Sassari

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21 May 2011

Before we left the U.K. we knew that on 22 May, a large annual festival called the Cavalcarta was to be held at Sassari, Sardinia’s second city, and it was something we particularly wanted to see. Sassari has no camp sites but is about 40k from Alghero with a good train connection and the station is within walking distance of where we are staying.

So today we did a reconnaissance by train into Sassari and back and it worked really well. The tourist office gave us all the information we needed about the Cavalcarta and we also explored the city, saw its major buildings and preparations for the festival and visited the archaeological museum.

We are now back in Alghero and looking forward to seeing tomorrow’s festivities.

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