Must-see hotels in Sardinia

  • Anticos Palathos

    Golfo di Orosei

    Centred on a beautiful courtyard, this stone townhouse keeps it rustic with a vaulted breakfast room and characterful rooms featuring wrought-iron…

  • Hotel Marinaro

    Santa Teresa di Gallura

    Fresh, unfussy rooms, including connecting rooms for families, make this evergreen hotel a popular choice. Staff are friendly and the location, a quick…

  • Albaruja Hotel

    Southeastern Sardinia

    The Albaruja is a cut above most of the hotels on the Costa Rei. As well as attractive summery rooms and flowery gardens, it has a bistrot, kids'…

  • L'Albero dei Limone

    Sulcis

    If you want to overnight in Portoscuso, this welcoming B&B is the answer. Within easy walking distance of the seafront, it has three homey rooms, each as…

  • Agriturismo Sinis

    Western Sardinia

    This working farm offers 12 guest rooms (including six constructed in 2017) and serves wonderful earthy food. Rooms are frill-free but clean and airy, and…

  • Italian Youth Hostel Association

    Sardinia

    Sardinia’s six youth hostels are run by the Italian Youth Hostel Association, which is affiliated with Hostelling International (www.hihostels.com). You…

  • I Tetti di Sassari

    Sassari

    In a residential building above a furniture shop, this cute little B&B boasts gracious hosts (Patrizio and Daniella), comfy rooms, decent breakfasts and a…

  • Agriturismo Su Pranu

    Western Sardinia

    This farmstay has 10 bright guest rooms decorated in a simple and neat style. There's a shared terrace outside the rooms that looks onto the garden,…

  • Hotel Moderno

    Santa Teresa di Gallura

    This is a homey, family-run pick near the piazza. Rooms are bright and airy with little overt decor but traditional blue-and-white Gallurese bedspreads…

  • Campeggio Nurapolis

    Western Sardinia

    This end-of-the-road spot offers low-key camping within a stone's throw of one of western Sardinia's longest beaches, with pine-shaded sites and solar…

  • Camping Baia Saraceno

    Palau

    Beautifully located on the beach east of Palau and shaded by pine trees, this campground has an on-site pizzeria, playground and dive centre.

  • Camping San Teodoro La Cinta

    San Teodoro

    About 800m from the town centre, this popular campground sits in a huge tree-filled plot right on the southern end of La Cinta beach.

  • Camping La Liccia

    Santa Teresa di Gallura

    This campground, 5km west of town on the road towards Castelsardo, has fab facilities, including a playground, pool and sports area.

  • Horse Country Resort

    Western Sardinia

    This big four-star resort is part of Marina di Arborea's famous equestrian centre. Set on a green site near the beach, it offers a full range of services…

  • Hotel Miramare

    Cala Gonone

    Cala Gonone’s oldest hotel, opened in 1955, is definitely showing its age, but the harbourside location can't be beaten, and it does have a certain retro…

  • Nughe 'e' Oro

    Eastern Sardinia

    On the 6th floor of an elegant townhouse, this B&B has light, spacious and well-kept rooms, with city views from the verandah. Your friendly hosts, Max…

  • La Finestra Vista Corsica

    Santa Teresa di Gallura

    At this B&B just above Rena Bianca beach, it's worth paying extra for the front-facing room with private bath, where (as the name suggests) the windows…

  • Aghinas

    Bosa

    This friendly little three-star resides in a palazzo at the western edge of the historic centre. There's nothing fancy about the high-ceilinged rooms,…

  • Hotel Costa Dorada

    Cala Gonone

    The vine-clad Costa Dorada offers dreamy sea views and tasteful rooms decorated with pastel colours, painted wood furnishings and local handicrafts. It’s…

  • Cugnana Porto Rotondo

    Costa Smeralda

    This seaside campground is located on the main road just north of Porto Rotondo. There’s plenty to keep the kids amused, with a swimming pool, a…

