 372000
Museo delle Conce, on the combined ticket
Bosa Diving Center · book by phone; price on request
+39 335 818 9748
Return along the SS131
Adds up the activities and meals in the plan at their published prices; travel and accommodation not included.
The route
Bosa fits into a long day. You arrive mid-morning, climb through the coloured houses of Sa Costa to Malaspina castle and its fourteenth-century fresco chapel, have a Bosa-style lunch beside the Ponte Vecchio, cross to the Sas Conzas tanneries and finish the afternoon on a boat on the Temo, Sardinia's only navigable river, seeing the town from the water.
Fly to Cagliari (CAG), with direct flights from Barcelona and Seville, or to Olbia (OLB), with a direct flight from Barcelona. Hire a car at the airport. From Cagliari it is about two hours twenty-five minutes to Bosa and from Olbia about two hours (estimated), mostly on the SS131. Alghero is closer but has no direct flight from Spain. It is a day with a lot of driving: if you can, sleep in Bosa and turn it into a getaway.
7:45 · Leave Cagliari or Olbia. You arrive around ten.
10:15 · Sa Costa. Park beside the river, outside the restricted-traffic zone. Walk along Corso Vittorio Emanuele to Casa Deriu, where you can buy the combined ticket for €12, and climb the lanes and stairs of Sa Costa.
11:15 · Malaspina castle. Walls, keep, wall walk and the chapel of Nostra Signora de sos Regnos Altos, with its fourteenth-century frescoes. From April to June it is open from 10:00 to 19:00, and from July to October until 20:00.
13:15 · Lunch at Sa Pischedda. You come down and cross the bridge. Polpetti affogati alla bosana, fregula with seafood or, if you want to treat yourself, Bosa lobster, at €20 per 100 grams. Open every day and it has a pizzeria.
15:15 · Sas Conzas tanneries. The Museo delle Conce, in an eighteenth-century tannery, and a stroll along the bank with a view of the town.
17:30 · Boat on the Temo. Drive to Bosa Marina, a few minutes away. With Bosa Diving Center you go up the river to the Ponte Vecchio and San Pietro extramuros. Book by phone and ask the price, which they do not publish.
19:00 · Return to Cagliari or Olbia, where you arrive around half past nine.
Where to eat
Lunch is half the plan: book before you set off.
What to order: the polpetti affogati alla bosana or the Bosa lobster by weight if you want the town's dish; for a first course, the fregula with seafood; for dessert, the seadas of the Planargia with honey
What to order: a glass of the Columbus' Malvasia di Bosa Riserva, the dry one, and another of the Alvarega, the sweet one, with a board of Sardinian cheeses and cured meats
What to order: the four-course menu (€45), and if you go à la carte, the zichi di Bonorva with wild boar ragù and fiore sardo or the fregula with mussels and clams
Map
With where to park at each one.
Getting there
When to go
From April to October, when the castle is open every day until 19:00 or 20:00 and there are boats on the river. In July and August, go up to the castle first thing. From 16 November to 14 March the castle is only open at weekends.
Tips
Castle, Casa Deriu and the Museo delle Conce for €12.
Bosa Diving does not publish timetables: call the day before.
From November to March it is only open at weekends.
Questions
Yes, but it is about two hours twenty-five minutes by car each way (estimated). Better with an overnight stay.
€7, or €12 with Casa Deriu and the Museo delle Conce.
At Sa Pischedda, open every day since 1974.
In the afternoon, as the company recommends.
More plans like this
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Prices, opening hours and times are approximate: check them before you go. Each place has its own page on Geocalia.
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