A unique property - converted from a 19th century prison. Everything was well designed - so was functional, comfortable and aesthetically pleasing. it was extremely quiet at night. Everything was spotlessly clean. The (Italian continental style) breakfast was very well presented. The owner was very friendly and helpful - but not ever in an intrusive or excessive way ie a very professional manner. The surrounding area offers some excellent sites - all within a few miles of driving. The ones we went to and were going impressed by were: Porto. Pinto beach (a lovely beach behind which are extensive sand dunes plus some large historical man made lagoons); Grotte Is Zudas (caves with amazing delicate aragonite crystals) and the Necropolis of Montessu (an extensive series of Stone Age rock tombs, some of which were very sophisticated, with cave art). The town itself has a reasonable restaurant/pizzeria plus a trattoria: the latter though seemed to be open only in the daytime when we visited (November).

Owner and host Matteo is amazing, he’s very helpful and knowledgeable not only in the nearby restaurants, attractions and things to do but also for places further away (he recommended a hotel in Bari Sardo which was exactly to my liking but unfortunately already fully booked). The rooms are very spacious (despite the building being a former prison, they even have one cell still available on site, in case you don’t want to pay lol), clean and modern (it was renovated 4 years ago). Breakfast is also nice and filling, especially nice as you can sit outside in a shaded courtyard.

Very bad Wifi receptionist to the big walls but I already recommend to Matteo to use a mesh network like Google Wifi as this is essential in today’s world. I had to sit near the reception at night to plan my next stop and do some work instead of able to do this in my room. I’d wish that less electricity would be consumed (to fight climate change). The lights were on 24x7 in all corridors, just install some movement detection, and an aircon in the bar area was blasting full when the door was open. Not so nice :-(

very nice breakfast! quiet place

We really like the size of the room and the peace that we had. Also, the staff was very cute. When we were hungry late at night they made us a fruit basket free of charge and some tea. We have seen that cell room and it looked fantastic. But we choose something more romantic.

Our room was at the end of the hall so the internet reception was bad. If you need it make sure they give you a room which has better wi-fi. Also, we were during winter so make sure you have some slippers with yourself otherwise floor can be very opposite to lava. :)

The service was excellent - we communicated well, were well taken care of, got a lot of great tips of what to visit. The hotel is a former prison and they kept one cell for visiting which is interesting. Hotel is in a quiet village, views from up there are really nice. There’s a really good restaurant 1 min walking from the hotel. We needed to do laundry as we traveled long term and they didn’t charge a penny for it (we do laundry often when we travel since we travel a lot, it has NEVER been free anywhere in the world, not even when you do your own laundry).

One of the rooms had clogged shower and sink, but was quickly taken care of. Breakfast wasn’t very rich, but pretty satisfying given we were in Italy 🤪

Absolutely gorgeous, quiet , clean , friendly, homemade cake , breakfast ok . Location is rural in a small village great restaurants, highly recommend Licu &giuannicu Beaches ca 30min Porto pino others around too . Beautiful, calm .

Gorgeous Prison 😍 Best Prison I stayed 😊🤪

Nice small hotel with a history Free street parking available Large room Lies on outskirt of the town but still quite central

No elevator to rooms on first floor level

fantastic helpful staff- always ready with good advise and help! Excellent Osteria close by in walking distance.

Thank you to Matteo and the entire team for the amazing experience. The room was very clean, with a great view, we felt very relax. Moreover the service provided was very qualitative, we felt that the team was very friendly and caring, we received many great advice for activities and they were always keen to help.

Villa Santadi is in an amazing location in the Sardinia countryside. The hotel is close to the most beautiful beaches of South Sardinia that you can reach in 30 minutes by car. The hospitality at Villa Santadi is great! Thanks to Matteo that made our stay wonderful