La Padda - La Colba Tours

I visited this Hotel with a friend in September 2009 for a relaxing long weekend. The Hotel itself is lovely, very well kept and clean. Food is delicious and the service in the restaurant is good. Two very big tips for anyone else thinking of going here, hardly anyone speaks English, so remember to bring a phrase book or brush up on your Italian or you will struggle as my friend and I did. The other big tip is hire a car, the Hotel is no where near anything and taxi's are very very expensive. With these two things in mind, you will have a very memorable time in Sardinia.

***READ THIS BEFORE YOU BOOK*** Overall 3/5 Staff were very friendly and helpful Shuttle from the airport was 130 euros (taxi was 100) Pool is VERY small. Not enough day beds to accommodate guests, so if you don’t get there very early you will not sit by the pool. Room was fine, shower was fine, water pressure was bad. “Private beach club” is a stretch. There is a shuttle that brings you 10 minutes to a public beach where the hotel has a section roped off. It is nice but not a private beach. Breakfast was good. Spa was nice, small, but good services. Again all staff was very friendly and professional including the spa staff who gave us the massages. Drinks/water by the pool or “beach club” were very pricey, about double anywhere else. (Aperol spritz at the pool was 16 euro, and at the bar outside the “beach club” was 7 euro.