One of the five star properties on Costa Smeralda…read more Excellent service, large beachfront property with two separate pools and multiple restaurants Pro tip consider renting a car in Sardinia as taxis and Ubers are extremely expensive often 50 Euros for short trips and in some areas are very hard to get.

Now a Belmond hotel. The service has greatly improved. Looking forward to it getting better and…read morebetter.

Now this is a true find if you're looking for sun, beach, pool and food in a kid-friendly spot in…read moreCorsica. We had our own little bungalow with an outdoor kitchen that, while hardly spacious, was just enough for our family of three for a week. The outdoor kitchen was really the highlight since it can get so HOT during the day that the last thing you want to do is be indoors cooking, plus dining al fresco in your own kitchen screams VACATION! The booking of the bungalow was super seamless thanks to the extremely helpful and sweet Carine who each time I called with some random question in the rush leading up to our holiday was totally helpful and reassuring. She made sure that our bungalow had all of the necessities (linens, baby bed, high chair, etc..) to make our first vacation avec bébé as smooth as possible, though we realized that vacation and parenting are two mutually exclusive terms, at least with a 2-year old. The pool is perfect, and the beach across the street from the residence is fine, but you'll have a better beach experience if you head up to Candella beach just five minutes north or one of the swimming creeks off of the road leading to Bavella (stop at the Camping on your right then walk down a set a stairs to the water, it's divine!). What's also great about this place is that the restaurant on site serves fantastic brick over pizza and local wine until midnight each night, so you can dine in or take it back to your bungalow and they'll just charge you at the end. There's also a cute café/tabac right on the premises that sells fresh bread and croissants as well as magazines and bottled water so you don't have to schlep that far for your essentials. My only critique was over the shower which was tiny and equipped with a flimsy curtain that was way too short creating a deluge in the bathroom every time you washed.