Casa Cristina

We had a fabulous holiday at Casa Cristina. I would particularly like to commend the care we received from Sarah, who has excellent knowledge of the area and was helpful in every way. The owners were great too. Photos didn't do the villa justice. July 2019

We had an amazing time and will definitely be coming back to Sardinia! Sarah took excellent care of us throughout. June 2019

Casa Cristina was wonderful – just perfect. Gorgeous setting, peaceful and spacious and very nicely furnished. Felt like a real treat to be staying there. Extremely clean too. Very accessible to San Pantaleo and all the beaches we know and love on the Costa Smeralda. Sarah was very helpful with the one or two queries we had and kindly booked a very good Agriturismo for us one night which we all enjoyed – a great recommendation.

The Villa is Immaculate, clean tidy and very well planned. The outside Pool area and master bedroom are amazing. For me the location is perfect, only 10 minutes from the nearest town with a good range of shops... it is away from the crowds with just a couple of neighbours tucked behind the villa... Sarah was amazing... she arranged the Boat trip which was a holiday highlight, met us at the Harbour and introduced us to the crew which i thought was a lovely touch, she really seemed to care that we had a amazing Holiday. Thank you for helping us have a totally relaxing Holiday.

Excellent, exactly as described. Sarah was lovely and very helpful. We loved every aspect of our holiday. Everything was as it should have been regarding Essential Italy. Will be booking again with this company for next year.

Lovely. Out of the way but not isolated. Rural idyll. Sarah did a very professional job and was great fun too - we didn't need any help really but we knew it was available. You have a good business and great staff. Thanks for a lovely week.

Casa Cristina is a holiday hideaway for hedonistic hermits, a stylish little patch of privacy in the arid farmland of north Sardinia. The loudest sounds are the occasional mutter of a tractor, the distant grunt of a contented pig and, most of all, a coloratura of birdsong – the blackbirds all trained at La Scala. The view from this oasis, across the hot scrubland and beyond a field of corn, is of a jaw of jagged granite peaks, steely at dawn and copper at dusk. The style comes from the owner’s own imaginatively crafted wrought ironwork, beginning with a magnificent pair of electric gates, the stateliest gates ever to open off an unmade road. Wrought iron branches decorate a wall sheltering the swimming pool, which is attractively inlaid into a terrace of terra cotta brick. And all this within a short drive of the village of Arzachena where there are such essentials as ice cream, cappuccino, a supermarket and ATM. But Cristina is above all a home, quiet, cool and as comprehensively equipped as a show house, from kitchen gadgetry to a boules set; from air con, wifi and a barbecue to TV, DVD and a whirlpool tub in a Gaudiesque bathroom. Leaving was a bit like breaking up.