Su Gologone, Oliena

Localita Su Gologone, 08025 Oliena, Italy. (show on map)

Expert reviews

Lonely Planet review:

“Treat yourself to a spot of rural luxury at Su Gologone, nestled in glorious countryside 7km east of Oliena. Rooms are decorated with original artworks and handicrafts, and the facilities are top notch – it has a pool, a spa, a wine cellar and a restaurant, which is considered one of Sardinia’s best.”

Fodors review:

“Just southeast of Nuoro, in the foothills of the Supramonte range, Su Gologone combines luxury with rural flavor in guest rooms that feel like country retreats (exposed beams, wooden chests, traditional Sardinian fabrics) and a rustic restaurant.”

Telegraph review:

“The Palimodde family’s rambling mountain lodge has long been a haven for art and nature lovers – a spot at once secluded yet convivial. Today, designer Giovanna Palimodde continues the hotel’s creative ethos with art and craft workshops and décor inspired by the colours of the Sardinian landscape.”

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of Su Gologone, Oliena. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.4 out of 5.0

Ranked 9th in Sardinia

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What guests liked

All you need to know

Nestled in the heartland of Oliena, amidst the raw beauty of Sardinia, Su Gologone offers a plush retreat with a rustic charm. The locale is renowned for its undulating hills and forest-clad mountains, making it a perfect location for a secluded boutique getaway.

With its traditional white-painted interiors and walls graced by Sardinian artwork, Su Gologone is a warm and inviting destination located at the foothills of the Supramonte mountains. Guests here can relish a serene, village-like ambiance complemented by daily yoga classes and a leisurely rhythm of life.

Su Gologone, a family-owned establishment, boasts 68 rooms and suites, all complemented by a lavish outdoor swimming pool. It also houses cozy restaurants serving traditional local dishes.

Each room is a secluded retreat, adorned with conventional embroidered spreads and countrified wooden fixtures. The proprietors have painstakingly crafted an environment that makes guests feel welcomed while appreciating the innate beauty of the Barbagia region.

The swimming pool space gives off the vibe of a hidden paradise bordered by verdant greenery, while the Magic Tablao bar provides magnificent views of the Supramonte mountain range.

Su Gologone serves as the perfect spot for duos in search of a romantic sanctuary, offering them an opportunity to indulge in the true essences of Sardinian culture, away from the hustle and bustle of coastal holiday spots.

 

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Recent guest reviews

4.5
Joanna

2 July 2022

An authentically typical Sardinian experience done in style.

We enjoyed the authentic Sardinian food at the typical a la carte restaurant. The Magic Tablao bar was a cool experience also along the the artisan stores alongside.

4.5
Veracamp

28 June 2022

Fabulous

Fantastic location, ambience and atmosphere. The hotel is a mix of relaxing wellness, sardinian art museum and cottage in the middle of typical vegetation and breath-taking panoramas. The room was very confortable, with a small terrace and fully equipped bathroom.

A little bit noisy, especially when guests would open their room doors by heavily tingling the key holder against the lock.

4.0
Andrew

26 June 2022

A special one off hotel in a stunning location

This is a unique place set amongst beautiful countryside. The gardens are stunning , you can get lost wandering around them. Flowers and shrubs under tress just lovely, with lots of private seating areas tucked away. The food is typical local Sardinian - we enjoyed most of it but the roasted pork was too fatty for our liking. They have local special evenings where they do vegetarian or bread based nights - set menu. We really enjoyed the bread one - so much food - pace yourself, and great to watch it being made in front of you. The local scenery is stunning - we loved sitting in one of the bars and watching sunset. V nice swimming pool and gardens and excellent pool bar close by where we had a v nice lunch. A couple of nights here was about right.

