Hotel Cala Di Volpe (Starwood Luxury Collection) In 10 Pictures

I bet this place is full of complete jerks in high season.

In Costa Smeralda you can find the most beautiful hotels in the world and the nature/sun/sea/food in the isle is 50% part of that great success. Ben, look at the history of the SPG hotels in Sardinia since when they were CIGA Hotels and later ITT Sheraton.

Porto Cervo during summer is a mayhem of over-the-top rich Russians, Italians, etc etc that bring prices up. Sardinia is beautiful, if you visit any other part of the island (Alghero or Villasimius to name a few) you'll find very affordable prices and amazing beaches. Google "Stintino" just to have an idea of what I'm talking about...

Porto Cervo is a resort expressly designed / built for "millionaires and billionaires" in the 1960s. It is expensive on purpose and no surprise that everything there is extremely high end. It is worth it to get outside that area and experience more of the island, as that is where the real Sardinia is.

There is a definite advantage to the "insane prices" in high season. It keeps out the riff raff. 😉

No one coming up during dinner to ask for an autograph, or standing by your table taking a selfie with you in the background. And for the extremely wealthy, unlike other areas of Sardinia, no risk of being kidnapped for ransom.

Unlike FC, or even Suites Class, there is no booking or upgrading on points. If you are staying there in high season, you are either incredibly rich, or paying with a stolen identity. In either case, you are going to keep a very low profile. One of the very few places in the world one can go and be assured in being completely in the company of the "right people".

I flew over this area in August when departing from Rome and could not believe how many yachts and sailboats were in this area. It was nuts.

Hey, "Robert Hanson" - As a person so blessed to have been born one of the "right people," how many of your buddies with similar God-given wealth are reading blogs about how to score flights and hotel rooms with points or at a steep discount? Just curious where the two worlds overlap.

My husband and I love to travel and try over-the-top hotels. There are many places that we may consider paying over the top for a stay, such as the unique Taj Lake Palace or the Oberoi Udaivilas or Vanyavilas, or the Galleria in Milan. However, the Cala di Volpe just isn't one. It just doesn't feel authentic or give that "aha" feeling based on my sister's two nights there and the review here corroborates her perspective.

now in this country being rich is a jerk, the reason for bad economy, not paying their fair share of tax, not belonging. it does not matter point/miles is a hobby, not a job for 99% of the readers. for kids like gene & zack, they cruse 20 blogs a day & strike when a reader lets out a whiff of indulgence, or a blogger posts a 'click bait' - pathetic.

We spent part of my honey moon there about 10 years ago. Judging by the pictures nothing has changed. My wife and I felt the resort looked dated back then. The resort like the other two SPG sister properties are priced to keep people out. It offers not much else in amenities to justify the high pricing.

@ lookback -- Couldn't agree more. The 1% should pay way more taxes so that the governemnt can pay me more money to sit around and troll blogs all day. Rolleyes...

Just curious, do you ever use points anymore? It seems like every trip report lately is about the good deal you got paying cash.

I actually believe Pitrizza - a sister property in Porto Cervo is slightly pricier!

Is this hotel where James Bond stayed in THE SPY WHO LOVED ME?

I was at Costa Smerelda about 3 years ago and to me it seemed like a very artificial environment, very un-European, I enjoyed spending the day there with friends during a boat regatta but not the kind of place I would return to except under similar circumstances (regatta).