Porto Cervo, a useless resort for billionaires

If you're looking for information about the best beaches in Sardinia, then you definitely will read about the Emerald Coast (Costa Smeralda) and Porto Cervo, a fashionable resort in northern Sardinia, created at the initiative of the Muslim spiritual leader Aga Khan IV in the 1960s.

Though, unless you're planning on staying in one of the local hotels, there's absolutely nothing to do here; it's the most pointless resort we've ever seen. In fact, the whole town consists of a few restaurants, a museum, a large marina and expensive villas and hotels. There are virtually no waterfronts, walking streets, or public spaces. Even if you live in a hotel, there is simply nothing outside of it.

If you still want to walk, then park for free at the only interesting place - Parrocchia Stella Maris church (41.133277, 9.530379), at a nearby parking 41.132977, 9.527008 or at the paid underground parking here 41.134564, 9.538109.


There is not much to walk around, there are literally a few pedestrian mini-zones around the bridge 41.132808, 9.536742. If you want to go further, you can do it only along the paths for boat owners.


















There is a small park on the hill with playgrounds and views of the town. If you have children, you can stop by (41.139882, 9.528011)