The bathroom was poor - it had a strange bath with a hand shower unit but no glass to stop you soaking the floor. The hand basins were odd - one didn't give hot water , the other the water went hot and cold. We were upgraded by the hotel but the room was still quite compact with little room for cases. Bed was ok but not especially comfortable

5.0
Nicholas

20 June 2022

Magical hotel

A magical place, completely unique with every space thoughtfully and artistically designed. Art and objets d'art in every nook, fully integrated into the building and the environment. Plenty of spaces to sit in the grounds.. Beautiful location on the edge of the national park. Spotlessly clean, very helpful staff.

Food a little disappointing - rather heavy at dinner (huge portions and no fish main course options).. Breakfast good. Pool open too late to have a pre breakfast swim. Pool opens at 9 (ish) and breakfast window is 8.00- 10.00. Would be good to be able to swim from.7 am. Area around the pool a bit small for the size of the pool (huge and lovely) and the seating can be crowded. It is not landscaped and designed to the same exceptional standard as the rest if the hotel.

4.0
Brivio

11 June 2022

Traditional and stilish hotel

Architecture is amazing as well as the furniture.

4.5
Emma

9 June 2022

Really lovely

Beautiful setting. Lovely rooms and facilities

5.0
Brooke

7 June 2022

Stunning adventure of a place with magical views that will last in my day dreams for a lifetime!

Wonderful welcome/front desk staff, extremely accommodating and thoughtful. The whole property is a dream-gorgeous vistas around every bend. Rooms were lovely and well appointed. Extremely responsive front desk and porters. Pool was beautiful. Food was great. My only slight complaint is the restaurant staff is not as welcoming.

Nothing

5.0
Richard

22 October 2021

Not to be missed

A unique and unforgettable stay. The staff and the hotel's founders clearly put a lot of thought and energy into creating less of a hotel and more of an experience. Su Gologone truly earns its name as an experience hotel.

4.0
Aleksandra

18 October 2021

A beautiful hotel in the amazing location

The hotel is really beautiful- full of many different Sardinian clothes, paintings and pottery. The gardens are really amazing- perfect for a relax. Our room was very comfortable, but only had a bathtub- no shower. So for the guest who prefer to take a shower - maybe it is better to check with the reservation office in advance.

I didn’t like the fact that they don’t bring you the receipt after the aperitive or dinner to sign. nor print out the detailed bill at check out like it is done In most of the hotels.

4.5
Alberto

17 October 2021

A very special charming place, worth to visit again

Everything was good Restaurant excellent, very good breakfast I liked the shower in teh rooom

Some sockets were not working and was tricky to charge all my electronic stuff

4.0
Max

8 October 2021

Very good

The grounds and hotel rooms and facilities were beautiful. Staff very friendly and helpful. Restaurant was lovely too

We stayed for 2 nights in September when it rained a lot, which meant unfortunately the pool was not a very attractive way to spend the day. However there was very little on offer for guests to spend their day doing otherwise, even if at an additional cost. Massage was unavailable, there was no wine tasting or art classes etc. Given the cost of the rooms, the beautiful setting of the hotel and surrounding grounds and the expected rainfall in rural Sardinia during September, I thought the hotel could have done more to preempt bad weather days and offer more forms of entertainment or local culture exhibitions.

4.5
Marta

4 October 2021

Amazing hotel, good food and super friendly people.

I loved the hotel, it’s bottegas, gardens, swimming pool with fresh water. The food is amazing and I loved the concept of maintaining the Sardinian traditions. I would recommend staying here a couple of nights and enjoy it to the fullest. Everyone is kind, friendly and polite, it was amazing to have a chat with the staff and the owner. I will definitely come back!

The rooms could get a bit of an upgrade, they are a little old fashion. I did not like the coffee.

4.0
Jesi

24 September 2021

Very good

The property was really impressive. The decor is beautiful as well. I now understand why it's called an "Experience." The property has many options for activities, bars and food. It definitely feels more like a resort than I expected. Not necessarily something I would book normally, but definitely worth it if you plan to spend a lot of time at the hotel. The restaurant was also delicious and the breakfast had a lot of options to choose from.

It was a little too big for me, as it felt more like a resort. I didn't quite notice that when we booked it. It was quite a maze trying to get to our room.

