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Gusto by Sadler

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San Teodoro, Italy

Gusto by Sadler

Holding a Michelin star since 2024, Gusto by Sadler operates inside the Baglioni Resort north of San Teodoro, where Claudio Sadler and resident chef Andrea Besana compose a Mediterranean menu that moves between classic Sardinian shellfish preparations and more technically precise modern dishes. Garden and pool views frame every dinner service, running nightly from 7 PM. For the north-east Sardinian coast, the format is as serious as fine dining gets.

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Sardinia

Restaurants

Selected entries from the current guide for Sardinia.

Gusto by Sadler restaurant in San Teodoro

San Teodoro, Italy

Gusto by Sadler

Holding a Michelin star since 2024, Gusto by Sadler operates inside the Baglioni Resort north of San Teodoro, where Claudio Sadler and resident chef Andrea Besana compose a Mediterranean menu that moves between classic Sardinian shellfish preparations and more technically precise modern dishes. Garden and pool views frame every dinner service, running nightly from 7 PM. For the north-east Sardinian coast, the format is as serious as fine dining gets.

San Teodoro, Italy
CUCINA.eat restaurant in Cagliari

Cagliari, Italy

CUCINA.eat

At CUCINA.eat, Italian tradition meets contemporary finesse in an intimate dining room where craftsmanship takes center stage. The menu moves with the seasons, celebrating polished produce, house-made pastas, and fire-kissed mains presented with artful restraint. Guests are welcomed into a refined ambiance—softly lit, elegantly textured, and quietly exclusive—where attentive service anticipates desire and each course unfolds with confident grace. A curated wine program, rich in Italian terroirs and rare finds, deepens the culinary narrative, while the pacing invites conversation and discovery. For those who appreciate nuance, CUCINA.eat offers a dinner that resonates long after the final sip—polished, soulful, and unmistakably special.

Cagliari, Italy
Sa Scolla restaurant in Cagliari

Cagliari, Italy

Sa Scolla

Sa Scolla operates at the intersection of Sardinian country cooking and the discipline of modern pizza-making, with a focus on long leavening, seasonal raw materials, and ingredients sourced close to home. Located on Via Galvani in a residential quarter outside Cagliari's historic centre, the space reads as an informal lounge with enough considered detail to feel decidedly non-casual. It represents a growing strand of the city's dining scene: places where technique and provenance are taken seriously without the formality of a tasting-menu address.

Cagliari, Italy
Essenza Bistrot restaurant in Olbia

Olbia, Italy

Essenza Bistrot

In the storied center of town, Essenza Bistrot distills contemporary Italian elegance into a setting of timeless stone and soft glow. The owner-chef orchestrates a graceful procession of beautifully plated dishes—modern in spirit, rooted in flavor—alongside a precise selection of raw fish and seafood that showcases the purity of the Mediterranean. A handful of tables outdoors set an intimate stage for culinary reverie, while inside, the textures of history meet the precision of today. For the informed traveler, Essenza offers a quietly luxurious escape: a place where technique serves taste, where every detail feels deliberate, and where the pleasure of dining unfolds with unhurried sophistication.

Olbia, Italy
Mesadoria Restaurant restaurant in Sassari

Sassari, Italy

Mesadoria Restaurant

Mesadoria has relocated from the Sardinian coast to a contemporary space on Piazza Cavallino De Honestis in central Sassari, bringing new chefs and a sharper focus on local sourcing. The kitchen leads with fish and seafood while keeping a few meat dishes on the menu, working predominantly with Sardinian ingredients in a register that holds classic technique alongside modern presentation. A consistent performer through its transition, it occupies a grounded mid-tier position in a city with limited serious restaurant options.

Sassari, Italy

Sardinia

Hotels

Selected entries from the current guide for Sardinia.

Hotel Cala di Volpe, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Costa Smeralda hotel in Porto Cervo

Porto Cervo, Italy

Hotel Cala di Volpe, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Costa Smeralda

Designed by Jacques Couëlle in the 1960s as an architectural evocation of a Sardinian fishing village, Hotel Cala di Volpe anchors the Costa Smeralda's luxury tier with 121 rooms and suites, four restaurants including Nobu Matsuhisa's outpost and the revamped Le Grand, a private beach, and a saltwater pool among the largest on the Mediterranean. La Liste ranked it 93.5 points in its 2026 Top Hotels index.

