Su Gologone

We spent four lovely days in this beautiful hotel. Our room was perfect with an outdoor patio close to the swimming pool which we used every day. We wish we had booked for a week! We trekked, visited Orgosolo, took a mosaic class and an embroidery class. Both were something I have wanted to do for a very long time! The breakfast, lunch and dinners were delicious and plentiful. The hotel is like none other, filled with art where-ever you go. I highly, highly recommend it. Su Gologone Experience Hotel is a great experience hotel and perhaps what makes it most special are the people that work there. Extremely kind and helpful. We hope to return with our children and grandchildren one day soon :). After having explored almost all of Italy over the years Sardinia was a real treat!

This is not a boutique and intimate experience. I wouldn’t quite call it a mega-resort.l, but it’s frequented by group travel and organized tours. The main restaurant seated us for dinner and didn’t so much as acknowledge us after three-quarters of an hour. We left and vowed to eschew on-premise dining for the balance of our stay. It also took several requests to get the air conditioning situation right.

This is an impressive place; tucked away outside Oliena on a large hilly site, it is an estate with a hotel at its centre and with plenty of places to visit in the grounds: bars a pool area, tennis courts and dining spaces are there to explore if you are physically fit to scramble and ascend to the locations. The main building has a wealth of local artefacts throughout, from fruit presses to carnival masks to intrigue and offer an interesting range of visual features. But a perfect venue? Not quite. The entrance road is rocky, although laid to be that way - the furthest reaches of the car park are distant, and at first we couldn’t find the hotel until we noticed a pointer to reception the size of a dinner plate underneath a bush. Although clean, comfortable and spacious, it’s always the service and atmosphere that makes a hotel special. We were with a family party attending a wedding. A group arrived with three small children after a long drive on the day of the event, after which they were to stay the night. Despite having contacted the hotel to ask for an early check in to care for the little ones and prepare for the ceremony in the local church, they were kept waiting in reception for hours, ignored by the staff, trying to feed the hungry children and not offered any refreshment or a space to relax whilst the rooms were prepared. The check out next day was ten o’clock on the dot. We weren’t impressed. Maybe they prefer an adult clientele. Families, bear this in mind. We won’t be returning.

We really enjoyed our stay at Su Gologone. The service was exceptional from beginning to end. Even small touches, like taking our luggage directly from the car when we arrived and bringing it back down for us at departure, made the experience feel especially thoughtful. The property itself is wonderful. We loved all of the intimate little nooks, terraces, and spaces throughout the hotel—it feels like there is always somewhere new to discover, and so much of the design and experience seems very intentional. We had half board and thought the dinner was excellent. We also arranged a private art class for our children, which they really enjoyed, along with visiting the chickens and exploring the garden. Our only minor frustrations were really more a matter of timing, circumstance, and cultural differences than faults of the hotel. There was a wedding taking place during part of our stay, so certain restaurant and bar areas were unavailable at times, and the property was a bit noisier and more crowded than it otherwise might have been. Dinner beginning at 8:00 p.m. is completely normal in Sardinia, but it can be difficult when traveling with young children. The hotel was very accommodating and made plain pasta for our kids through room service even outside normal kitchen hours, which we greatly appreciated. That said, after eating mostly plain pasta at our previous hotel as well, we would have loved to see a few more child-friendly meal options. As Sardinia becomes easier to reach from the U.S. and attracts more American families, I think hotels and restaurants offering even a small kids’ menu—with a few simple alternatives to pasta—would be welcomed with open arms. At the same time, we completely understand that this isn’t traditionally expected here and certainly wouldn’t hold it against the hotel. Overall, we had a wonderful stay. Su Gologone is distinctive, beautiful, full of character, and clearly run by people who care about the guest experience. We would happily recommend it.

Just returned from a one night end of vacation stay in this unique hotel, 2 adults & 2 teenagers. Large eclectic rooms. Heritage at every turn. Great rustic restaurant with amazing views!