Sassari Attractions

Sassari, Sardinia's second largest town, the capital of the province of the same name, lies on a limestone plateau, in the northwest of the island, some 15km/9mi south of the Golfo dell'Asinara.

Sassari is an archiepiscopal see and a university town as well as an important commercial and administrative center. Two well-known festivals are celebrated in Sassari, the Cavalcata Sarda (riding competitions and procession with historical costumes) in May and the Festa dei Candelieri on August 14th.

The hub of the town's traffic is the palm-shaded Piazza Cavallino de Honestis, immediately southeast of which is the large Piazza d'Italia, with a monument to Victor Emmanuel II and a modern Prefecture.