4.5
Petra

28 August 2021

Fabulous

I think the staff is one of the friendliest and most helpful that I experienced The hotel / resort is beautiful, every corner is special Restaurant is exceptional, the sardinian bread and the grilled meat ! Everything is perfect

Only thing that we would really appreciate is the longer opening hours of swimming pool - at the moment of our stay it closed at 19:30, but it would be great to be open until 21:00 at least and from 8 in the morning (9 is too late)

5.0
Hippolyte

8 August 2021

The staff was amazing

The bars, the food, the atmosphere, the swimming pool area.

The value for money at the restaurant could be better.

5.0
Claudia

25 June 2021

Exceptional

The place, the atmosphere, the staff, the food... everything is outstanding there!

2.5
Luciano

16 October 2023

Not worth it.

The style of the place is gorgeous.

During the check in we haven't been properly informed of all the areas and activities the hotel provides. Also when you book a room make sure to check if it is serviced by a lift or not. My dad has low mobility and nobody at the counter checked that. The food is average compared to other restaurants you find in the area.

3.0
Gillian

25 September 2023

In spite of nice staff we won't be going back. The place was dingy and rather dismal. Disappointing

Breakfast and dinner. The staff agreed to change our room for the second night which was lighter and a tiny but clean balcony where we could stand to get air. The staff were excellent.

Our room had no natural light with a dirty and leaf strewn tiny outside sitting area. It was unusable. All the decor is rather old and dated - but not in a charming way. We paid 275 euros a night for this. Very overpriced. The experiences at this experience hotel were very expensive. £100 for a yoga session!

3.0
Happytrippy

7 August 2023

Needs a revamp

The restaurant was very good and dining in the outdoor terrace at night was a great experience.

I wish I had read other peoples reviews more, like many we found the whole place very tired and strange. The pool area is terrible, Loungers are old and the pool paint is flaking, the robot pool cleaner, gardens and lawns around pool unkept. The hotel is massive with a whole lot of areas that seem unnecessary and we never saw used. The furnishings are threadbare etc The activities were really talked up but they were scheduled and only a couple a day. Never saw a farm or horses etc

1.0
Maria

29 July 2023

Was a 10/10 until I was disrespected by the staff.

Location/Decoration

Unfortunately our whole experience was ruined by the treatment we received towards the end. We were charged for a lunch we didn't have and when we spotted the mistake on the check out bill, they claimed it was our fault as they gave us the change to verify it. I called several times and they either didn't pick up, or ignored me claiming they couldn't hear. An absolute awful experience unfortunately. Feel mugged.

1.5
Talora

16 July 2023

I couldn’t wait for the sun to come up so I could get out of there.

The bar was great and the food at the restaurant was delicious.

The rooms were gross. There was a terrible smell In the first room we got so they moved us. The second room still had the smell just less obvious. It smells like some sort of chemical they use for extermination. Very unpleasant. Also the property is for lack of better word weird. There is art and little knick knacks throughout but the place feels unkept.

3.5
Ann

3 July 2023

Pleasant

Staff was kind and professional

Property needs some updates

1.0
Simon

2 June 2023

definitely would not stay again or recommend

nothing

poor location, car park not near reception. too many steps to rooms. poor facilities when raining, dangerous to move around when raining. limited menu. very bad smell from drains in the room. very basic room for very high nightly rate. extremely expensive drinks

3.5
Johan

21 August 2022

cosy hotel , lot of colors, but a renovation of the rooms begins to be necessary, no fischmenu

-lot of cosy en multicolor places in the hotel and in the garden - a nice view in the breakfast room and in the coctailbar

-no fisch on the menu for dinner ( and my wife eat no meat...); thus during our stay 3 days we have only one time taken our dinner in the hotel -when we asked at the reception the possibilities of visiting the beach of cala gonone, they tried to push us to the activities of the hotel -the lounge chairs around the swimming pool are rather army and sometimes not enough - coctailbar was to expensif: 16 euro for a normal coctail during the day

