Budoni Holidays

The picturesque town of Budoni occupies a spot on Sardinia’s north-east coast – half an hour’s drive from bustling Olbia. The resort’s energy billows from its main road, where mama’s kitchen-style eateries and traditional bars clamour together. The sun-bleached coast, meanwhile, spreads out behind a screen of pine trees.

Speaking of the beaches, they’re pretty special. In fact, they’ve been compared to sweeps in the Caribbean, thanks to their vanilla-coloured sands and shallow, turquoise waters. And that’s before you consider the flocks of flamingos that have set up camp in the lagoons along the shorefront.

You can get a taste of la dolce vita in the towns that neighbour Budoni. There’s the A-list night-time scene in San Teodoro, the designer shops of Olbia, and Porto Cervo. It only takes an hour to drive to the latter, which is the holiday destination of choice for celebrities like Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, Naomi Campbell, and Zac Efron.