Cala di Volpe villa with infinity pool and direct cove access

You descend an avenue of junipers and mastic, between pink granite boulders polished by the wind, and the villa appears below with its white arches and pantile roofs. Built in 2005 in the Mediterranean style of the Costa Smeralda, it has curving walls, sculptural fireplaces and windows that frame the sea like paintings. The 6,000 m² garden is left to the scrub, with only a lawn at the foot of the house and an infinity pool that blends with the blue of the cove.

The 520 m² comprise seven en-suite bedrooms, a barrel-vaulted living room opening onto the 180 m² terrace, a professional kitchen and an outdoor dining room beneath the pergola. A guest cottage and a staff cottage; home automation, air conditioning, alarm.

A stepped path descends in two minutes to the cove: turquoise water, pale sand and a flat rock to dive from. Four parking spaces; the Porto Cervo marina is ten minutes by car.