8/10 Good
Philip A.
Aug 14, 2022
Liked: Cleanliness
Beautiful views, good location
The apartment was lovely with a balcony overlooking the sea with beautiful sunsets. It’s at the top of a steep hill so quite a challenge in the heat but less than a 10 minute walk down to the beach - longer on the way back! Lots of really nice beaches to choose from and if you have a car it’s worth doing a bit of exploring further afield.
Lu Bagnu is. very Italian with plenty of authentic Italian restaurants many of which are reasonably priced. It’s a 10 minute drive to Casselsardo which is a bit more lively and has several Gelateria which are worth a visit! The walk up to the castle is challenging but well worth the effort and we found some lovely restaurants within the “village”. The area is clearly favoured by Italians as a holiday resort and we found more people able to understand our GCSE French and Spanish than English. We made good use of Google translate!
Our only complaint would be the check in. Our flight landed at 9pm and the host, Maria, said we wouldn’t arrive in Lu Bagnu before 11.30pm and that Domenica would be there to meet us. We were unable to contact Domenica on the number given (probably a problem with our mobile providers) but arrived at midnight having taken an hour at passport control, an hour to pick up the hire car and an hour’s drive. We went to the address given which turned out to be an office which was obviously closed at that time and we started to think we’d been scammed and would be spending the night in the car. We eventually got hold of Maria who called Domenica on our behalf who had gone home as we were so late ( turns out she’d been told we were arriving at the apartment at 9pm). Eventually a friend of hers appeared and took us to the apartment which was several roads away and in the middle of a complex that we couldn’t drive to though it was only a short walk from the road . It all turned out fine but a very stressful start to the holiday. When Domenica eventually showed she was really helpful and was able to advise on restaurants and activities.
It would have been nice if the apartment could have been cleaned half way through our 2 week stay given what we were charged for cleaning, but overall we had a really lovely holiday.
Philip A.
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2022