assuring the connection to and from the airport. Trains Alghero has a train station in the Pietraia neighborhood, Sant’Agostino, with daily trains to Sassari. Port There is a leisure and fishing port in the heart of the city. Passenger traffic is handled by Porto Torres, some 30 kilometers north. There are ferry services from there to Genoa, Barcelona and Civitavecchia. Airport The Alghero-Fertilia "Riviera del Corallo" Airport is 10 kilometers from the centre near Fertilia. It's the principal connection with the rest of Italy and Europe. There is an hourly bus service to Fertilia and the centre of Alghero. Books In the 1930s the Swedish writer Amelie Posse Brazdova wrote a book entitled Sardinia Side Show, where she told the complete story of two years she spent "interned" in Alghero old town during World War I. Sport events Scala Piccada (motor racing) The Rally di Sardegna – several editions from 2004 to 2020 (WRC – motor racing) Gara del Miglio marino (swimming) Italian Welter Weights Championship (boxing) Trofeo Tore Burruni (boxing) Regata di Sant'Elm (lateen) Trofeo Sant Joan (Sailing) International Women's Judo Tournament (Jūdō) Sardinian Open Wheelchair Tennis (wheelchair tennis) Volta a Catalunya 1986 edition (road cycling) Giro d'Italia 2007 edition (road cycling) Davis Cup, Italy-Luxembourg, 2007 (tennis) Giro d'Italia, 2017 edition (road cycling) Rally di Sardegna, 2020 edition (with health security assistance) Twin towns Balaguer, Spain Tarragona, Spain Palma de Mallorca, Spain Encamp, Andorra Notable people Antoni Ballero (1927–2009), Catalan poet See also Diocese of Alghero-Bosa (initially Alghero) Alghero–Fertilia Airport History of Sardinia References External links algherodamare.it -> Tourist information about Alghero and its territory Official Alghero tourism web site Cities and towns in Sardinia Catalan Countries Territories of the Republic of Genoa Phoenician colonies