Sardiniafor families with babies
The first morning at Forte Village, I watched a barefoot toddler walk straight from the breakfast terrace to the sea without crossing a single road. That is the structural advantage of Sardinia for parents of under 2s: the resort topography is genuinely flat, the sand is fine and pale, and the Mediterranean shelves out so gradually that a 14 month old can wade for twenty metres before the water reaches a parent's knee. Sardinia sits two hours and forty three minutes from London Gatwick, with British Airways and Ryanair running direct to Cagliari from late March through October. The transfer to Forte Village in Santa Margherita di Pula is a calm forty five minutes on a coastal road, not the four hour ordeal you face getting to some Costa Smeralda properties. Forte Village itself is the headline reason families choose this island: a Fisher Price endorsed nursery taking children from birth, eight separate hotels under one wristband, and pram friendly paths between every pool, restaurant and beach hut. The Costa Smeralda end (Cala di Volpe, Romazzino) is more glamorous, less practical, and a two hour drive from Olbia. Chia Laguna, on the south coast near Forte Village, suits families who want a smaller footprint with similar beach quality. The season I'd aim for is May to early October. Sardinia is also one of the few Italian destinations where you can drink the tap water in coastal resorts and where high chairs appear before you ask.
