Hotel Califfo

Property class: 4
Family-friendly hotel in Quartu Sant'Elena with outdoor pool and restaurant

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Hotel Califfo puts you within a 15-minute drive of Poetto Beach. After splashing around at the outdoor pool, you can grab a bite to eat at the coffee shop/cafe or unwind with a drink at the bar/lounge. Other features include a poolside bar, a children's pool, and a snack bar/deli. Fellow travelers say great things about the helpful staff.

Reviews

6.8 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Pet friendly
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant
  • Air conditioning
$70
The current price is $76 total
includes taxes & fees
Nov 11 - Nov 12

Room options

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Showing 5 of 5 rooms

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A hotel room with a bed, bedside table, and a potted plant.

Double or Twin Room

  • 22 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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A hotel room with a bed, a desk with a television, a chair, a dresser, a potted plant, and a window with a view of the sky and trees.

Junior Suite

  • 36 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds OR 2 Twin Beds

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A hotel room with a wooden headboard, a single bed, a chair, a desk, and two wall-mounted lamps.

Single Room

  • 16 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Twin Bed

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A hotel room with two beds, a wooden headboard, bedside lamps, a framed picture on the wall, and a desk with glasses on it.

Triple Room

  • 23 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

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A hotel room with two beds, a wooden headboard, a painting on the wall, and a potted plant.

Quadruple Room

  • 36 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 2 Twin Beds OR 2 Twin Beds

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About the neighborhood

Map
Via Leonardo da Vinci 118, Quartu Sant'Elena, CA, 09045

What's nearby

  • Spiaggia di Foxi - 12 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Golfo degli Angeli - 20 min walk - 1.7 km
  • Church of Sant'Andrea - 7 min drive - 3.6 km
  • Poetto Beach - 23 min drive - 6.9 km
  • Port of Cagliari - 33 min drive - 18.4 km

Getting around

  • Elmas Airport (CAG) - 19 min drive
  • Elmas Aeroporto Train Station - 18 min drive
  • Assemini Station - 24 min drive
  • Decimomannu Station - 29 min drive
  • Area shuttle (surcharge)

Restaurants

  • ‪Le Camelie - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Mai Tai - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Su stampu - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪La Marinella - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪La Fontanella - ‬1 min walk

About this property

Hotel Califfo

  • Hotel Califfo puts you within a 15-minute drive of Poetto Beach. After splashing around at the outdoor pool, you can grab a bite to eat at the coffee shop/cafe or unwind with a drink at the bar/lounge. Other features include a poolside bar, a children's pool, and a snack bar/deli. Fellow travelers say great things about the helpful staff.

At a glance

CHECK-IN
3:00pm
CHECK-OUT
10:00am

Hotel size

    • 142 rooms
    • Arranged over 3 floors

Arriving/Leaving

    • Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 5:00 AM
    • Express check-out available
    • Early check-in subject to availability
    • Late check-in subject to availability
    • Minimum check-in age: 18
    • Check-out time is 10:00 AM
    • Late check-out subject to availability

Special check-in instructions

    • Guests will receive an email within 72 hours before arrival with check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
    • To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 72 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation
    • Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools
    • Pets are accommodated in ground-floor rooms only. Pet stays must be requested in advance via email or text message to the property and are subject to hotel confirmation and availability of designated pet-friendly rooms. Adding a pet to a reservation does not automatically confirm acceptance.

Required at check-in

    • Credit card, debit card, or cash deposit required for incidental charges
    • Government-issued photo ID may be required
    • Minimum check-in age is 18

Children

    • One child (2 years old and younger) stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding

Pets

    • Pets allowed (dogs only, 1 total, up to 22 lbs per pet)*
    • Service animals welcome
    • Specific rooms only. Pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation; restrictions apply*

Internet

    • Free WiFi in public areas
    • Free WiFi in rooms

Parking

    • Free onsite self parking
    • Onsite RV/bus/truck parking (fees apply)
    • Wheelchair-accessible parking and van parking on site
    • Onsite parking limited

Offsite

    • Area shuttle within 2 km*

Other information

    • Smoke-free property

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Reviews

Hotel Califfo Reviews

6.8

Good

7.8

Cleanliness

6.4

Location

7.8

Staff & service

6.2

Property conditions & facilities

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Reviews

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10/10 Exceptional

It was amazing and the staff was friendly
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8/10 Very good

