{"id":328,"date":"2009-08-08T21:21:46","date_gmt":"2009-08-08T20:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/?p=328"},"modified":"2009-10-30T15:04:47","modified_gmt":"2009-10-30T14:04:47","slug":"alghero-sardinia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/?p=328","title":{"rendered":"Alghero, Sardinia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first full day in Alghero, involved getting to know the local town, streets filled with various architecture, and enjoying the heat as it roasted towards 35\u00b0C.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0073.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0073-s.jpg\" alt=\"Alghero Waterfront\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Alghero Waterfront\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAlghero Waterfront, streets are empty in the morning and lunch periods<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0065.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0065-s.jpg\" alt=\"Alghero House\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Alghero House\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA house in Alghero, overlooking the sea<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0131.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0131-s.jpg\" alt=\"Warren Statue\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Warren Statue\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNot sure what the purpose of these stones were, but created my own statue \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0133.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0133-s.jpg\" alt=\"Aloe Vera Growing in Alghero\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Aloe Vera Growing in Alghero\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAloe Vera growing by the fortified town<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0158.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0158-s.jpg\" alt=\"Alghero Courtyard\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Alghero Courtyard\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCourtyard in Alghero, where I enjoyed my first Sardinian Pizza<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0189.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0189-s.jpg\" alt=\"Lazaretto, Sardinia\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Lazaretto, Sardinia\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIn the late afternoon, we caught a ferry to Neptune&#8217;s Grotto<br \/>\nHere we are, passing Lazzaretto and the textured cliff faces<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0254.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0254-s.jpg\" alt=\"Cliffs at Isola Foradada\" height=\"400\" style=\"width: 267px; height: 400px\" title=\"Cliffs at Isola Foradada\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMassive cliffs at Isola Foradada<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0266-2__-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0266-2__-3-s.jpg\" alt=\"Isola Foradada\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Isola Foradada\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nBlue waters at Isola Foradada<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0290.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0290-s.jpg\" alt=\"Cliffs at Capo Caccia\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Cliffs at Capo Caccia\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nCliffs at Capo Caccia &#8211; Can you see the path cut into the cliff?<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0296.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0296-s.jpg\" alt=\"Capo Caccia\" height=\"400\" style=\"width: 267px; height: 400px\" title=\"Capo Caccia\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe bottom of the 656 steps leading from the top of Capo Caccia<\/p>\n<p>Our arrival to Neptune&#8217;s Grotto, was rather precarious as we battled large sea swells, and had to literally walk the\u00a0moving\u00a0plank into the\u00a0cave.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0310.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0310-s.jpg\" alt=\"Neptune's Grotto\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Neptune's Grotto\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<br \/>\nFirst cavern inside Neptune&#8217;s Grotto, located underneath the massive Capo Caccia cliffs<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0322.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0322-s.jpg\" alt=\"Neptune's Grotto Cave\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Neptune's Grotto Cave\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPeople are dwarfed to the scale of the Grotto<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0354_pano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0354_pano-s.jpg\" alt=\"Neptune's Grotto Panoramic\" height=\"205\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 205px\" title=\"Neptune's Grotto Panoramic\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nPanoramic spanning almost 180 degrees with around 10 photos stitched together<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0401.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0401-s.jpg\" alt=\"Neptune's Grotto Exit\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Neptune's Grotto Exit\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLight at the end of the tunnel<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0414.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0414-s.jpg\" alt=\"Tramariglio\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Tramariglio\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEntering the waters near Tramariglio<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0420.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0420-s.jpg\" alt=\"Amazing Cliff Detail Alghero\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Amazing Cliff Detail Alghero\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMore cliff detail near Lazzaretto, in the evening light<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0434.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0434-s.jpg\" alt=\"Entering Alghero Marina\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Entering Alghero Marina\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nEntering Alghero Marina<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0451.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0451-s.jpg\" alt=\"Yachts in Alghero\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Yachts in Alghero\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0494.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0494-s.jpg\" alt=\"Alghero Sunset\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Alghero Sunset\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nLow sun lighting up the seaside buildings<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0501.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0501-s.jpg\" alt=\"Alghero Sunset Red\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Alghero Sunset Red\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAlghero Sunset<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0504.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0504-s.jpg\" alt=\"Alghero Red Buildings\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Alghero Red Buildings\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nRich red hues from sunset<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.warrenwilliams.co.nz\/2009\/AUG_0514-s.jpg\" alt=\"Sunset Alghero\" height=\"267\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 267px\" title=\"Sunset Alghero\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSunset on the beach in Alghero, whilst trying out an Americano Pizza (French fries on pizza!)<br \/>\n<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=warrenwilliams\" class=\"addthis_button\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"125\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" height=\"16\" style=\"border: 0px\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#pub=warrenwilliams\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first full day in Alghero, involved getting to know the local town, streets filled with various architecture, and enjoying the heat as it roasted towards 35\u00b0C. Alghero Waterfront, streets are empty in the morning and lunch periods A house in Alghero, overlooking the sea Not sure what the purpose of these stones were, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-landscape","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warrenwilliams.co.nz\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}