  • Il Gallo di Gallura

    Northeastern Sardinia

    Conveniently placed in Tempio Pausania’s historic centre, this family-run B&B in an early 19th-century palazzo (mansion) has simple rooms done out in…

  • Hotel Arathena

    Costa Smeralda

    Knotted, gnarled wood beams and ochre-tinted stone walls set the tone at this attractive hotel, while rooms are furnished with terracotta tiles, wood and…

  • Duomo Albergo

    Oristano

    Behind the discreet facade of this centrally located four-star, guest rooms reveal a low-key look with traditional fabrics and cooling white tones. In…

  • Ostello Bellavista

    Eastern Sardinia

    More a hotel than a hostel, this cheery hilltop place has a ‘beautiful view’, just as its name promises. Its plainly decorated rooms, some with balconies …

  • Hotel Monte Maccione

    Eastern Sardinia

    Run by the Cooperativa Enis, this place offers simple, rustic rooms, campsites and astonishingly lovely views from its hilltop location, 4km south of…

  • Hotel Nuraghe Arvu

    Cala Gonone

    A terrific pick for families, Nuraghe Arvu has neat white bungalows, which are decorated in natural materials and open onto verandahs. These are gathered…

  • Camping La Mariposa

    Alghero

    About 2km north of central Alghero, on the road to Fertilia, this busy site is the nearest campground to town. It enjoys a prime beachside location with…

  • Hotel Villa Gustui Maris

    Cala Gonone

    Wake up to sweeping views of the Golfo di Orosei at this Mediterranean-villa-style hotel, a stiff 800m uphill walk from the town centre. Rooms are bright…

  • B&B L'Arco

    Oristano

    This homey B&B is hidden away in a quiet cul-de-sac near Piazza Martini. There are only two guest rooms, but they're spacious and comfortable. Breakfast…

  • Acasamia

    Cagliari

    On one of Cagliari's main shopping strips, you'll find this trio of lovingly kept apartments, where dark parquet, stone walls and vintage-style…

  • Agriturismo Is Concais

    Sulcis

    This farm stay is as authentic as it gets with its murals, farm animals and verdant surrounds. Simply decorated rooms are in a low-lying pink building set…

  • Hotel Funtana Noa

    Southwestern Sardinia

    A tasteful three-star housed in a large palazzo just down from the centre of Villanovaforru. Rooms are spacious if unspectacular, and communal spaces,…

  • Bed & Breakfast Oliena

    Eastern Sardinia

    Rimedia is the heart and soul of this lemon-fronted B&B in Oliena. She keeps the brightly hued mountain-view rooms immaculately clean. The generous…

  • Villaggio Camping Spiaggia del Riso

    Southeastern Sardinia

    Set in a pine grove near the Porto Turistico, this big, well-equipped beachside campground has tent pitches, bungalows, food shops and a children’s play…

  • Hotel S’Adde

    Eastern Sardinia

    Only a short, signposted walk up from the main thoroughfare, this welcoming chalet has pine-clad rooms with terraces and green views. The restaurant…

  • Hotel Sa Orte

    Eastern Sardinia

    Housed in an attractively restored palazzo in the historic centre, this is one of Fonni’s better hotels. The granite facade opens onto a vibrant modern…

  • Hotel La Roccia

    Palau

    A basic three-star conveniently located in the town centre, La Roccia offers bright, spacious rooms with blue-and-white boating decor, some with balconies…

  • La Vecchia Marina

    Eastern Sardinia

    Beams, terracotta floors and palm-dotted gardens give this low-rise, whitewashed hotel an almost colonial feel. The big, light rooms sport handcrafted…

  • Hotel Nettuno

    Cala Gonone

    This 29-room hotel is a super-central choice, a minute’s walk from the beach. The simple tiled rooms are kept spick and span; a balcony will set you back…

  • Hotel Hieracon

    Sulcis

    A throwback to a smarter age, this seafront hotel occupies a grand art-nouveau mansion. Period furniture and oil paintings set the tone, rooms are…