The tower — the remains of the main land gate entrance into the old city — houses a bookshop on the ground floor. Upstairs, touch screens provide a virtual journey through Alghero’s history, and a top floor terrace offers panoramic city and harbour views.

Out for the evening with the family and looking for something fun to do? Play a game of laser tag at The Fun Warehouse in nearby Camillus. Check out their family fun pack, which includes dinner and four unlimited laser tag passes on Fridays and Saturdays.

WonderWorks is an amusement park for the mind, combining education and entertainment with more than 100 hands-on exhibits that will spark the imagination and challenge the mind. Visitors to the attraction will experience 84 mph hurricane-force winds, land the space shuttle, pedal the Xtreme 360 bikes, become a human lightning rod by touching 100,000 volts of electricity, lie on a bed of 3,500 nails, design and ride a virtual roller coaster, play virtual sports, climb the indoor ropes course, compete in a game of laser tag and much more. For those that are seeking a thrilling adventure, WonderWorks offers the Canyon Climb ropes course. It’s the World’s largest suspended indoor ropes course. Standing 70 feet tall, visitors will explore 3 levels of ropes as they encounter over 81 different obstacles and activities; including swinging steps, lily pads, a tremor bridge and more.

The imposing 16th-century walls that surrounded the city are still largely intact, and provide a stunning backdrop to the whole city, especially along the seafront. The ramparts, called bastioni, house numerous restaurants, bars, cafes and shops, which are great for a drink at sunset in the evening breeze.