« Life in Sardinia is maybe the best a man can hope for: twenty-four thousand miles of forests, of countryside, of coasts surrounded by a miraculous sea should coincide with what I would recommend the good God to give us as paradise. »  (Fabrizio De Andrè)

The largest footprint of the Mediterranean

The Greeks called it Hyknusa or Ichnussa (Ιχνουσσα), from the greek Ichnos (footprint of human foot) because of its similarity to a large footprint; however, Sardinia takes its name from the Latin Sardinia, as the Romans called it. In fact, the name Sardinia was already known to the Phoenicians, as witnessed by the Nora Stele, the oldest written document found in western Sardinia, precisely in Nora, where we read b-šrdn = In Sardinia.
 
 
            
                                                                       

More faces of the same island, more aspects of a single land

With its 1840 km of coastline, Sardinia is the Italian region with the largest coastal development; the sea is clear and practically preserved from every kind of pollution. Many Sardinian beaches are nowadays nationally and internationally well known, as those of Villasimius, of the Costa Smeralda (the Emerald Coast) and of Alghero, which are among the favourite destinations for holidays in Sardinia. On the contrary, many other beaches, equally beautiful, have managed to maintain their wild nature subtracting themselves, in whole or in part, to mass tourism. This is the case of Berchida beach, of some of the beaches of Ogliastra and Oristano provinces. From your beach hotel you can freely move and visit the nearby beaches, or heading into the interior to explore the more remote parts of Sardinia.

You will be fascinated by the small coves that lie in wild corners of the crystalline seas, you will be astonished to see the wonders that nature, with patience over the centuries, has created in the spectacular caves that penetrate the heart of the island.

Being a so ancient land, the erosion of wind and rain has made that Sardinia has no high mountains; nevertheless it is mostly mountainous, characterized by plateaus and group of hills.

There are many historical and archaeological sites in the region; the most famous are definitely the Nuraghes: there are more then 7,000 exemplars scattered throughout the island, one every 3 km2, representing the most impressive megalithic monuments in Europe.

      
                                                             
Particularities: nature, culture, traditions

Many consider Sardinia the "less Italian" among all regions: the geographical isolation has, in fact, allowed the development of indigenous plants and animal species (as the mouflon or the white donkey from Asinara), and has maintained its linguistic peculiarities and its ancient traditions, which have remained intact over the centuries.

For your holidays, Sardinia has much to offer apart from the sea: your stay in one of our selected hotels will allow you to discover the lesser-known face of this ancient and charming land.

Sardinian culinary tradition goes hand in hand with its natural variety: deeply tied to the past and based on genuine food and home-made products, it switches between the flavours of roasted meats, typical of the internal land (cooked according to local variants), the delicious fish recipes typical of the coasts, passing through the numerous sweets and cookies made with almond paste, honey, sapa (Cooked Grape Must Syrup) and to the tasty and full bodied local wines.

If you are a gourmet, our selection of Hotel Gourmet will give you a hand in choosing the Hotel in Sardinia that suit your vacation!