Fifty-five rooms across stone-villa pavilions on Liscia di Vacca cove — the smallest and most intimate of the three original Aga Khan Costa Smeralda properties, plus five private villas.
"55 rooms across stone-villa pavilions on Liscia di Vacca cove. The most intimate of the original Aga Khan properties — plus five private villas."
Hotel Pitrizza opened in 1967 on a private cove at Liscia di Vacca as the third and most intimate of the Aga Khan Costa Smeralda properties. Where Cala di Volpe is the architectural-showpiece large-scale property and Romazzino is the beachfront-direct answer, Pitrizza is the smaller-scale boutique — fifty-five rooms distributed across multiple stone-villa pavilions on the cove's natural granite outcrops, plus five private standalone villas with private pools and butler service. The architectural premise (also by Jacques Couelle's team) is integration with the cove's natural landscape rather than imposition on it.
The 55 accommodations split between Garden View Rooms (in the pavilion clusters set back in the property's gardens), Sea View Rooms (with direct cove and bay views), and the Junior Suites with private terraces. The five Standalone Villas — Pitrizza Villa, Tartaruga Villa, Smeralda Villa, Mirto Villa, and the Pitrizza Royal Villa — are the property's flagship category, each with three- to five-bedroom configurations, private pools, and dedicated butler-and-chef teams.
The grounds — the private Liscia di Vacca cove, the salt-water swimming pool carved into the natural granite, the gardens spreading among the cove's outcrops, and the small spa — are intimate. The cove itself is one of the more dramatic settings on the Costa Smeralda — natural granite formations, calm-water swimming directly from the rocks, and the property's small-scale operations producing a far more private feel than the larger Cala di Volpe and Romazzino. The cross-property programme means guests have access to Cala di Volpe's Olympic pool and dining.
Dining is at the property's two main restaurants. The Pitrizza Restaurant is the headline Mediterranean fine-dining in the original main pavilion. The Beach Restaurant is the casual seafront. The wine programme is heavily Sardinian and Italian-focused. Service is the consistent Luxury Collection small-property standard with the highest staff-to-guest ratio of the three Aga Khan properties. Pitrizza is the boutique-private Costa Smeralda answer for travellers who want the smaller scale and the cove-side privacy.
The most intimate Costa Smeralda honeymoon. Book a Sea View Junior Suite or one of the Standalone Villas for the private-pool-and-butler experience. The combination of the small-scale operation, the granite cove setting, and the cross-property access to Cala di Volpe's facilities makes Pitrizza the boutique honeymoon Costa Smeralda choice.
For milestone anniversaries Pitrizza's Standalone Villas (Pitrizza Royal Villa or Pitrizza Villa with multi-bedroom configurations) are the right scale. The hotel handles vow renewals on the granite cove, private dinners on the villa terrace, and the kind of milestone arrangements that the property's small scale and high staff ratio make possible.
The granite cove at sunset, the salt-water pool carved into the rock, or one of the standalone villa terraces are the three settings Pitrizza orchestrates for proposals. The hotel's events team handles the orchestration with the precision of a small property where every guest is known by name.
Località Liscia di Vacca
07021 Arzachena (Sassari), Sardinia
Costa Smeralda, on private cove; 30 min from Olbia (OLB)
55 rooms in pavilions + 5 standalone villas
Garden View Room from €2,000/night
Sea View Junior Suite from €4,500
Standalone Villa (3-bed pool) from €15,000
Pitrizza Royal Villa (5-bed pool) from €35,000
Check-in: 3:00 PM
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Minimum stay: 3 nights peak
Aga Khan property since 1967
Salt-water pool carved into granite
5 standalone villas with private pools
Cross-property access to Cala di Volpe
Highest staff-to-guest ratio of Aga Khan trio
Open: late May – late September
Peak: July–August (book 6 months ahead)
Best value: May, late September
High-speed WiFi throughout
Reliable signal in all accommodations
In-villa office setups on request
From €2,000/night. Standalone Villas book 6+ months ahead in peak. The Pitrizza Royal Villa requires direct property contact.
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