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Our favourite rooms: Get back to nature in Deluxe Room 201, which has a shaded seating area, its bamboo roof supported by a craggy boulder. Inside, the muslin-draped whitewashed four-poster takes centre stage, and sturdy farmhouse-style furniture adds a homely feel against a palette of creamy, muted hues. The large ensuite has double sinks and a walk-in rain shower. Junior Suite 206 has whitewashed walls and a beamed ceiling, a private outside lounge area and indoors, a sitting area and two bathrooms (with bath and shower).
Packing tips: Swimwear for the spa; sketchpad and charcoals for boulder-and-beach doodles; a cool bag for wave-side picnics.
Also: Visit the Wellness Centre Spa and book an Itinerary: this bespoke beauty package includes an outdoor massage treatment.

Sardinia hotesl: Petra Segreta Resort & Spa, need to know

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Smith card offer: A massage each, and the exclusive opportunity to try a special Sardinian tasting menu, for €45 a head (excludes drinks)

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Petra Segreta Resort & Spa

Sardinia, Italy[view map]

Style: Stylish stone stazzi
Setting: Sardinian hilltop hamlet

In a hillside hamlet amid juniper bushes, white granite boulders and Holm oaks, Petra Segreta Resort & Spa’s traditional stazzi farmhouse buildings offer charm and calm on the idyllic Costa Smeralda. This boutique hotel is a romantic retreat close to Olbia’s beautiful beaches. To sample the best of Sardinian cuisine, look no further than the hotel’s restaurant.

Need to know

Rooms: 15, including five suites.
Rates: £200–£500, including buffet breakfast and tax.
Check-out: 10am but flexible, subject to availability and a charge during busy periods (50 per cent of the cost of the room a night). Earliest check-in, 2pm.
Facilities: The Wellness Centre Spa, fitness area, relaxation room, gardens, bridge room, free WiFi throughout, free parking. In rooms: flatscreen TV, minibar, free bottled water, Etro toiletries.
Poolside: There is an outdoor, unheated swimming pool with a pool bar, a solarium, multiple flumes and a Jacuzzi with a waterfall.
Hotel closed: 1 November to 1 April.
Also: The hotel is a no-pets-no-cigarettes zone.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant: Il Fuoco Sacro continues the hotel’s fabulous farmhouse style; its white walls and ceiling are punctuated with bamboo beams, and heavy oak tables stud the spacious dining area. Quirky lighting fashioned by local artists and a large stone fireplace add warmth. There’s also a veranda overlooking the Gulf, protected by a bamboo roof and dotted with linen-laid tables and chunky rattan chairs. Chef Luigi Bergeretto is a dab hand with clams. Try his signature fregola al frutti di mare – a Sardinian-style seafood risotto.
Dress code: Match the restaurant’s relaxed mood with cool, crisp linen in neutral shades.
Top table: Sit at the back of the panoramic veranda, by the rough-cut wall and admire the Gulf views as you eat.
Last orders: The restaurant serves breakfast from 7.30am–10.30am; lunch from 12.30pm–2.30pm and dinner from 8pm–10.30pm; the pool bar quenches guests’ thirst from noon until midnight.
Room service: A selection from the restaurant menu is available 8am–10am and 8pm–10pm.
Hotel bar: The Pool Bar, with its shaded veranda, is a refreshing little drinking hole. Sit overlooking the pool and gardens and mark the sunset with a glass of moscato. A soundtrack of lounge music is as chilled as the countryside-at-dusk views.

Also worth knowing

Children: This hotel was designed with adults in mind – leave the little Smiths at home. However, cots can be provided for babies at €40 a night.
Weddings: This hotel is suitable for weddings. More…

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