Jazz Hotel, a Four-Star with a Pool between Olbia's Airport and Centre

The Jazz Hotel is a four-star hotel in Olbia on via degli Astronauti, in the area of hotels and shops between the airport and the centre. It is not a beach hotel or one for long holidays: it is the practical bed for the night you land late or the last one before the flight, with a pool for free time and a restaurant open every day on the ground floor.

The rooms

There are four types: standard double, superior with balcony, junior suite and suite with a whirlpool bath. The standards measure 24 to 27 m² and have a queen bed, adjustable air conditioning, wifi, minibar, safe, television, desk and hairdryer. The style is modern, with bright colours, in keeping with the hotel's name: the meeting rooms are called Jazz, Blues and Fusion. The website does not publish how many rooms there are or the check-in and check-out times, but it offers early check-in and late check-out on request, subject to availability, which is useful with flights at odd hours.

Pool, relaxation and restaurant

The hotel has an outdoor pool with sun loungers and parasols and a relaxation area; the website does not say in which months the pool is open. In the same building is Bacchus, the hotel restaurant, which according to the Michelin Guide is open every day at lunchtime and in the evening and has a veranda facing the pool. At lunchtime it serves a simple menu; in the evening, Sardinian fish and meat dishes. The website mentions a half-board rate.

Getting there and what is nearby

The website itself gives the distances: 50 metres to the bus stop for the airport, 500 to the airport taxi rank, 2 km to the centre of Olbia, 3 km to the train station and 1 km to the Marina di Olbia marina. There is a shopping centre 700 metres away. If you arrive without a car, you can go from the airport to the hotel by bus or taxi and hire the car the next day.

From here, the centre of Olbia, with the basilica of San Simplicio and the archaeological museum, is a short step away. Porto Cervo and the beaches of the Costa Smeralda are about 40 or 45 minutes by car.