Lanthia Resort
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Lanthia Resort · Santa Maria Navarrese, Italy
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Key Highlights
- ✓Amenities: Highlights include a beautiful outdoor infinity pool, a relaxing area in the pine forest with hammocks, and a beachfront bar and grill.
- ✓Beach Bar & Grill: Located just steps from the beach, it's perfect for light lunches, fresh seafood, and relaxing with sea views.
Expert Review: Lanthia Resort
Lanthia Resort in Santa Maria Navarrese, Italy, a Michelin Key Selected property, consistently garners high praise from guests for its unique blend of refined luxury and natural beauty.
Overall Rating & Sentiment
The general consensus for Lanthia Resort is overwhelmingly positive, with guests frequently describing their stays as "unforgettable," "perfect," and "incredible." It is considered a truly special destination that provides a relaxing and beautiful experience. The resort has also been recognized with a Michelin Key, signifying its excellence in architecture, interior design, quality of service, personality, value, and overall contribution to the guest experience.
Key Highlights
Guests consistently praise several aspects of Lanthia Resort:
- Location & Natural Beauty: The resort is celebrated for its stunning setting between the mountains and the deep blue sea, nestled amidst lush gardens and a pine forest. Its direct access to a private beach with sunbeds and parasols is a significant draw.
- Design & Ambiance: The property's design, which blends rustic stone construction with impressive modernist interiors, is highly appreciated. Rooms incorporate local materials like granite, personalized ceramics, finely embroidered linens, and oak floors, reflecting Sardinia's artisanal spirit.
- Service & Hospitality: The staff are frequently described as attentive, accommodating, kind, and helpful, contributing significantly to a memorable stay.
- Amenities: Highlights include a beautiful outdoor infinity pool, a relaxing area in the pine forest with hammocks, and a beachfront bar and grill.
Room Quality
Lanthia Resort offers 28 rooms and suites, including Classic, Deluxe, Executive, Junior Suites, and the Orgosolo Suite. The rooms are described as lovely, spacious, and pristine, with a focus on natural textures like raw stone and sun-faded woods. They feature airy layouts that open to sea breezes or garden paths. Each room is equipped with modern comforts such as air conditioning, flat-screen TVs with satellite channels, complimentary Wi-Fi, a safety box, and a mini-bar. Deluxe rooms often come with a private veranda and garden view. Some guests have noted that the smallest room category can be very small, suggesting an upgrade for more space.
Dining Experience
The dining experience at Lanthia Resort is a significant highlight, deeply rooted in Sardinian culinary heritage.
- Restaurant (Montera): The on-site Montera restaurant offers traditional Sardinian food with a modern twist, using carefully selected local ingredients. Meat comes from the Gennargentu mountains, herbs from the hotel garden, vegetables from their own garden, and fish from the local seas. Popular dishes include raw fish selections, local Sardinian ham, roasted Ogliastra Culurgiones pasta, and fresh seafood grills. Meals can be enjoyed on the outdoor terrace with sea breezes.
- Breakfast: The breakfast is frequently praised as "great" and "excellent," and even "the best" some guests had in Sardinia. However, some guests have noted the included buffet breakfast could be a disappointment, lacking hot options, a toaster, or healthy cereal choices.
- Beach Bar & Grill: Located just steps from the beach, it's perfect for light lunches, fresh seafood, and relaxing with sea views.
Service & Staff
The service and staff at Lanthia Resort receive consistent accolades. Guests commend the staff for being incredibly accommodating, kind, helpful, and attentive. They are noted for adding a personal touch to stays and making guests feel at home. Reception staff are helpful with local information and can arrange excursions like boat trips to the Gulf of Orosei and nature tours in the Supramonte mountains. Some feedback mentioned restaurant staff at breakfast being a "bit lost" in one instance.
Location & Accessibility
Lanthia Resort is situated in Santa Maria Navarrese, a small, quiet, and popular coastal town in the Ogliastra region on Sardinia's dramatic east coast.
- Beach Access: The resort offers direct and private access to its beach, accessible via an underpass and a pine wood area, just a couple of minutes' stroll away.
- Neighborhood: Santa Maria Navarrese itself has a lovely bay, a marina, and a selection of shops, cafés, bars, and restaurants.
