Luxury bespoke holidays to Hotel le Rocce Sarde, Sardinia
Facts in brief
Official star rating 4
Location The hotel is 5-minutes' drive to San Pantaleo
Annual opening 11 April to 16 October
Closest airport Olbia Airport
Distance from airport The hotel is 30-minutes' drive from Olbia Airport
Hotel facilities and services
Swimming Pool, Bar Service at the Pool, Terrace, Restaurant, Complimentary Shuttle Bus to San Panteleo (on request) and to nearby Beach of Portisco (every hour), Parking, Piano Bar, Gardens, Poolside Bar, Organised Boat Trips (payable locally), Mountain Bikes, Room Service, Massage, Tennis, Table Tennis, Babysitting.
Land sports
Mountain Biking, Tennis, Table Tennis.
Out and about nearby
Costa Smeralda, San Pantaleo, Numerous white sand beaches, Dramatic Sardinian countryside.
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Double or twin room for 7 nights
From about
£1,570
Holiday Code IE297
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays to Hotel le Rocce Sarde, Sardinia
Room descriptions
Hotel le Rocce Sarde has 80 rooms with bath or shower and wc, satellite television, air-conditioning, telephone and minibar.
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Double or twin room for 7 nights
From about
£1,570
Holiday Code IE297
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays to Hotel le Rocce Sarde, Sardinia
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to Hotel le Rocce Sarde on Sardinia, our clients fly to Olbia and then usually have a hire-car for the duration of the holiday. A private transfer can be arranged instead.
Additional information
Children: Cots may be used free of charge.
Other information: Located 5 minutes drive from San Panteleo, 10 minutes drive to the beach.
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Double or twin room for 7 nights
From about
£1,570
Holiday Code IE297
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays to Hotel le Rocce Sarde, Sardinia
About Sardinia
An Expressions tailor-made holiday to Sardinia is a chance to experience this once remote and wild island. Historically, the island was inhabited by shepherds and a shy people, who had little to do with the Italian mainland. It then became a melting pot of diverse European and North African cultures, and now Sardinia still bears witness to its colourful past with echoes of the Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Spanish and Tuscans being clearly apparent in its traditions, language and architecture today. The coastline is startling with its coves, long sandy beaches, inlets, rocky outcrops and clear, turquoise sea. Inland the macchia grassland with myrtle, thyme, prickly pears and dwarf oaks stretches towards the wild peaks of the Gennargentu mountains. Sardinia offers a delightful mixture for your holiday, combining the sophistication of the resorts and hotels of the Costa Smeralda and its stunning beaches with the remote, rural hinterland, where shepherds still tend their sheep in the mountains and traditional costume is worn with pride. Sardinia is a fascinating holiday island.
Highlights of Sardinia
Visit Sassari on the west coast of the island, a town with a mediaeval quarter, cathedral and Renaissance Fonte Rosello. Alghero has a very Spanish feel and from here you can take a boat trip to the Grotta di Nettuno, a spectacular, deep, natural cave. Tour the interior of the island, dotted with about 7,000 nuraghe, truncated stone structures built from basalt blocks. In the centre of the island are the dramatic Gennargentu mountains, whose highest point is Punta la Marmora at just over 6,000 ft (local traditions are keenly preserved in this region). To the north of the Costa Smeralda is the Maddalena Archipelago, of about 14 rocky islands and islets, beautifully scenic and with a rugged coastline. The Costa Smeralda itself consists of pink granite headlands, sandy creeks and bays with wooded hills and mountain ridges behind.
Cultural highlights of Sardinia
Visit the church of Santissima Trinita di Saccargia near Sassari for its 13th Century frescoes. The Catalan-Gothic 16th Century Cathedral on Alghero. Nuoro has been the home of some of Sardinia’s most important literary figures including Grazia Deledda who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1926. The Museo Nazionale Archeologico in Cagliari houses bronze votive statuettes of the Nuragic people.
Festivals in Sardinia
Cavalcata Sarda festival in Sassari on Ascension Day. Sagra del Redentore festival in Nuoro illustrates traditional dancing and dialects of the region. Feast of the Mamuthones in Mamoiada includes a ritual dance full of the fierce folkoric tradition of the Gennargentu mountains.
Gastronomy in Sardinia
The gastronomy of Sardinia is based very much on produce from the land, especially milk products and meat. Ewe's milk produces Sardinian pecorino cheese, used to flavour many regional dishes. Meat is often cooked over hot embers or roasted on a spit. Specialities include 'Prosciutto di cinghiale' (wild boar ham) and 'Succutundu' (strong meat stock with semolina balls). Roast lamb with rosemary and thyme features regularly on menus. Nougat is a local speciality. Sardinia produces its own red and white wines, with Nuragus and Vernaccia being the best known.
