My wife and I stayed here for two nights at the end of a week long trip to Sardinia, we had stayed in some truly amazing places and believed we had booked a nice hotel in Stintino based on the website visuals and description! But that was not the case!.

The check in process was painful, each room is located in a block and there is a stepping stone path to get to each one! Not easy with luggage!.

Butlins is one way to describe this property and by no means should it be described as 4*, 2* is a more appropritate rating. The rooms are small and clean, but the decor, ceiling tiles, floor tiles, bathroom will not leave you with a warm comfortable feeling.

The private beach (man made lido), is quite a distance from the hotel and will cost you €50 per week, it is also an additional €10 for a seaview!

If you are interested in a Butlins style adventure in Sardinia, this is the place for you, if not avoid at all costs!

This Hotel is probably a one and half star rating at best. The room fittings are generally shabby and largely need replacing.
The hotel did not have very many of the facilities that it claimed to offer, available at the time of our weeks stay were only the restaurant for short service periods only and the main bar which was open only in the evening and then only until 10.30pm. There was no entertainment. The pool was not filled until the last two days of our stay and none of the sport facilities were available. The hotel does not appear to have a private beach as advertised. All meals are self service buffet style and are inadequate with very little choice. Do not stay half board, eat out!
The saving graces of the Hotel are the staff and the wonderful view of the coast available from some of the rooms - worth paying the extra 10 euros per day. If you do not have a sea view, find another Hotel.
Staff are very helpful and friendly, doing their best with inadequate resources. All in all, poor value.

We stayed in the Cala Rosa the BH weekend August 2006 and although I agree that the hotel does have entertainment and the rooms are rather basic, the communcal areas make up for this as does the breakfast. We spent most of our days out travelling so did not really experience the entertainment, but we did see a lot of happy childern and we found the complex to be quiet during our stay.

What makes this hotel for me is the staff. They are just great, they cannot do enough for you, so I am really sorry to hear about some of the bad reviews as we came back from what was a really great long weekend at the Cala Rosa! Ps don't expect 4 star luxury though. This really is closer to a 3 Star... But great value!!

Had I read the reviews prior to booking I wouldn't have gone but fortunately I didn't! I was travelling with a friend and we loved the Cala Rosa.

We arrived 17 Sept and found the hotel to be really quiet, the staff really friendly, the beach gorgeous and the pizza place at the bottom of the hill delicious!

The room was large, airy, clean and quiet and there was no sign of the music or entertainment mentioned in the other reviews. I would definately recommend this hotel but maybe after peak season unless you have kids!