Piccolo Hotel - Adults Only

We recently spent a lovely week at the adult only Piccolo Hotel, Porto Ottiolu, Sardinia. We booked the 'Full Board Plus' option through Jet2, which in addition to buffet style breakfast, lunch, and dinner, also included a limited range of drinks and ice-cream. Our room was a good size, although that may have been because we were given a triple (Room 107) rather than the double that we had booked. As with most hotels, it would benefit from more clothes hangers and drawer space. The safe was not ideal, as it was too small to take a camera case. The rooms were generally clean, but they clearly don't clean under the beds on a regular basis, as there was a lot of hair and dust under ours. There was plenty of food available, most of which was labelled, including allergy information, but being a pescatarian (i.e. vegetarian plus seafood), I constantly had to ask if it was 'vegetariano'. Surely, a vegetarian/vegan icon could have been added next to the allergy information. I had the plain omelette a couple of times until the chef apparently couldn't resist adding some ham to it on one morning. The hotel is located about 10 minutes walk from the marina, but apart from a few bars, there's not a lot to see and do. The hotel provides a minibus service to a couple of local beaches where it also provides access to sunbeds and umbrellas. All the staff are excellent and very welcoming, but four deserve a special mention: Antonella, Floriano, Alessia & Greta. But for the minor potential improvements mentioned above, I'd have happily given the Piccolo hotel a five star rating.

The Picollo Hotel is in a lovely location within a 5/10 minute walk to the quaint, pretty harbour and beach. It is not in Budoni but 15 ins away on the bus. San Teodore is close by and a lovely village to visit especially on a Friday which is market day. It has a modern feel with very lovely staff. Our room was a standard one which had a broken toilet upon arrival and the air conditioning unit was leaking water and the wall was a little mouldy and the paint was peeling from the wall. This was looked at and the toilet seat resolved. Very obliging. If you don't mind full board plus it will be ok but we had originally booked B&B and was upgraded later on by Jet 2. This was ok for breakfast but the lunch and evening meals were very similar and always served cold. I had to reheat food in the microwave provided. It was good for drinks though although restrictive. We ate at the harbour most days. The pool area is beautiful and has a lifeguard attending daily. It is very clean and the the pool is clear and inviting. A huge shout out goes to the entertainment team. Flo, Antanella and the fitness instructor were great. (Aqua aerobics in the pool and yoga up on the roof top was a regular thing. Antanella has a beautiful voice and sings most evenings in the piano bar and Flo goes around daily to speak to all of the guests to get to know them which is a lovely personal touch. The entertainment of an evening was good and gave you the chance to get to know everyone as its a small hotel which is great. Flo takes daily hikes with guests so you get to see the area and private beaches. They are a true asset to the hotel. The young man on reception and Fransisco were happy to help but the trips and shuttle to the beach gets booked up very quickly but lots of trips going from the harbour and through Jet 2. The Picollo Hotel is ideal if you want a relaxing and quiet break, adults only which is lovely and a nice place to stay to experience beautiful Sardinia.