Hotel Lanthia Resort (Santa Maria Navarrese, Italy)

About Lanthia Resort

Sardinia's mountainous east coast province of Ogliastra is a scene-stealer of natural rich forest, fearsome granite rock and deepest blue sea. Off the tourist radar until recent years (still relatively unknown by many), the raw beauty of this undulating landscape is untouched and undamaged. And its coastal town of Santa Maria Navarrese remains an authentic Sardinian village where locals go about their day-to-day business unaffected by any lingering tourists. Protected by forests on one side and hugged by the Tyrrhenian Sea on the other (the beach is just 40 metres away), the 4-star Lanthia Resort in Santa Maria Navarrese keeps matters elegantly simple with the purpose of allowing the surrounding natural wonderland to do all the talking. Materials from the island such as granite were used to build Lanthia Resort in the 1960s and following a recent revamp it's become a celebration of Sardinia and its artistic influence (ceramics, original artwork and hand-woven linens abound). Named after a Sardinian town, each of the 28 rooms and suites is indicative of the place they represent, each telling a story with their fabrics, paintings and colours. While at Lanthia Resort's restaurant the aim is to stimulate the senses with its creative spin on traditional local dishes prepared from Sardinian produce as the scents of juniper, fresh salty air and embracing forest fill the air.