Alghero Wine & Seafood Tasting Walk

The Alghero Wine & Seafood Tasting Walk is run by a local old-town food-tour operator and follows the sea walls of Alghero's Catalan centro storico in north-west Sardinia. Gathering at the Torre di Porta Terra gateway, the three-hour walk threads the cobbled lanes within the Bastioni Marco Polo ramparts, where Catalan is still spoken and street signs appear in both Italian and Catalan. Tastings explore the city's distinctive Catalan-Sardinian seafood — arselle clams, anchovies, and the celebrated aragosta alla catalana lobster dressed with tomato and onion — alongside cured meats and cheeses, with three wine pourings, typically Vermentino di Gallura and other island wines, and a sweet finish of seadas or coral-coloured almond pastries. Most departures visit four to five family-run bars and enoteche, weighting the route toward savoury seafood with one dessert stop. The roughly €60–90 per person covers the guided walk, all seafood tastings, the three wine pours and dessert; additional drinks, transfers and gratuities are not included. Groups are kept small so the guide can recount Alghero's history as a Catalan colony and its coral-fishing trade between tastings, and tours usually run in Italian and English at a relaxed pace over mostly flat, walkable terrain. Vegetarian substitutions can generally be arranged when requested at booking, though seafood defines the menu. The walk finishes along the bastions at the western sea walls, a noted spot for sunset over the bay, with the harbour and the Capo Caccia headland in view — making the experience as much about Alghero's seafaring character as its food.