Hotel Baia Aranzos is a resort style hotel with a pool, private beach, and in-house Dive and…read moreSnorkel Team. There is a bar open daily. The restaurant serves breakfast and dinner. The bar has sandwiches available for lunch or you can head over to a few nearby locations. The hotel is about 20 minutes from the airport in Olbia and easily accessible by taxi or shuttle. Taxi and shuttles cost about the same,. however the quality of car and driver will vary. The dinner menu is mostly a fixed surf and turf with appetizer, first and second course, and dessert. Cost is above average for dinner but extremely convenient if you spend all day on a sea excursion and/or at the beach. Within a 15 minute walk you can enjoy another couple of beaches frequented by locals. Most are similar to the private hotel beach. The white sand and turquoise water is mainly off the island and all water is extremely clear and vibrant with life. The staff is friendly and helpful. If you arrive early, you can park your bags in the lobby and enjoy the pool, beach, excursion, etc without interuption. I recommend arriving early and making plans as some flight options arrive at night wasting a day. Extremely relaxing, extremely nice amenities, rooms are nice, beds are a bit stiff but the blankets are locally sourced stitched quilts. View is amazing. And convenience of snorkeling is incomparable.

After a week of airbnbing across Sardinia, I fancied a bit of ease and convenience for our last…read morenight, particularly as we had to get to the airport by 6am. This Doubletree is near the airport (well a 20 euro cab ride so not that bloody near) and looked to have a huge pool! Also they advertised free shuttle to the airport. Winning, right?! When we arrived, we couldn't check in till 3pm which I wasn't thrilled with as I thought for most hotels it was 2pm? We received a welcome chocolate chip cookie, which is a lovely touch. Then they told us they could arrange for a driver to the airport and it would cost 15 euro. Um, what happened to free? Total lie on their booking.com page, it would seem. The room was lovely and we couldn't be happier with it. We trotted down to the pool, which was as big as advertised with complimentary towels and loungers under cover. I had wanted to get drunk at the pool bar but 5 euro for a small can of beer is just way too much. So no drinks for me. The biggest downside I had with this place is the mosquitos. I got bitten 10 times lying by the pool for an hour and a half. Can't they get those mosquito repellers things? We went back to our room and I looked up the massage prices. Very reasonable for a 50 minute massage so we booked two. I appreciated the reception manager coming in and translating for us as she spoke no English. It was a decent massage for totally last minute booking and she was happy to do mine first and my boyfriend's straight after. However, she kinda short changed us on time and it was about 40 minutes each really. We then popped to the hotel bar (honestly, there is NOTHING near by, it's in the middle of a highway so you really can't leave unless you get a cab). I was very happy with the bar, we ordered drinks and got free snacks, including a little sandwich. Then off to the restaurant for dinner. This was a great experience and very reasonable. My boyfriend's steak was fantastic and the service was great. Really good caprese salad. Upon check out, we hit a bit of a bum note. I went to pay and there was confusion, he handed me the invoice and said 'all fine' so I asked if he charged it to my card and he said yes. Then as we went to leave, he called after me to pay. I thought they had the card? I gave them the card and the machine seemed to not work for such a long time that my boyfriend came back to check on me, so then they cancelled it and used a different handheld machine. And then he typed some of my card details into his screen. I don't like this, they should have no reason to need any of the details once they have charged it. It felt very suspicious. A bit of a hit and miss visit really.

We thoroughly enjoyed our stay here. We had a room with the perfect view of the beach and the…read moredownstairs breakfast buffet room has retractable window walls to allow an unobstructed view of the beach during breakfast in the mornings. The resort also has its own private beach which was much appreciated once we saw how crowded the public beach adjacent to the resort can be on weekends.

My least favorite hotel so far in Sardinia and Corsica. Surprising since it had a 5 star rating…read moreand was the most expensive. Rude service. Moldy rooms with weird smells. Uncomfortable bed and linens. Average food... and we had a 5 course dinner. Nice grounds. Such a disappointment.

Please be aware of the breakfast staff, there are two men that work there. One slender and tall and…read morethe other short with a mohawk and silver earring. We stayed at this property for 4 nights in June 2024 and every single morning the shorter man with the mohawk made sexual advances on me during my stay with a friend. The first morning, he complimented me a few times and I thought nothing of it, he even came up to our table and tried using google translate to which stated 'do you have an ad?" My friend and I were very confused, but just figured it was due to a language barrier. Later that same day, we were taking photos on the property and we noticed he was probably on on break when he walked over and stared briefly while we took pictures again making us immensly uncomfortable . The next day at breakfast, he gave me a note asking if he could "give me a gift tonight", to which I politely declined and and he continued to give me unsolicited compliments during breakfast and continued to make myself and my friend extremely uncomfortable to even get up and get more food in fear he would come out from the kitchen and try to speak to me. As we were wrapping up, he then came up to me again and asked me if he could "pay for me for an hour and that I was so beautiful." Immediately after this, we went to speak to the manager and she went down to him Immediately, however, she never followed-up with us or even apologized for the continuous egregious behavior and unprofessionalism. By day three, we ended up skipping breakfast because we weren't interested in dealing with him after he tried to solicit inappropriate acts to me and by the 4th day we ended up sitting as far as we could from the main dinning area inconveniencing us and it seemed that maybe his manager did speak to him? I am saddened that this man ruined any sense of safety and comfortability we had at the property and the lack of follow-up that should have been done after we reported this incident. We also, spent quite a bit of money to stay here $1,000 plus and was offered to form of compensation. For a 4 star hotel, we will not be staying here again as they seem to allow staff who sexually harass their guest's to remain employed. I also filed a complaint with my cc company and they said there is nothing they can do, so please DO NOT STAY HERE!! I also wanted to add that the property was alright, however, the air vents in the rooms need to be cleaned. You have been warned

La Locanda del Conte Mameli Hotel Via delle Terme 8 Olbia…read moreSS, Italy We booked this hotel for Sunday August 27th and 28th checking out on the 29th of 2023. We booked the Queen Suite Spa Martina for the first night and the Princess Suite Spa Giada for the second. The Hotel is very nice and the people who work the front desk are very professional and courteous. The problem we had is the temperature in Olbia at the time was 91F/33C during the day and 73F/23C and very humid. Apparently the Air conditioner was not working the first night. They provided a small fan but the humidity and heat made for a rough night. Without screens on the windows and the high humidity, we kept them shut. We asked to speak to the manager, and they said he was not at the hotel. I politely asked for a discount for the air conditioning not working and they said they would pass it on to the manager. The office staff said they would have him get a hold of us prior to our departure on the 29th. He never got in touch with us nor emailed us to apologize or compensate us in any way. Several weeks after arriving home I emailed the hotel asking for some sort of resolution and did not receive any response. As lovely as this hotel is, I would NOT RECOMMEND staying here as the hotel's management only cares about money and not the well-being of his guests