San Teodoro

San Teodoro pairs a small medieval stone village with some of Sardinia's most photographed beaches — Li Cucutti, Baia Sant'Anna, and Cala Budoni, their sand pale and fine against the macchia. Nearby Porto Ottiolu adds a working port and the sheltered, shallow waters of Cala Ottiolu, easy going for families.

It sits 20 minutes from Olbia by well-kept road, close enough for daily convenience, far enough to keep its own rhythm — busy through summer, with events like the August Feast of the Assumption, quieter and its own kind of pleasant the rest of the year.