Gallicantu Stazzo Retreat

Style

Ancient equine digs

Setting

Laid-back Luogosanto

Metaphorical miles from the flashy Costa Smeralda in north-eastern Sardinia, Gallicantu Stazzo Retreat is the passion project of a professional golfer turned rustic-retreat-running over-achiever. These days, he’s still partial to teeing off and gladly helps guests improve their swing in the woods (not as risqué as it sounds). He’s also busy making mirto (blueberry liqueur), arranging barbecues and live jazz nights, and ensuring yacht-free Elysium ensues. If that doesn’t sound like enough of a pastoral idyll for you, instead of televisions, guests are encouraged to watch the millennia-old olive tree at the heart of the retreat.

Facilities

Zimmer

Nine, including three suites.

Checkout

11am. Earliest check-in, 3pm.

Weitere Details

Rates usually include breakfast.

Also

The terrain of the retreat is unfortunately not easily accessible for wheelchair users.

Hotel Closed

The retreat opens annually from April to November.

Kostenfreies WLAN

Pool

Spa

At the Hotel

Free WiFi throughout, cellar, pool house, small boutique selling local wares. In rooms: TV, free bottled water, minibar, air-conditioning and locally made Erbe di Sardegna bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

The stable buildings are spread across the landscape of kitchen gardens, holly and oak trees, and sparkly sea in the distance – we were head over hooves for Corsica, which has a picture window framing the Gallura countryside and mountains of Napoleon’s birthplace on clear days.

Poolside

The pool in the grounds is open from 8am until 8pm, with a pool house dispensing towels and free cold drinks.

Spa

The petite wellness area has a relaxation lounge with a tea corner to ensure peak unwinding, along with a sauna, sensory shower and Turkish bath. Massages can be booked with a little notice.

Packing Tips

Rural Gallura is close in distance but far in mindset from the glitzy shores of the Costa Smeralda, and you can pack accordingly.

Also

The cellar may have been inhabited five millennia ago, but these days it has wine, cheese, charcuterie and WiFi.

Kinder

Gallicantu Stazzo Retreat is for full-size Smiths only.

Galerie

Food & Drink

Top Table

Peek the peaks of Corsica out on the terrace.

Kleiderordnung

Dark horse.

Hotel Restaurant

There’s no formal restaurant at the retreat, but the cook kindly creates a traditional Sardinian tasting menu for guests every night. They also get busy baking every morning, whipping up biscuits, cakes and breads to accompany the charcuterie, cheeses and honey from the estate’s hive for breakfasts.

Hotel Bar

The estate has a cellar for wine tastings, plus a pool house where you can help yourself to free refreshments.

Last Orders

The nightly dinners usually run from 7.30pm until 10pm.

Planes

The nearest airport is Olbia-Costa Smeralda, a 40-minute drive away from the estate. A hotel-arranged transfer costs around €90 for two people.

Trains

Olbia has a train station if you’re coming from another part of the island by rail – transfers start from €100 one-way.

Automobiles

A car will be useful for exploring the starry shoreline of the Costa Smeralda – there’s a free car park at the hotel.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

It’s unlikely but if the Gallicantu Stazzo Retreat good life tires, head to the bright lights of Porto Cervo, which was purpose-built as a billionaires’ playground 60 years ago with the requisite super-yachts dropping anchor every summer. The estate’s owner Marco, a PGA professional, can impart some of his golfing wisdom in his practice area in the woods. A yoga teacher can also be summoned for sun-salutation improvement. The team can arrange wine (and local cheese and charcuterie) tastings in the ancient cellar, painting and cookery lessons, e-bicycle tours of Gallura and horse-riding with a local guide, along with sailing trips to La Maddalena islands.

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