First look
Mandarin Oriental is building on the Costa Smeralda, on the forested slopes above the Gulf of Pevero at Porto Cervo. This one is a new build rather than a takeover of an existing hotel, developed with the Italian property group Gruppo Statuto. The plan is 83 rooms and suites, five restaurants and bars, a Spa at Mandarin Oriental, a fitness centre, indoor and outdoor pools, and a beach club down at Porto Paglia.
The date has already moved once. Mandarin Oriental announced the project in August 2023 for a mid-2026 opening, and coverage since then puts it at 2027, with no month attached. Worth knowing if you are planning around it, and worth knowing alongside the other arrival on this coast: Cheval Blanc is relaunching Hotel Pitrizza a few minutes away, currently slated for May 2027. Two brands of that size landing on the same stretch of Sardinian coast in the same year has not happened before.
We haven’t stayed, so this is anticipation, not a verdict. What we’ll be watching: whether a new build can sit convincingly on a coast whose best-loved hotels are 1960s granite and terracotta, and how the Costa Smeralda’s short season shapes what is actually open when you get there. We’ll find out when we visit.
Want us to get you in when it opens?
Nothing to book yet; rates usually load a few months out. We’re Sofie and Nicolas; tell us roughly what you’re after and we’ll come back the moment Mandarin Oriental is bookable, with the rates, the room worth asking for, and whether we’d go in the first season.
It's just the two of us, so we take on a handful of trips at a time. If we're full, we'll say so. We reply within a working day. The hotel pays us, not you: your rate is the same as booking direct, and the perks come on top.
Before it opens
When does Mandarin Oriental, Porto Cervo open?
Mandarin Oriental announced it in August 2023 for mid-2026, and that has since moved to 2027. No month has been confirmed. Dates on Costa Smeralda projects move, so treat it as expected rather than fixed.
How many rooms will it have, and what else is on site?
Plans put it at 83 rooms and suites, with five restaurants and bars, a Spa at Mandarin Oriental, a fitness centre, indoor and outdoor pools, and a beach club on Porto Paglia beach. It is being developed with the Italian real estate group Gruppo Statuto.
What you can book today
All hotelsMandarin Oriental is still under wraps. In the meantime, here’s what’s already open and scored: more from Mandarin Oriental.
