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North of Oristano, a brief bus ride from the rail and road junction
of Macomer takes you to BOSA and the coast. Stranded in the middle of
one of Sardinia's last remaining stretches of deserted coastline, and so
far overlooked by the tourist industry, the town huddles on the banks of
the Temo river around a hilltop castle. From the riverside the corridor-like
streets of the old district, Sa Costa , ascend the contours of the
hillside, full of medieval gloom. To explore these backstreets, take any
road leading up from the Cathedral , on the northern side of Bosa's main
bridge. Keep climbing for about twenty minutes to reach Bosa's Castle (summer
daily 10am-noon & 4-7pm; erratic hours in winter; free), erected by the
Malaspina family in 1122 - there's also a road that skirts the back of
town, leading round to the castle gate. From the castle ramparts you can
pick out the ex-cathedral of San Pietro , an eleventh-century
construction with a lovely Gothic facade added by Cistercian monks a
couple of hundred years later. From the bridge, it's a two-kilometre
walk along the river to the church.
In the other direction, BOSA MARINA lies 5km downstream on what was the
town's original site before its inhabitants shifted to a more defensible
position. Today it is a conventional minor resort with a small choice of
hotels and trattorias, its tiny port and beach in the lee of the islet
of Isola Rossa, now linked to the mainland and guarded by an old Spanish
watchtower.
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