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12. januar 2023
We booked a trip for May 2020 and it was cancelled due to covid. We booked again for this June as we were completely sold by the photos and reviews regarding the quality of food. The hotel is an hour and a half away from Olbia airport, and we found it more cost effective to hire a car rather than pay for transfers. The roads are great and the last 5 miles down the twisty, hairpinned road to Cala Ganone had some epic views. The hotel itself is nice and small, I think we arrived at the start of the season as there weren’t many there, but by the time we left it was full. Mainly Germans and Italians with a few Brits. Plenty of sun loungers and brollies round the pool, so no need to leave a towel out at 4am! Everything was clean and very well maintained throughout, with cleaners doing rooms every day. You need to preload a card up to pay for drinks at the bar, but this is no hassle and anything remaining at the end of your stay is reimbursed. All the staff are polite and smiley, and very helpful. Our room, we upgraded to the superior, which was an extra €300 but well worth it for the larger size, bigger balcony (with jacuzzi bath!) and stunning sea view, I totally recommend it if you can. Aircon included, works efficiently and quietly. Theres a TV, but with very limited channels and none in English. A safe in the wardrobe for valuables too. We never found the WiFi code, but our mobiles worked well and being on Virgin, we could use our data there. Our only issue, and maybe it was due to being early in the season was the food. It was very average, not at all like the photos and descriptions given, on day one, the BBQ gave a choice of a burger or a salmon steak… both frozen not fresh, day two a chicken fillet or swordfish, day three was a pork cutlet or salmon again… none of the mouth watering lavish BBQ’s seen in the photos! It picked up again on day four, with international day, the BBQ had a paella, and there were plenty of other dishes. Day five was local sausages (tasty!) and a pig roast (a bit dry)By day six, we got a bit bored and ate out… maybe it will improve as the season gets underway, or maybe they cant afford the lavish BBQ’s after the damage covid closures have done. Entertainment in the bar area was performed by the same guy, on a keyboard and quite loud and got very repetitive, so much so, that by the end of the week we knew his set! The hotel has a bit of beach area, and they will take you down by minibus which is great, but its not a long walk there, or indeed to the port or the multitude of restaurants along the sea front. Did we have a great holiday? Yes, would I go back? Only if the food returns to its former glory, being “foodies” we felt a bit short changed.
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