Hotel Cala di Volpe is a luxury hotel in Porto Cervo, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, established by prince Karim Aga Khan IV.
Princess Margaret celebrated her 37th birthday at Hotel Cala di Volpe in 1967. The hotel was featured in the James Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977.
The extraordinary piece of northeastern Sardinian coastline know as the Costa Smeralda—or “The Emerald Coast”—was largely undiscovered until the early 1960s when the Aga Ka...
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Hotel Cala di Volpe is a luxury hotel in Porto Cervo, Costa Smeralda, Sardinia, established by prince Karim Aga Khan IV.
Princess Margaret celebrated her 37th birthday at Hotel Cala di Volpe in 1967. The hotel was featured in the James Bond movie, The Spy Who Loved Me in 1977.
The extraordinary piece of northeastern Sardinian coastline know as the Costa Smeralda—or “The Emerald Coast”—was largely undiscovered until the early 1960s when the Aga Kahn bought 5,000 acres of this prized stretch of fine white sand beaches and coves of the clearest Mediterranean water.
Sensitive to the breathtaking landscape of granite coastline and lush eucalyptus, juniper, and myrtle, the Aga Kahn developed the area into a resort paradise that embraced the natural wonder of its setting while offering the most luxurious accommodations, activities, and amenities conceivable. To that end, he formed the Architectural Committee of the Costa Smeralda, which chose renowned architect Jacques Couelle to build the...
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