To be fair, it is NOT a four star hotel standard, but I feel the other reviews are a bit too harsh. Dissatisfied: - Bathroom old, tiny shower, strange smell all the time - Dining room is hell, very loud and narrow, concert of kids yelling or crying... Very nice was the horse-riding, what we actually came for. Long rides... More

My wife and I booked last minute with Airtours Jun 2007. Our hearts sank when we were told that we would be staying at the Ala Birdi as we knew it was going to be 90 minutes - WRONG- recently introduced speed limits meant the coach driver took 3 hours and then dumped us in the car park of the... More

if you have a spare four thousand pounds to waste this is the place for you. In brief the restraunts resembled a school canteen at best. Regarding the service, what service! The nightly ritual queing finally took its toll on my patience, language barrier a real problem i tried my best broken italian but landing on mars would have been... More

Built on a wasteland in the middle of nowhere, I suspected the worst as I drove up the 'hillbilly' track after a long time on a Sardinian 'motorway'. What greeted me was worse than I could have imagined. In the foreground, the landscaped and architecturally designed facade, no doubt used for promotional purposes, attempted to conceal the 1950s style Pontins'... More

After a 2 and half hour transfer had hoped for some nice Italian food, wine and romantic walk on the beach with my husband to be. Instead we had to barge our way through reception to get our room keys, then sent to the restaurant for cold dinner and watered down wine and the beach was covered in the lovely... More

Appalling. Do not come here for a positive experience and genuine representation of Sardinia. Isolated hotel on compound. Brochure gives the impression that there are four hotels in a complex with excellent facilities. A four star hotel. Reality is four separate components of what is essentially the same hotel served byone reception. Hotel is a struggling three star with two... More

The two and three quarter transfer was an ordeal and meals in the 'school dining hall' were overcrowded and uninspiring. On the second night we ate in the Pizzeria restaurant, as we had been told that this was the only variation where you got served at the table.We enjoyed our meal until a rat was seen on the desert -... More

Wish i'd read the above reviews before we went... they are true. It is definitely a good 2.5 hours by coach from Olbia, (incidentally its 2.5 hours driving away from the beautiful coastline you seen in the "come to Sardinia "brochures), the beach is totally uninspiring with view of Oristano industrial estate in the distance, there is frequently a smell... More

After booking a last minute holiday at Ala Birdi, I subsequently read a number of reviews (not all, but most of them bad). As I packed our suitcases with more than a little trepidation, I was assured by my husband that it was only people who liked to complain who bothered to write reviews. I kept an open mind and... More