- Attractions: It's an excellent base for exploring the surrounding countryside, including the Gennargentu mountains and the Golfo di Orosei National Park. Boat trips to renowned beaches like Cala Goloritzè and Cala Mariolu are available from the marina.
- Transport: The resort is approximately an hour and a half by car from Cagliari Airport, and transfers can be arranged. Connections to Olbia, Alghero, and Cagliari international airports are guaranteed by a transportation network.
Value & Pricing
While specific price ranges vary by season and room type, guest sentiment suggests the resort offers good value for money, despite some special dishes in the restaurant coming with an extra charge. Average weeknight prices can be around $595, with weekend nights averaging $726. May is generally the cheapest month to stay, while July is the most expensive. Despite the cost, guests feel it is worth it for the incredible experience, facilities, and service provided.
Common Complaints
While reviews are overwhelmingly positive, a few minor issues have been mentioned:
- Small Pool: Some guests found the pool to be "very small" and hot due to its sheltered area.
- Breakfast Variety: A few guests expressed disappointment with the buffet breakfast, noting a lack of hot/cooked options, a toaster, and healthy cereal choices.
- Room Size: The smallest room category has been described as "very small," leading some guests to recommend upgrading.
- In-Room Entertainment: One guest noted the absence of streaming services like Netflix, with only local TV channels available, which was inconvenient during rainy weather.
- Wi-Fi Patchiness: Some feedback indicated that the Wi-Fi could be patchy.
- Extra Charges for Special Dishes: A minor criticism was that some special dishes at the restaurant incurred an additional charge.
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Points to Consider
- •While reviews are overwhelmingly positive, a few minor issues have been mentioned:
- •Extra Charges for Special Dishes: A minor criticism was that some special dishes at the restaurant incurred an additional charge.
Google Reviews
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Recent Guest Reviews
Jethin Joshy
Can’t even put into words how amazing this resort is—it feels like stepping into a Pinterest-worthy boutique hotel. We were warmly welcomed with drinks and a detailed introduction to everything the property offers: vineyard tours, a private beach, a private terrace with breathtaking ocean views, massages, and more. The rooms were spacious and beautifully decorated, the staff incredibly friendly, ...
Caroline Lorenzen
We stayed here for our honeymoon and were very unimpressed due to the price we paid. The level of service, food, amenities, and overall accommodations does not meet the criteria of a 4-star hotel and its nightly rate. The waiter who does mornings was especially notable for our lower rating — he was cold and unaccommodating, making us feel as though we were a nuisance. Be wary that all the plated “...
Tania L
We stayed at Lanthia Resort for four nights and truly wished we could have stayed longer. In fact, we were really sad when it was time to leave. The resort itself is absolutely beautiful – the architecture, the lush gardens, the inviting pool, and the wonderful pine forest with hammocks and lounges made it a dreamlike place to relax. The private beach is equally stunning, with loungers, SUP board...
Christopher Buccafusco
Beware the WASPS!! This hotel is overrun with wasps and mosquitos. It’s impossible to enjoy the premises without being devoured. The grounds, while otherwise lovely, simply can’t be used at any time of the day or evening. And the interiors of the rooms and main building are poorly designed and boring. They have all of the charm of your standard Hilton Garden Inn. The beach is lovely. But the food ...
Response from the owner
Dear Guest Mr. Buccafusco,<br>Thank you for your vivid feedback — we do appreciate when guests take the time to share their perspective, even when it borders on entomological horror.<br>Let’s start wi...
Casandra Polillo
Beautiful resort on the amazing Baunei coast. My family and I stayed here last weekend and it was amazing. The service was impeccable. The grounds are beautiful. I highly recommend this hotel if you want to experience this coast in Sardinia.
Benjamin Whitaker
Lanthia Resort is a hidden gem on the coast of Sardinia! The atmosphere is serene, and the beautifully designed rooms offer a perfect blend of comfort and luxury. 🌿 The staff is incredibly welcoming and attentive, ensuring a memorable stay from start to finish. One of the highlights was the breakfast—absolutely delicious! 🍳🥐 From fresh fruits to local pastries, everything was of top quality. Th...
Response from the owner
Dear Mr. Whitaker, <br>thank you so much for your wonderful words and for sharing your experience at Lanthia Resort! <br>We’re absolutely delighted to know that you enjoyed the peaceful atmosphere, th...
