Villa Las Tronas Hotel & SPA

Inside a 19th-century royal villa on Alghero's rocky promontory, Villa Las Tronas occupies a former Savoy family retreat where the Tyrrhenian wraps three sides of the building. The Lungomare Valencia address places guests a short walk from the old Catalan quarter's coral-pink walls.

The spa runs an indoor pool, sauna, and a full menu of body treatments, facials, and scrubs; beach loungers and umbrellas are arranged on the private shoreline directly below. The restaurant serves Sardinian seafood with room-service available all day, and wine and champagne can be ordered to the room.

Alghero's centro storico is ten minutes on foot along the seafront promenade. The hotel's airport shuttle covers the 12-kilometre transfer to Fertilia without the need for a hire car.