This place has been a magnet for A-listers since the 1960s. A cluster of pastel-hued fisherman’s houses with turrets, arches and porticoes built on the water’s edge, it has its own private marina. Inside, the look is cool, Sardinian rustic-chic with design details from local artisans, but that belies a serious level of luxury. There’s a brand-new Shiseido spa, a huge saltwater pool and the sleek Cala Beach Club, a five-minute shuttle boat-hop away. Eating and drinking options include the Barbecue restaurant, popular with celebrities who roll up by boat and jump ashore for a lunch of fishy fregola.
Address: SP160, 07021 Capriccioli SS, Italy
Price: Doubles from about £318
Pitrizza, Porto Cervo
Located just up the coast from Porto Cervo, this discreet, club-like crash-pad has rooms in stone-hewed cottages and villas with pools scattered among rocks and flowering gardens on its own little promontory. Part of The Luxury Collection, the emphasis here is on privacy and seclusion; guests intent on not being seen hole up and order from room service, but for those feeling more sociable there are two private beaches and a clubhouse with infinity pool (the first in the world), bar and several restaurants looking out to sea.
Address: Via la Banchina di Pitrizza, 07021 Liscia di Vacca SS, Italy
Price: Doubles from about about £590
Romazzino, Porto Cervo
This glamorous escape from The Luxury Collection occupies a series of low-lying white-washed, terracotta-roofed buildings set in bougainvillaea-filled gardens just back from one of the longest beaches in the area. White-washed public spaces and rooms are brightened by locally woven textiles and pops of sunny, Mediterranean colour; some bedrooms are housed in the main building while others are in a series of splendid stand-alone villas with pools. There’s an open-air gym and sleek Clarins spa plus watersports and tennis courts. Families are well catered for here, with a glorious chil-friendly beach.
Address: Via Romazzino, 4, 07021 Arzachena SS, Italy
Price: Doubles from about £454
Albero Capovolto, Golfo Aranci
Once the summer house of owner Alessandro Israelachvili’s family, this blissful rural retreat is a cheaper, more laid-back alternative to the glitzy hotels down on the coast. A typical stone house set in green lawns, it has a clutch of simple but comfortable bedrooms with white walls, beamed ceilings and cool tiled floors, plenty of indoor-outdoor living space and a lovely pool. Breakfast is a feast of homemade cakes, fresh fruit, eggs and local ricotta served under a bougainvillaea-decked pergola; a four-course dinner – including fregola pasta with seafood and tarte Tatin perhaps – is available on request.
Address: Strada Su Donnigheddu, 13, 07026 Olbia SS, Italy
Price: Doubles from about £168
