My husband and myself just got back from a great weekend in the Melia Olbia hotel. We stayed for three nights, booked through Expedia at a fantastic rate.

We flew into Olbia with easyjet, and it took us 15 minutes at the most to get to the hotel from the airport.

The hotel and grounds are lovely. Our room was huge and very comfortable, with friendly staff who couldn't do enough for us and a plentiful choice in the buffet breakfast that was included in our rate. We made full use of the hotel facilities, especially the tennis courts, where we had a couple of lessons that were well worth it. They are also extending their facilities in the near future to include a Health and Beauty Centre and extra sporting facilities.

While Olbia may not be the prettiest town in Italy, it is worth a visit and there are a few good restaurants we found. The guide books really do not do the town any favours. We can thoroughly recommend this resort as a place for a short break!

The hotel is great if you are sporty, like us. The only downside is that the hotel is a bit in the middle of nowhere, and we strongly recommend hiring a car for your visit.

Very clean, great olympic size indoor and outdoor pool and several type tennis courts. Staff variable, some lazy, some inpolite, some very helpful and nice. Area is an industrial estate, diffiuclt to find at night, fine during the day. Good deals on the net.

Food is terrible, worst breakfast ever, and dinner is poor. Food in area is very good, but note mainly pasta and pizza, and vegetarian options limited to pasta and sauce, no vegetables. Note lack of ethnic diversity in the area, but no issues with that to be honest. Need to rent a car, make sure u note ALL pre hiring scratches/dents.

Just got back last Friday from Sardinia. Got a great deal for this hotel from expedia and flights from Easy Jet Gatwick too.

Hotel was lovely in terms of location and room cleanliness. TV not tuned to right channels and despite complaining loads no one helped sort it out.

The internet site does not mention that the free shuttle buses to the beach are only working in high season which was so annoying as this left us nothing to do. We were told to hire a car as public transport seems non existant. However, we did not take our driving license so would recommend you take it. People drive like crazy out there so would not recommend it unless your brave or confident/experinced enough. Shuttle buses to Olbia town were ok. However last bus is at 7.45. Most restaurents open at this time which was so frustrating as we were limited to eating venues. The town itself is very very bland. Nothing to do at all. Would take you 30 mins approx to see it. We used ARST buses from local bus stand in Olbia town to get to a few beach destinations. Although the bus service was ok please note that beaches are very far from this hotel. Another point to note is that taxi's are around 23 - 25 euro from Olbia town or Airport to Hotel. Its rather steep for a 8 min drive! So take plenty of Euro's. Overall, not a great holiday as did not do much apart from stay in hotel grounds. Hope this review helps.

My wife and I have just come back from a week spent at the Melia Olbia Resort. We went mid April and the weather was sunny most of the time (though not always hot). The hotel room was very good - clean, nicely decorated, and excellent maid service. The only thing that my wife and I felt about the hotel was that, being out of the centre of town, it lacked atmosphere. If you wanted atmosphere/buzz, etc, then you needed to go into Olbia itself. Driving into Olbia in the evening was not easy (the roads are a little confusing in daylight, let alone at night), and it meant that the driver couldn't drink. Although it is nothing special, Olbia does have a few nice restaurants, and it did have a buzz about it in the evening. If I were to go to Sardinia again I would probably look for a hotel in the centre of one of the bigger towns. The buffet breakfast contained lots of choice, but I have definitely had better breakfasts in other hotels. There was a great choice of cheese and ham, but since we ate this a lot for lunch it held less appeal in the mornings. Cooked breakfast was OK, but a choice of egg would have been nice - a tray of rather sloppy scrambled egg was all you could have. Jam, honey, etc was all in little pots rather than sourced locally. This area of the island is very pretty - we drove over 1000 km during the week, going to Alghero, Castelsardo, La Magdelena island, Cape D'Orso, Costa Smeralda, Tempio Pausana. I would say that you need a car regardless of where you stay in Sardinia if you want to see anything of the island (we booked ours through airmiles - very good value). One word of warning if you go out of season as we did - virtually no restaurants were open during the day along any of the stretches of road that we travelled on. We passed many nice looking pizzerias, grills, etc, but all were closed. This was quite disappointing as we were really looking forward to having good food whilst in Sardinia. What this meant was that staying at the Melia Olbia left you with the choice of either driving into Olbia for dinner in the evening, or eating at the hotel. There are two restaurants at the hotel - one charging 25 euros for a buffet dinner (we weren't prepared to pay that much), and another a la carte. We ate here once and had very nice food, though the atmosphere wasnt very relaxed and the wine was very expensive. A good place to stay if you get a cheap deal and are prepared to put up with staying out of town.