Porto Rotondo

Porto Rotondo, is  a luxury seaside village a few kilometres from Olbia, on the north eastern coast of Sardinia near Mount Ladu. It's known for its glitzy social life and is frequented, particularly in summer,  by many well known celebrities from the sports, showbiz and fashion world.
Porto Rotondo owes its name to a natural inlet of the Costa Smeralda which delineates a practically perfect circle. The village is surrounded by a luxuriant Mediterranean vegetation and faces a beautiful emerald colour sea.
Porto Rotondo developed in the sixties, thanks to the initiative of the  Donà delle Rose family. In the small tourist port which acts as background to luxurious and colourful villas, one can admire boats of all shapes and sizes. The  very central Piazzetta San Marco is the heart of the village and full of very chic boutiques and fashionable bars. From here  pretty  alleys branch out to the rest of the village. 
From an artistic and cultural point of view, the  characteristic amphitheatre built entirely in granite rock, is definitely worth a visit, as well as the splendid church of San Lorenzo, designed by the artist  Andrea Cascella,  where there are 200 wooden statues representing sacred scenes.
In the immediate vicinities there are the extraordinary beaches of  Ira, that separates the Gulf of Porto Rotondo from that of  Cugnana, the beach of Sassi,  Alghe, the beach of  Punta Asfodelo, and the beach of Marinella. By the coast a further attraction are the islets of  Soffi and Mortorio.