Cascioni Eco Retreat
Nature and nurture
Sleepy Gallura stazzo
Cascioni Eco Retreat is a sleepy Sardinian stazzo near the wave-lashed shores of the emerald coast. Its low-lying farmhouses, though unassuming at first, are home to 15 immaculate suites (all with private plunge pools and gardens), a sun-soaked swimming pool, organic spa, and oak-scented wine cellar. Olive trees and fields of alfalfa border the hotel – the estate harvests and bottles its own extra virgin olive oil every October – perfect for dipping your just-baked carasau flatbread in while dining alfresco in the garden-to-table restaurant.
Facilities
Rooms
19 rooms, including 16 suites.
Checkout
11am, and check-in is at 3pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability
More Details
Rates include breakfast – don’t miss the local civraxiu bread topped with freshly laid eggs and tomato salsa – a very Sardinian start to the day.
Also
Nature and nurture are central to this eco retreat. You can learn from the best of garden-to-table dining with a cooking masterclass; or if you’re more akin to clothing than cuisine, pick up tips on how to use plants – madder, buckthorn, lavender and daphne to name a few – as natural dyes for wool, linen and silk.
Hotel Closed
The hotel is open from the first week of May to the last week of October every year.
Fitness Center
Free Internet Access
Laundry
Pool
On-Site Restaurant
Room Service
Spa
At the Hotel
Pool, spa, Techo-gym equipment, restaurant and bar. In rooms: private porch and garden, heated plunge pool, tea- and coffee-making facilities, mineral water, TV, free WiFi, hairdryer, minibar and bathrobes.
Our Favourite Rooms
All but the Superior rooms have private pools, but the Prestige Pool Suites are the more spacious of the bunch. And if you're bringing the family, the Cascioni Country Villa sleeps 10 across its five bedrooms.
Poolside
Trees act as umbrellas around the sinuous pool – dappling shade over the socially-distanced sunbeds (the small number of rooms means there’s no need for poolside crowding). An uninterrupted view over Gallura – and up to Sardinia’s steely blue skies – make this the epicentre of the hotel, albeit an incredibly peaceful one
Spa
The post-coast feeling – one of beach breeze, sun-kissed skin and sandy everything – slips away in the hotel spa, with its Mediterranean-scented sauna, heated swimming pool, herbal teas and natural treatments. And if you’re not content with only using olive oil with your food, why not book one of the treatments using the estate's own batch: nature and nurture go hand in hand here.
Packing Tips
Leave laptops at home: this retreat is too wholesome to spend time at your screen. Instead, leaf through a pocket-sized Sardinian dictionary – the language has been classified by UNESCO as an endangered language – so pick up a phrase or two while you still can.
Also
Yoga classes are held in the garden against a background hushed by countryside; and spa treatments can be taken from the comfort of your suite.
Children
Children above the age of 10 are welcome at Cascioni: an additional bed can be added to rooms upon request (with a charge).
Gallery
Food & Drink
Top Table
You can dine indoors or alfresco at Ulia, and both have a view of the olive groves, but we recommend a table near the pool.
Dress Code
It’s the kind of restaurant that makes you want to dress up, despite it forgoing any real formalities. Linen is a good middle ground, or match your surroundings with neutral, earthy tones.
Hotel Restaurant
Ulia puts on lavish banquets from the land; local breads dipped in freshly harvested olive oil, bowls of garden vegetables, and pastas stuffed with locally sourced meats. The garden-to-kitchen menu is entirely vegetarian, while the ‘Grande Carte’ includes octopus, sea bass and quail. Expect rustic and honest dishes that are rich in flavour and tradition.
Hotel Bar
Aperitivo hour at Ulia is best served with an Aperol Spritz in hand, or a cocktail creation incorporating fennel, rhubarb, sage and marmalade (not all at once, mind). The Mojirto is the signature drink; a tangy concoction of white myrtle liqueur, lime juice, basil, and ginger beer. If wine is more your tipple, arrange a tasting in the cosy cellar of crisp Asinara Indolente bianco or rich Cagnulari red, all in the company of the in-house sommelier.
Last Orders
Farmer’s breakfast is available 7–10.30am, lunch from 12.30–3pm, and dinner 7.30–10.30pm, where you can choose from vegetarian, vegan, meat and fish menus. The lounge bar and its impressive array of cocktails are available until midnight every evening.
Room Service
A tailored menu is available for room service 7.30–midnight, whether you prefer to dine by your plunge pool, in your private garden or in bed.
Planes
Fly into Olbia Costa Smeralda; it’s a 30-minute drive from the airport to Cascioni. Staff can arrange private two-person transfers for €90 each way.
Automobiles
Hire a car to make the most of Sardinia’s mountainous hinterland (there’s free parking at Cascioni). Our in-house travel team will be happy to arrange a rental for you to pick up at the airport.
Worth Getting Out of Bed For
As DH Lawrence said, ‘Sardinia is different’ – an Italian island for those with an air of independence. Skip cruise ship hop-off point Porto Cervo and instead set your sights on Porto Rotondo or pretty San Pantaleo, with its famed Thursday market. Sparkling shores and rugged coves can be found at Cala Ginepro, Cala Sassari and Spiaggia del Principe, or for truly luminous waters visit the cave complex of Grotta del Bue Marina – a maze of underground beaches, rock carvings and stalagmites. Further afield are the deserted islands of the La Maddalena Archipelago – the hotel can arrange a private yacht trip, with the option of dinner under golden-hour glow and candle light.
If the scalloped bays and beaches of the emerald coast are too pristine for your liking, head inland to Sardinia’s hinterland to discover the hills, streams and gorges of Mount Limbara. Canoes can be hired to navigate the hushed river of the Saloni nature reserve, which also affords excellent bird watching; or go on the lookout for blue-eyed albino donkeys on the Isola dell’Asinara.
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