Porto Torres (Sardinia)

Porto Torres is a town in the Province of Sassari, northern Sardinia. Porto Torres is the result of two millennia of history, as told by archaeological treasures and monuments, embellished by the wild nature of Parco dell’Asinara. In the international port stands the imposing Torre Aragonese (1325), a defensive structure and lighthouse, today used as an exhibition site. The Torre di Abbacurrente (1578) harks the beginning of the Turritano stretch of Platamona. Near the city, vertiginous cliffs plunge into the blue sea peppered with pretty sandy coves, such as the Balai beach. Other sights are the 11th-century Basilica of San Gavino (the largest Romanesque church in Sardinia), the Neolithic necropolis of Su Crucifissu Mannu and Li Lioni, the Nuraghe of la Camusina, Li Pedriazzi, Margone and Minciaredda, the Catacombs of Tanca Borgona and piazzale Amsicora.