HotelChatter - Porto Cervo

Hotel Safe Crime Wave Targets Italian Resorts, Saudi Princess

JetSetCD — 2009-08-10T12:04:11-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/HotelSafe.jpg" class="top"> Watch you put in your hotel room safe in Italy this summer as a wave of high-profile robberies have taken place, with one becoming a diplomatic incident. This weekend, an unidentified Saudi princessperhaps the <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/5514600/Saudi-princess-runs-up-15-million-shopping-bill.html">same</a> who defaulted on all those shopping bills in Londonhad 15.6 million dollars worth of jewelry stolen from her hotel room safe. They actually took the whole safe, as it was only affixed to the wall with silicon, and they managed to do it in a period of ten minutes while everyone was at dinner. Although the hotel has been identified as the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Colonna+Resort+Country+%26+Sporting+Club/ian/249967">Colonna Hotel</a> in Porto Cervo, one of the many Iti Resorts on Sardinia's Costa Smeralda, we'd continue to

Craig David and Donna Summer Bring 'Hot Stuff' To Cala di Volpe

juliab — 2009-06-30T11:10:20-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/21888/caladivolpe.jpg" class="top"> Be still, our beating hearts. You know how Craig Davids been off the scene for what seems like eons? Well hes coming back in style by hitting Sardinia to sing his little heart out this summer. Not just him, either; the posh <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Lc+Hotel+Cala+Di+Volpe/ian/141201">Hotel Cala di Volpe</a> on the Costa Smeralda is also throwing a concert with Donna Summer on July 25 (Craigs is on August 13, by the way). It sounds like a pretty fly setting: around the biggest outdoor seawater pool in Europe, overlooking the sea itself. Starwood, who own the hotel, is calling the summer series a soundtrack exuding dynamic energy and cool. Sounds like hot stuff ; were telling ourselves we were

Vacation and Vino at the Porto Cervo Wine Festival

EricRosen — 2009-03-20T10:32:03-05:00

Don’t know where Costa Smeralda is? Neither did we...till we looked it up on Google Maps. Turns out this erstwhile jetsetter haven turned-sun-bleached has been is in Sardinia, that unspoiled jewel of Mediterranean leisure. But this continental cougar is about to get her claws back.

The Porto Cervo Wine Festival in Costa Smeralda is taking place Friday-Sunday, April 24-26, this year, and is being presented by the family of Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Costa Smeralda. The five-star Sheraton Cervo Hotel will be serving as the main venue, and is offering a deal starting at 1197 euros for a double room.

Tara Packs Her Parents In Sardinia

markj — 2005-09-15T09:53:39-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/tarasardinia.jpg"> We are all still in mourning the cancelation of Taradise, but in the meantime, we need to celebrate the fact that Tara is still bringing us hotel tips Wednesday nights on E!...for now. Last night Tara flew her parents to Sardinia and the Reid clan stayed at the <a href="http://www.meliapoltuquatu.solmelia.com/sol/hoteles/jsp/CHome.jsp?idSolRes=6405">Meliá Poltu Quatu</a>. Yeah, we could go on about the strange interactions between Tara and her parents, or talk about how designer Roberto Cavalli appeared to give Tara a tour of his monster yacht with his pants off, however, out of respect for Tara's breadth of travel knowledge, we will just talk about the hotel she stayed in. Meliá Poltu Quatu sits right on a marina in