Mr & Mrs Smith

Petra Segreta Resort & Spa

Sardinia, Italy

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 Double rooms from AU$215.45 (€164), excluding tax at 10 per cent.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (€164) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include breakfast.
• 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, heated swimming pool with a pool bar, a solarium, multiple flumes and a Jacuzzi with a waterfall.
• 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.
• 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.
• Also The hotel is a no-pets-no-cigarettes zone.
• Hotel closed 1 November to 1 April.

Food and drink at Petra Segreta Resort & Spa

• 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.

Petra Segreta Resort & Spa 130 Strada Di Buddeu, Frazione San Pantaleo, Olbia, Sardinia, 07026