Sutrelia / Destinations / Porto Cervo
Italy · Costa Smeralda · Sardinia
The Aga Khan's invented paradise — granite coves, impossible water, and in August the greatest concentration of superyachts anywhere in the Mediterranean.
When to go
May to early October, with July and August at full intensity. June and September give you the same sea without the traffic. Most hotels close from November to April.
Getting there
Olbia Costa Smeralda airport 30 minutes by private chauffeur — one of Italy's busiest private-jet airports in summer. Helicopter and yacht transfers throughout the coast.
What we arrange
Hotels and chalets, private transfers and helicopters, restaurant reservations, guides, events and everything in between — on one WhatsApp thread.
Where to stay
Every hotel here is one we know personally. Tell us your dates and we will come back with availability, the right room category and any partner benefits that apply.
The 1963 Jacques Couëlle fantasy on its own bay, with the Mediterranean's largest saltwater pool and a Bond film to its name.
EnquireFifty-odd rooms in granite villas with grass roofs, a saltwater pool carved from the rock, and the quietest clientele on the coast.
EnquireWhitewashed and bougainvillea-covered above its own beach, the most relaxed of the Costa Smeralda grandes dames.
EnquireWhere to eat
Italo Bassi's contemporary Italian cooking in Porto Cervo — the most serious kitchen on the Costa Smeralda.
1 Michelin starFish landed that morning, served on the old port with the marina lights in front of you.
Insider tableSunset over the rocks at Forte Cappellini in Baja Sardinia, then dinner, then a DJ until it stops being dinner.
Insider tableThings to do
A day among the archipelago's granite islands — Budelli's pink beach, Spargi's shallows and lunch at anchor.
Porto Cervo's evening ritual: a walk past the yachts, a drink at the Cervo Hotel, and watching who arrived today.
Robert Trent Jones Sr's course threaded through granite and macchia between two bays.
The Costa Smeralda's longest beach, with a tender transfer and a beach club table arranged.
Insider note
Come by sea if you can. In August the coast road between Porto Cervo and Baja Sardinia can take an hour to cover eight kilometres, and everything good is on the water anyway.
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