Hotel Botti - Arzachena, Italy 

This is a very out-dated shabby hotel on the outskirts of Baia de Sardinia. The rooms, whilst very clean, look like they just stepped out of the eighties, eg lots of pine furniture. Also during our stay we saw one other couple which puzzled me as to why we were shown to a room way at the back of the hotel. There are no facilities here. A previous reviewer mentioned the lack of swimming pool even though there is indeed one on the hotel website. Breakfast was the usual continental affair. Unfortunately for us we had booked two nights here. A word of warning, the hotel's night receptionist does not speak Italian or English, only French. Therefore when I checked with him if it were possible to check out after only 1 day, he said it was ok. However on checking out early the following day, I was advised by the main Receptionist that I would be charged the full two days as my booking was with an agency rather than the hotel directly. None of this had been mentioned the previous night by the other receptionist. Therefore I had to incur paying for 1 nights accomodation which I did not use as I had already booked alternative accomodation. Baia de Sardinia is over-rated and over-priced. There are plenty of other beaches/resorts nearby which are better, more beautiful and more reasonably priced. My tip would be to visit Santa Theresa di Gallura, a few miles up the coast. Do not stay here.

This is a very out-dated shabby hotel on the outskirts of Baia de Sardinia. The rooms, whilst very clean, look like they just stepped out of the eighties, eg lots of pine furniture. Also during our stay we saw one other couple which puzzled me as to why we were shown to a room way at the back of the hotel. There are no facilities here. A previous reviewer mentioned the lack of swimming pool even though there is indeed one on the hotel website. Breakfast was the usual continental affair. Unfortunately for us we had booked two nights here. A word of warning, the hotel's night receptionist does not speak Italian or English, only French. Therefore when I checked with him if it were possible to check out after only 1 day, he said it was ok. However on checking out early the following day, I was advised by the main Receptionist that I would be charged the full two days as my booking was with an agency rather than the hotel directly. None of this had been mentioned the previous night by the other receptionist. Therefore I had to incur paying for 1 nights accomodation which I did not use as I had already booked alternative accomodation. Baia de Sardinia is over-rated and over-priced. There are plenty of other beaches/resorts nearby which are better, more beautiful and more reasonably priced. My tip would be to visit Santa Theresa di Gallura, a few miles up the coast. Do not stay here.