Discovering Bosa, Bosa, Italy

I love vivid colors, both in nature and in architecture. While the great cities of the world usually awe us with their amazing edifices (and just an occasional splash of color), the smaller towns are more likely to be called pretty because of the hues in their palette. And I adore pretty towns.

This is an approach view from the main south road into the town. I don’t know about all of Sardinia, but of the perspectives I’ve seen, this is hands down one of the most stunning.

Bosa is a member of the Most Beautiful Villages of Italy association, and I doubt that even a handful of the other members can claim to be as colorful.

Although other villages in Sardinia are better known for their murals (we will see them on these pages eventually), you can find an occasional mural in Bosa as well.

Cats are everywhere – and not only in Bosa, everywhere in Sardinia. I am acknowledging this phenomenon with a single feline portrait.

The next perspective is the view from the terrace of our rented upper-floor apartment in the very center of Bosa, taking in the main historic bridge over the river Temo and the church of San Pietro Extra Muros in the distance. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).