Porto Marana

Porto Marana sits in the Gulf of Aranci, one of Sardinia's more sheltered corners on the northeastern coast, with the granite hills of Gallura as your backdrop. The setting is quintessentially Sardinian — turquoise shallows, scrubby maquis running to the waterline, and the kind of quiet that's getting harder to find this close to Olbia. You're well-placed here for day trips along the Costa Smeralda or a run out to the Maddalena Archipelago.