Hotel Calamosca — Hotel in Cagliari

Good things about the hotel: the sea view. ||The hotel looks very old,the entrance looks like a high school, and indications aren't clear. We got a sea view room. The rooms is basic, no fridge inside, not much furniture and need to be renovated. The bathroom was ok. Wifi doesn't work and you need to get a code from the reception to use it, and it doesn't work anyway. I used my data all the time. The reception staff is very bad, at the check in they didn't give us any infos, and sometimes they are not there so if you need something it's your problem. The phone in the room didn't work so we couldn't even call them. The worst part was the breakfast. They say it's included but what you will get it's only one croissant one coffee and a juice. When I asked for more croissants for me and my boyfriend, they said I would have to pay for it. But there is no other food so we were starving and obviously wanted more croissants. I arrived at 8 and was told breakfast didn't start yet. Big lie, cause it starts at 7. They don't even give a price of bread and salami.. it's very basic, they should explain that at the check in or before the booking. I met other guests that were heaving the same troubles and they tried to charge me 10 euros for a plate with salami and cheese. The private beach of the hotel is basically just rocks and it's horrendous, dirty, and the other part of the public beach is busy and loud. If you want a sunbed they will charge you a lot (13 euros per day). There is a restaurant beside which is not related to the hotel and that's a big plus, they are amazing, polite and they atmosphere and food is great. The hotel has a bar which is expensive, and it closes at 7 so if you wanna go for drinks forget it. A big plus is the guy of the massages mr gavino. He is cheap,professional very polite and honest. And would listen to all your requests. If you walk up to la pailotte restaurant you will find another rocky beach but it's clean and so cool to go diving in it, from there we seen the dolphins too, it was very nice. I can't reccomend this hotel, we came here for our anniversary and it was very bad, the second day the 2 restaurants around were fully booked so we had to order a pizza, otherwise the hotel doesn't offer any alternative to eat they don't have a bar or something...

I’ve taken some time before posting this because I’ve had to choose my words carefully. We went on a 4 night trip as a mother and daughter duo for a bit of a fun break. This place is like the innermost circle of hell. There’s no bar, there’s a “sort-of” bar and the man, presumably one of the owners, who tends it just can’t be bothered to open it and then presumes you can’t read the menu and tries to charge more than what it says. Numbers are the same in Italian and English mate so no dice there. The restaurant next; they said it’s reservation only when we went for dinner. I said ok can I make a reservation now? They said that I could. I said can I reserve a table for right now? They said that I could. So what exactly is the point in making it reservation only. Next point on the restaurant, everything is honestly revolting and dripping in oil. Why did we eat there every night instead of going anywhere else? I’m so glad you asked. The reason for this is that there is NOTHING nearby. If you go up the road there is another restaurant/bar which for some very bizarre reason is sponsored by Audi, but this closes for the rest of the day if it rains for half an hour in the day. The same is true of the “cafe/bar” next door to the hotel. This is neither a cafe or a bar, it’s more like a little coffee kiosk. ||Sure, there’s a beach next door but what they don’t tell you is that it’s the worlds tiniest beach and the ice cream counter only opens for a couple hours a day. Probably not if it rains at any point in the day though. ||The place is surrounded by an old military base and there’s just huge bins overflowing with rubbish everywhere, obviously Calamosca is the dumping ground of Sardinia. The busses only show up when they feel like it (probably not at all if it’s rained at any time during the day) and we couldn’t ask anyone at reception to book a taxi because they didn’t speak English and pretended they couldn’t understand me when I spoke Italian (and it’s not me, i managed fine in “proper” Italy so it’s them). The hotel itself looks like it was refurbished as recently as 1950 and just left since then. The place is literally a time capsule. I wouldn’t cry if this place just dropped off the map honestly, save your money and just go somewhere good because this...

I visited Cagliari in late October and had a wonderful time. The view from my room of the ocean and lighthouse was sweet. My balcony door allowed me to enjoy the ocean breeze in the evening. The hotel is simple and vintage (vs. old) and the staff is exceptional in service. They catered to all of my requests, did their best to make sure I was taken care of and attended to all of my needs. We had an incident in the restaurant when I expected one thing but got something else. I was so disappointed I wasn't clearer, but the wait staff went beyond out of their way in their explanation and apology for something that was my fault.

While they didn't speak as much English as they do in Rome, it's better than my Italian.

My only concern was the size of the opening to the shower. As is my experience in Europe, things are smaller than in the US. A much bigger person might have difficulty fitting into the narrow opening.

The hotel is a short distance from the downtown area by car. I traveled one hour east and west from the hotel to different beaches. I'm happy to have rented a car.

If you want the Radisson, you should go there. But for a simple, quiet, comfortable, very pleasant and easy place to stay, this hotel is a...