In the northeast of the island, brimming with tiny golden coves washed by diaphanous waters. Romazzino sits beside the sea and is a twenty-minute drive south of chic Porto Cervo, the main town of the Costa Smeralda, where yachts jostle in the harbour and streets are lined with high-end boutiques and lively restaurants. Once an unspoilt region of wild beauty, with rough granite stazzi (the typical houses of this area) dotting the landscape, it was developed by Prince Karim Aga Khan IV in the early 1960s into a swathe of stylishly designed, luxurious resorts, villas and hotels, which respected the environment and local heritage and became the go-to summer destination for the cognoscenti.