There is a sense of stepping into a deluxe, self-contained world complete with numerous hotel choices and over twenty restaurants, including a three Michelin starred Heinz Beck Restaurant and La Terrazza San Domenico. There are also seafront venues specialising in succulent seafood, opportunities to feast on Brazilian and Sardinian cuisine and a children’s restaurant with lowered-height tables. Recreational choices are unending, from more gentle pursuits such as cooking classes with Rocco Iannone and revitalising body treatments in the ACQUA Forte Spa with its Turkish bath and six seawater pools of varying salinity to full-on sporting facilities such as the Real Madrid Football Soccer School and academies for netball, rugby, swimming, tennis and more. Leisureland linked to the Village by underground pass, offers go-karting and ten pin bowling; Piazza Luisa is the place for live entertainment and the new Piazzetta sitting opposite offers a wealth of designer-brand shopping.

There's a variety of chic rooms and suites decorated in contemporary style with traditional Sardinian touches, most having a bath, shower and balcony or terrace to maximise the sea or pine forest views. For families, the interconnecting rooms add the desired flexibility, while those seeking enhanced services can choose the terraced rooms on the executive floor which have their own dedicated reception. Bar Bandiere – perhaps the most elegant of the Village’s many choices – is the perfect place to meet up for pre-dinner drinks and late night cocktails.