3.0
Selene

9 August 2022

Nice, but overpriced

A lovely hotel in a quiet, rural location. Lovely breakfast. Comfortable bed and spacious room

Other hotels in this price range (400 EUR for a standard room, per night) are normally much more welcoming. A little 'welcome' note in the room, a small fruit platter on arrival - little thoughts that most other hotels routinely provide, and just make guests feel welcome and appreciated. We visited Su Gologone to celebrate my partner's birthday, which normally would warrant a little glass of wine on arrival, or even only a 'happy birthday' from reception staff upon checking passport details! Little things that make guests feel special. I had even emailed the hotel in advance to request a nice table for dinner on her birthday, and despite a positive email back from the hotel, in the end we got a totally anonymous table at the back. Another example, the morning after for breakfast, in a nearly empty breakfast room, we politely asked if we could sit at a table overlooking the pool, and the waitress replied "if you really must sit there, you may" - which we felt was unnecessarily rude. Overall - a very disappointing stay for the price paid.

Hotel facilities

Food & Drink

  • - Restaurant
  • - Bar
  • - Breakfast in the room
  • - Snack bar
  • - Special diet menus (on request)
  • - Kid meals (additional charge)
  • - Wine/champagne (additional charge)
  • - Fruits (additional charge)
  • - Coffee house on site

General

  • - Room service
  • - Non-smoking rooms
  • - Barber/beauty shop
  • - Family rooms
  • - Safety deposit box
  • - Packed lunches
  • - Car hire
  • - Heating
  • - Air conditioning
  • - Shuttle service (additional charge)

Business facilities

  • - Meeting/banquet facilities (additional charge)
  • - Business centre (additional charge)
  • - Fax/photocopying (additional charge)

Reception services

  • - 24-hour front desk
  • - Tour desk
  • - Luggage storage
  • - Concierge service

Activities

  • - Tennis court
  • - Fitness centre (additional charge)
  • - Games room
  • - Spa and wellness centre (additional charge)
  • - Massage (additional charge)
  • - Children's playground
  • - Billiards
  • - Table tennis
  • - Hot tub/Jacuzzi
  • - Canoeing (additional charge)
  • - Hiking (additional charge)
  • - Cycling
  • - Horse riding (additional charge)
  • - Mini golf
  • - Open-air bath
  • - Tennis equipment
  • - Beauty Services
  • - Facial treatments
  • - Waxing services
  • - Make up services
  • - Hair treatments
  • - Manicure
  • - Pedicure
  • - Hair cut
  • - Hair colouring
  • - Hair styling
  • - Body treatments
  • - Body scrub
  • - Spa facilities
  • - Spa lounge/relaxation area
  • - Spa/wellness packages
  • - Fitness
  • - Yoga classes
  • - Temporary art galleries
  • - Movie nights
  • - Walking tours (additional charge)
  • - Bike tours (additional charge)
  • - Themed dinner nights (additional charge)
  • - Happy hour (additional charge)
  • - Tour or class about local culture (additional charge)
  • - Cooking class (additional charge)

Outdoors

  • - Garden
  • - Terrace
  • - Outdoor pool
  • - Sun terrace
  • - Outdoor pool (seasonal)
  • - Outdoor furniture
  • - Outdoor fireplace

Entertainment and family services

  • - Babysitting/child services (additional charge)
  • - Board games/puzzles
  • - Kids' outdoor play equipment

Cleaning services

  • - Laundry (additional charge)
  • - Dry cleaning (additional charge)
  • - Ironing service (additional charge)
  • - Trouser press (additional charge)
  • - Daily housekeeping

Pool and wellness

  • - Sun loungers or beach chairs
  • - Swimming pool
  • - Swimming Pool

Miscellaneous

  • - 24-hour security
  • - Key access
  • - Security alarm
  • - CCTV in common areas
  • - CCTV outside property
  • - Fire extinguishers
  • - Breakfast takeaway containers
  • - Access to health care professionals
  • - Thermometers for guests provided by property
  • - Face masks for guests available
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