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.

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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.