Villa Coligu - Breathtaking views and private pool

Villa Coligu' is located in the natural oasis of Porto Rafael-Punta Sardegna and it offers breathtaking views of Maddalena archipelago. The Villa has 3 terraces with 2 dining tables and BBQ, a 2.000 sqm private garden and private heated swimming pool.

Beautiful villa wonderfully located offering panoramic views over the Maddalena gulf and its islands.

Villa Coligu offers a wonderful pool to spend moments of leisure with friends, a big garden for the open air days and few terraces with breathtaking views and a large barbecue area.

This property is situated in the exclusive peninsula of Porto Rafael – Punta Sardegna, and it is surrounded by a large terraced garden (over 2000 square metres) and a well-kept lawn decorated with flowers and Mediterranean plants and trees (olive trees, myrtle bushes, prickle pears). This property also provides a beautiful swimming-pool (heated starting from April to end of October) situated in very panoramic location and some lovely terraces allowing al-fresco dining and enjoying splendid views over the surrounding landscape. The villa is tastefully furnished with pieces of the local tradition.

The villa is 10 minutes walk from the center village of Porto Rafael, famous for a square right on the beach with views of Maddalena archipelago with few shops and 3 bars/restaurants, while Palau, where you can find supermarket, pharmacies and restaurants is 5 minutes drive away.

The small resort of Porto Rafael was founded on the North Eastern coast of Sardinia, by Raphael Neville, Count of Berlanga de Duero, in the late 1950s.

Neville was an artist, and the son of Edgar Neville the Hollywood film director, playwright and novelist. Rafael was born on 26 August 1926 and sent to Paris and London to be educated. His father wanted him to study Architecture in Paris, but his bohemian son had other ideas, and became a chorus dancer in the Follies Bergeres dancing in Josephine Baker's shows.

In 1959, Raphael took a trip to Sardinia, where he stumbled upon a small bay facing the Maddalena archipelago and he fell irrevocably in love with it. He bought a small patch of land between Baia di Nelson (where Lord Nelson had once anchored his fleet) and Punta Sardegna, near the town of Palau, from a local landowner called Paolo Cudoni - and for the rest of his life, he shaped it like he had first seen in a dream, so "Sognare e Vivere" (to dream and to live) became the motto of his eponymous resort.

In 1960, with the help of his friend the American actress Shirley Douglas, who later married Donald Sutherland, Neville began construction of a small port which he more or less designed himself. Many of the earliest buildings and the tiny chapel of Saint Rita were designed by Michele Busiri Vici, the renowned architect working for the Aga Khan, 30 minutes along the coast at Porto Cervo. Shortly afterwards architects such as Alberto Ponis arrived to add a gently modernist style to the resort.
Several celebrities built houses in Porto Rafael, choosing it above the more flashy Porto Cervo because there were no hotels, it was quiet, secluded and far from prying paparazzi.

Along with the chapel, the centre of Porto Raphael includes a small delicatessen, two little bars, a restaurant, various boutiques, the beach beyond the Piazzetta, and a wooden pontoon for incoming tenders. There is also a yacht club at Marina Porto Rafael, five small beaches and two tennis courts. The village has always been developed with care and remains valued for its charm and privacy.

CIN IT090054C2000Q1211