Friendly and helpful staff. Very reasonable prices for the room,food and drinks. Definitely in need of an update. Food wasn't very good. Good place for a quick stopover.
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10/10 Exceptional

Staff were great. We found value for the little amount of money we spent.
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8/10 Very good

Definitely a quiet accommodation so good if you’re looking for rest. Close to the beach and a couple restaurants and a grocery store. The front desk was super helpful, Valentina was absolutely amazing and from the moment we arrived we felt so taken care of, her energy and vibe was refreshing and she was friendly 10/10 for her!
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6/10 Good

The surrounding areas are sketchy. I walked 10 minutes to the nearby beach and it was totally trash，dirty and smelly. The room is big，can host 3 people with 1 Queen size bed and 1 twin bed. The breakfast is good with a lot of selections. I enjoyed my stay overall.
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6/10 Good

Our room 6 in the residence building was spacious. The bathroom was nice, plenty of towels, great water pressure in the shower, but ran out of hot water when showering easily. Ants in the clothing cabinet and also on the floor near it and near the foot of the bed. Kitchen functional, but the only frying pan was old scratched Teflon. Stove and pan not suitable for cooking steaks. Bed not very comfortable. Hot tub near the pool did not work. Appearance of hotel is that it needs updating. Staff friendly/helpful. I sent a message to the hotel through Expedia asking if they could send my husband's swim trunks to us (forgot them in the bathroom). We would gladly pay postage. No response from the hotel. Disappointed in that.
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4/10 Fair

We arrived at the hotel, the parking area outside had cracked pots lying about. Upon entering the reception area it was clean and fairly modern, misleading us to believe that our room would mirror this. We were given the key, then first red flag should have been the lift area, literally writing on the wall. Tiny and again dated. 2nd floor apartment, we entered, it was noisy and very dated. Metal ceiling panels with the air conditioner right above it. Noise was unbearable. Bathroom, cracked sink and shower curtain that obviously liked the feel of skin! Waant rhe cleanest curtain either. The hairdryer wouldn't even blow a cobweb never mind your hair! The shower leaked. Bedroom, two twin beds one sheet one pillow. We had to request extra linen and pillows. An old tv wall mount for the larger 1980's style tv with a tiny flat screen plonked on top, which was so high picture wasn't worth having. Not enough plugs, no kettle or cups, the facilities were shocking. The shutter on balcony kept falling down with a heavy thud. Balcony, no furniture to sit on. Not as described regarding hotel offering. No pool music, no atmosphere, no pool bar despite being mentioned, you had to get dressed and walk back up stairs to go to the cafe section in hotel. If you were lucky enough to find a member of staff to serve you. No pool bbqs at all. The pool was dirty. The blue tiles in pool taking on a lovely beige colour and the pool wasn't once netted and debris removed.
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6/10 Good

A little out dated and no air conditioning during our stay ! Parking on site was great , Breakfast was also good .
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6/10 Good

Opinion

Overall the hotel is acceptable.
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8/10 Very good

The dinner and breakfast spread was delicious. The staff was friendly and helpful even though most didn't really speak English but again, this is Italy, so I don't expect many to speak English.
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6/10 Good

Nice staff，not good facility.
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6/10 Good

Mostly good value

Rooms are good with basic facilities, cleaning is excellent but some of the staff in reception need basic training in hospitality. No bar or restaurant service besides breakfast
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6/10 Good

good but old

Good location, large hotel car park for free, 4star only in 80s or 70s now too old fashion (furniture, lift, ....), quite small rooms, not to bad breakfast, but could be better, friendly stuff (but mostly dont speak other langugages). clean, good wifi, A/C
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8/10 Very good

Ok
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4/10 Fair

2 star at best

Really run down property. Got completely sunk by the photos online. Aircon only works- really badly at night. Not much to do in the area and only 3 restaurant's to choose from. Can’t say I will ever choose to return
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6/10 Good

Air conditioning not working refrigerator not cold
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2/10 Poor

When we arrived at Hotel Califfo the receptionist was pleasant enough, despite our late arrival. However, that’s about the only good thing about this place. The location is far away from any nicer restaurants, which was poor research on our part. The largest issue was the cleanliness, the room was downright disgusting and I think at best the bed was made and th toiletries replaced. Drywall plaster shavings on the floor, dirt/grim on coverlet, blood oj the pillow case and ants on the floor. Beyond the cleanliness the rooms are dated, beds uncomfortable and they give you two very thin pillows. We booked for three nights and with no where else to go at 10:30pm we stayed one night and left to an Air BNB in the morning. If you are trying to have a nice holiday, do not stay here - its absolutely not worth it.
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4/10 Fair

