Villas inSardinia

Granite coast and turquoise water: the Costa Smeralda in the north-east, the wilder Gallura behind it, and long empty beaches down the west. Sardinia keeps its own pace, its own language, and some of the clearest sea in the Mediterranean. Olbia is the way in; the Maddalena islands are the day out by boat.

In Italy

5 regions

Villas

16

Fly into

Olbia Costa Smeralda or Cagliari Elmas, a median 40 km away

Swimming season

June to October, peaking at 26°C in August

Sleeps

4 to 14