Hotel Cala di Volpe, A Luxury Collection Hotel

The Costa Smeralda's signature hotel: Jacques Couëlle's fishing-village-in-the-round, mock-medieval turrets, the Bond hotel from The Spy Who Loved Me, the Saturday-night scene of the season.

If there's one hotel that defines the Costa Smeralda, this is it. Designed by Jacques Couëlle to look like an Italian fishing village, with archways, courtyards, hand-painted ceramic, and a saltwater pool sculpted by the bay. The beach is across the water, reached by hotel shuttle boat. Several restaurants and bars on property, including Matsuhisa at Cala di Volpe (Chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa's name on the door, his menu on the table), alongside the Cala di Volpe Restaurant and the Barbecue Restaurant by the pool. Rooms have been cautiously upgraded by Bruno Moinard while keeping Couëlle's original works intact. Closed Nov through late April. The classic.

• Best for — couples,groups,families

• Neighborhood — Costa Smeralda · Cala di Volpe bay · 121 rooms
• Rooms — 121
• Price — €€€€€
• 121 rooms
• Olympic-sized saltwater pool

From the HALA guide, reviewed August 2026.

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