Disappoint

I am very disappointed about Callifo Hotel, no Wifi Connect in my room during my 6 day stayed. My son stood in the corridor to get wifi connect to his tablet every day. The staff were not friendly, poor breakfast in the morning not much variety, cold coffee no tropical fruits, just basic cakes and biscuits. the bath towels stink.
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2/10 Poor

This was probably the worst experience for myself and my child. We was bitten every night by bedbugs. My sons body is cover up in bites. I was woken with leaks in my bedroom pouring down from the ceiling to the extent I had to put a bucket and towels on the floor. Breakfast was the worst. For the 10 nights we were there. My son was unable to eat breakfast. When I complained about this, the staff was very rude and unhelpful. This hotel should be shut down. Not even a kettle for tea in the rooms or a bottle of water with glass. We practically met an empty room upon our arrival.
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6/10 Good

The hotel met the need, but it's run down (maybe it's old?), cleanliness was totally fine but in our room, we had that second toilet thing we didn't use (thankfully), but when we poured water down it, it didn't work. The shower head base was broken so we had to hold the shower to wash, the shower curtain thing also leaked. Also the AC either wasn't strong enough to keep up with the heat or not working to my standards (the boyfriend thought it was fine... I did not). Rooms also have paper thin walls, we were playing cards and our neighbour came knocking asking us to turn it down -- we were talking normal so we tried to be as quiet as we could after that. Also we figured out quick they run out of food by the 0900 crowd so we made a point to go for breakfast by 0830 or go out for breakfast. All-in... It met our needs of free parking and the mattress wasn't too bad to sleep on.
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4/10 Fair

I am a travel agency employee and travel worldwide to many countries. I have experienced many different hotels and their service. We travel agencies check on behalf of the organizers and also recommend the hotels. When I arrived I had been up for 36 hours and just wanted to take a shower, I was told upon arrival that the suitcases were next to me and I had to pay the bill for the room first. I gave the gentleman my credit card, but was annoyed because I had never in my life had to pay the bill immediately upon arrival. Only a few days later or at the end was actually normal. Since my credit card is secured with my bank and I receive a code on my cell phone to activate the amount, it didn't work because my cell phone couldn't yet connect to the Italian network. The gentleman didn't understand me because I didn't speak Italian and he didn't speak English well. Normally you also enter your ID number, but he tried about 6 times. I gave him my bank card, which is valid throughout Europe, but no, it is not accepted. He kept trying the credit card. I just thought the card would be blocked immediately. A colleague then told him that the bank card would also work. After the debit I was allowed to enter the room. I was extremely angry because I had never experienced anything like this before. Doesn't make a good impression either. The room was cleaned every day, but every now and then they forgot to leave me shower towels. I then got it at reception. The two toilet paper rolls were jus
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4/10 Fair

Undiskutabler Service. Selbst wenn man auf Mängel aufmerksam gemacht hat, wurde man ausgelacht. Irreführende / falsche Zimmerbeschriftung.
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2/10 Poor

Piscine et environnement tres délabré, cet hotel date des années 1980 sans rénovation depuis. Les photos ne correspondent pas a l'hotel. Passez votre chemin.
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10/10 Exceptional

Hotellets läge är fantastiskt, nära flygplatsen, Cagliaris centrum och med god tillgång till de andra stränderna längs södra kusten (även om det är värt att notera att vägarnas nuvarande tillstånd i Cagliari inte är toppen). Hotellpersonalen var extremt vänlig och hjälpsam; de löste även det minsta problemet omedelbart…👌👌👌👌BRAVO TILL HOTELLPERSONALEN!!!!!! Jag hyrde en lägenhet i 10 dagar, och den var mycket bekväm, med ett litet kök som hade alla nödvändiga köksredskap, ett mycket stort sovrum, gott om förvaring, ett stort och bekvämt badrum och en enorm, mycket bekväm terrass. Allt fungerade perfekt. Renligheten var utmärkt. Hotellet är mycket rent. Bekvämligheten med gratis parkering är fantastisk. JAG REKOMMENDERAR DET TILL 100 %.👌👌👌👏👏👏
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8/10 Very good

Ok tutto perfetto in ordine colazione buona stanza pulita consiglio personale e professionale