Hotel La Licciola Valle Dell'erica Thalasso

“Heaven”

It was in one word heaven. We had a suite with 2 big rooms that can be separated by a sliding door and a balcony. First line to beach. Excellent service, spa, food and beverages. Our daughters had a great time in the kids club with the amazing staff.

“Fantastic stay in the lovely Sardinia”

This resort is a perfect place to relax, chill and get away from busy city and work life. The food is superb here. Nautilus and in particular the BBQ nights are great and you can chose from various meats, such as quail, pork, quinea fowl, beef, Sea bass, sea bream etc, the list goes on, plus a dece… more

This resort is a perfect place to relax, chill and get away from busy city and work life. The food is superb here. Nautilus and in particular the BBQ nights are great and you can chose from various meats, such as quail, pork, quinea fowl, beef, Sea bass, sea bream etc, the list goes on, plus a decent buffet available inside, chefs cooking pasta and serving various fish such as Turbot, huge sea bass to name some. Breakfast is always top notch here as well, omelettes are lovely, and the smoothies made by Rachaelea (hopefully spelt right) are perfect. The Li Ciusoni restaurant you have to try, the food is great. The staff will throw leftovers out and within minutes Wild boar and foxes appear to take the food. It’s good fun to watch and part of the dining experience. Never an issue getting a sunbed and you do not need to sneak down in the middle of the night to reserve. This is not that kind of place. The place is huge and you will need to get a taxi to get around! which is free and it is not really a taxi so don’t worry, it is in fact an electric golf type of cart, quite nippy though and big shout out to Matteo for all the lifts – what a great guy he is. The views are fantastic from different points around the complex so get your phone cameras ready when in the taxi. There are two parts to the hotel, Hotel Licciola which was opened I think 2014 and the original Erica built in the 80’s. We stayed in the Erica and we preferred this section, more of a rustic look where the new Licciola part is similar but looks a bit more more updated, particularly the reception, bar and Les Bouches restaurant. Food all pretty much the same as the Erica. We spent a lot of time at Bar Captain Nemo and the pools just near there. The pools are generally quiet and lovely. Note that there are other pools such as the Spa (35 Euros pp for 2 hours) and in the Licciola part of the complex (swim up bar). Big shout out to Thomas, Luigi, and Matilda at Bar Captain Nemo – fantastic customer service. Ichnusa was my favourite beer there and at 7 Euros for a bottle of beer is a touch pricey but all you have do is look around and realise where you are. There are other beers, such as Becks etc, priced 8 Euros. One special mention is to the lovely Bianca who generally worked out of Nautilus and she recommended us Li Ciusoni where she actually waited on us when we dined there. If you go to the resort, look out for her, she is really good. We communicated by Google Translate which we all found rather funny. She is an asset to the business. And one more, guest relationship manager Aneu is brilliant and also she is fluent in English, not many staff are by the way, but that did not bother us at all and after all we were visiting their country and respectfully we tried to get to grips with Italian, but back to Aneu be on the lookout for her, take her WhatsApp and she will sort and help anything for you. Aneu will go above and beyond for you. Sardinia is beautiful and we will be back for sure. Don’t hesitate to book this resort if you are thinking of it and wanting to go to Sardinia.

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“Wedding Anniversary Visit”

We stayed here for 7 nights to celebrate our wedding anniversary, our first time to Sardinia! Where do I start, I thought the accommodation was excellent, clean and modern, the accompanying pool, was a little cold for us to use, could it have solar panels fitted to heat the pool? We went half boa… more

We stayed here for 7 nights to celebrate our wedding anniversary, our first time to Sardinia! Where do I start, I thought the accommodation was excellent, clean and modern, the accompanying pool, was a little cold for us to use, could it have solar panels fitted to heat the pool? We went half board, breakfast and evening meal. Food choices were vast, and the food was good quality, the staff were friendly, and excellent. A credit to the organisation! A fresh bottle of water was brought each day, the cleaning lady did an amazing job, I wish she could clean my house so it smelt like that every day! :-0 I can’t speak highly enough of the people working here, from Olivia who welcomed us on WhatsApp to the people working the front desk. The weather was glorious, and we felt well rested. Make sure you take a plug in insect repellent, the hotel provided us with one, but we needed both. You will see plenty of Geckos on the resort, and will take a bit of getting used to! On our first night we had one on our Ceiling, which provided my wife with much amusement as the young lad from reception arrived with a net to remove! Thank you all for a lovely stay!

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“Some suggestions”

There is a lot to like: the setting is wonderful with many small beaches to enjoy and lovely pools too. The staff are friendly and helpful and the rooms are well laid out. A few recommendations for the management (in no particular order): 1. Charging 6 euros for water with dinner isn't great. It … more

There is a lot to like: the setting is wonderful with many small beaches to enjoy and lovely pools too. The staff are friendly and helpful and the rooms are well laid out. A few recommendations for the management (in no particular order): 1. Charging 6 euros for water with dinner isn't great. It does feel like one is being fleeced. 2. The shampoo and body wash in the rooms is really horrid - cloying, hard to wash off and with a pretty nasty odour. An upgrade there would be a good idea! 3. The toasters at breakfast are not fit for purpose. It would be a good plan to replace them with a machine that does both sides of the bread. 4. It would be lovely not to be constantly asked what is one's room number. Three times every meal (and sometimes more) really is overkill and seems to happen for no good reason, even when asking for something non-chargeable. 5. It would be good also to have more variety of menu in the Nautilus Restaurant (especially for vegetarians). After a few days, it can get a biit samey to be given pretty much the same options (yes I know there are other restaurants but still!). 6. Finally - and this is the big one - you really must do something about the wi-fi. It is patchy at best and non-existent for long periods of time. It's an easy fix and has been mentioned by a few people already! Just suggestions, other than that it's a nice place to stay!

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