Porto Cervo, Italy
Baglioni Resort Sardinia hotel in San Teodoro

San Teodoro, Italy

Baglioni Resort Sardinia

Named Italy's Leading Boutique Resort at the 2025 World Travel Awards and a member of The Leading Hotels of the World, Baglioni Resort Sardinia occupies the Gallura coastline near San Teodoro, a stretch of northeastern Sardinia defined by granite outcrops and shallow turquoise water. The property positions itself within Italy's tightest tier of design-led coastal resorts, where architecture, landscape, and restraint carry more weight than scale.

San Teodoro, Italy
Hotel Pitrizza hotel in Porto Cervo

Porto Cervo, Italy

Hotel Pitrizza

On the rocky promontory above Liscia di Vacca bay, Hotel Pitrizza occupies a quieter register than the Costa Smeralda's more conspicuous properties. Sixty-five rooms, suites, and villas combine local craftsmanship with direct sea access, a saltwater pool cut into the granite, and a private beach — all within ten minutes of Porto Cervo's boutiques and restaurants. The tone throughout is deliberate restraint in a setting that rarely does restraint.

Porto Cervo, Italy
Due Lune Puntaldia Resort & Golf hotel in San Teodoro

San Teodoro, Italy

Due Lune Puntaldia Resort & Golf

Due Lune Puntaldia Resort & Golf sits at the northern tip of Sardinia's San Teodoro coast, where low-rise architecture built from local stone meets a swimming pool calibrated to mirror the Tyrrhenian's turquoise. The resort pairs golf with direct beach access across a stretch of coastline that defines the Gallura's reputation for understated, landscape-integrated luxury. Rooms and dining sit within juniper-dotted grounds that shift the property closer to nature reserve than conventional resort.

San Teodoro, Italy
Palazzo Doglio hotel in Cagliari

Cagliari, Italy

Palazzo Doglio

A Leading Hotels of the World member set inside a restored noble palazzo in Cagliari's historic Castello district, Palazzo Doglio occupies a city that most Italian luxury itineraries still overlook. The property sits within the medieval upper city, placing guests within walking distance of Sardinia's most layered urban history. For travellers calibrating a southern Italian circuit, it belongs in the same conversation as the island's more coastal alternatives.

Cagliari, Italy
Abi d'Oru Beach Hotel&Spa hotel in Costa Smeralda

Costa Smeralda, Italy

Abi d'Oru Beach Hotel&Spa

Michelin Selected for 2025, Abi d'Oru Beach Hotel & Spa sits on the Golfo di Marinella at Porto Rotondo, within the protected enclave of Costa Smeralda. The property occupies the smaller, quieter end of the Costa's hotel spectrum, positioning itself against design-led beach retreats rather than the large-scale resort complexes that dominate the northern coast. A considered option for travellers prioritising direct sea access and spa facilities over branded spectacle.

Costa Smeralda, Italy
Almar Timi Ama Villasimius hotel in Villasimius

Villasimius, Italy

Almar Timi Ama Villasimius

Almar Timi Ama Villasimius holds dual recognition as a Global Winner for Luxury Family Beach Resort and a Country Winner for Luxury Beach Resort, placing it in a narrow tier of Sardinian coastal properties where design, setting, and family-oriented facilities converge at the premium end of the market. Set along the protected coastline near Villasimius, it draws families seeking structured beach luxury in one of southern Sardinia's most ecologically sensitive coastal zones.

Villasimius, Italy
Forte Village Hotel Castello, Sardinia hotel in Cagliari

Cagliari, Italy

Forte Village Hotel Castello, Sardinia

Set on Sardinia's south coast near Pula, Forte Village Hotel Castello operates within one of Europe's most self-contained resort complexes, offering five-star accommodation with direct beach access, a heated pool, and half-board dining at the Cavalieri Restaurant. The property's dining programme extends to Heinz Beck's gourmet restaurant within the wider resort, giving guests a credible fine-dining option without leaving the grounds.

Cagliari, Italy
Stazzo Lu Ciaccaru hotel in Costa Smeralda

Costa Smeralda, Italy

Stazzo Lu Ciaccaru

A Michelin Selected agriturismo in Arzachena, Stazzo Lu Ciaccaru sits on the granite-studded interior of Costa Smeralda, where the Gallura countryside sets the terms rather than the coastline. The property occupies a traditional Sardinian stazzo — a rural farmstead — and pitches its guest experience against the grain of the region's high-gloss resort circuit. It is a deliberate counterpoint to the marina-facing properties that define the area's premium tier.

Costa Smeralda, Italy

Sardinia

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Selected entries from the current guide for Sardinia.

Sardinia

Wineries

Selected entries from the current guide for Sardinia.

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