House Relax

The building contains three apartments in all, and each one has its own entrance: no shared front door, no corridor, no staircase. Yours is reached from the garden, so the key turns once and you are inside. The neighbourhood is residential and has no through traffic, the kind of street where in the evening you hear the wind more than the cars. It is the first thing guests mention in their reviews, along with how easy it is to park.

The living room and the kitchen are two separate rooms: you can really cook, without the smell of frying ending up on the sofa. The kitchen has an oven, a microwave, a hob, a fridge and a dishwasher, plus plates and cutlery to lay the table. The double bedroom is the largest room, with shutters at the windows for anyone who wants a bit longer in bed. The sofa bed in the living room adds two more places. The bathroom has a shower, a bidet and a hairdryer; the whole home is on one level, with a wide hallway.

The garden is private and is kept for the apartment throughout your stay: it is where breakfast happens outdoors, where the swimming costumes dry and where you sit on the evenings you come home early. The air conditioning is independent and doubles as heating in the cooler seasons. There is a washing machine and an iron, which after ten days by the sea count for more than you would think, and for small children a high chair, a travel cot, tableware, books and toys. Long stays are allowed.

You leave the car on the street in front of the house: free parking, no fees and no driving round the block every evening. From here the centre of Olbia is 1,8 kilometres away, three minutes by car or about twenty on foot on level ground, and the airport a little over seven kilometres. The beaches are on the other side: Mare e Rocce less than ten kilometres away, Pittulongu at thirteen, Porto Istana at fifteen. It is the position that suits anyone who wants the sea without giving up what a town has to offer.