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mu s t t r y The all-encompassing experience that one lives here is intense and steeped in nature, art, tradition and endless attention given to guests who are rewarded for having chosen this unconventional destination. It all started around the karst spring of Su Gologone, whose waters feed directly into the pool and hydro-massage tub, offering a regenerating moment of wellness which, if desired, continues with the treatments at the Spa. The furnishings and art trails, with permanent exhibitions of Sardinian twentieth-century paintings by artists such as Biasi, Melis, Ciusa, Altara as well as collections of ceramics costumes and tapestries blend with the environment without giving the impression of being in a museum, in fact, quite the opposite. Thanks to the creativity and artistic genius of the owner, Giovanna Palimodde, nothing is static and every year she manages to impress with some new detail. After the terrace of dreams, perfect for astronomy lessons, and the one of wishes for meditation and yoga, here are - as if by magic - the new gazebos for relaxation in perfect privacy. The art workshops stimulate the desire to try one’s hand at painting, drawing, embroidery, ceramics and decorating. Rediscovering a manual ability often lost, nothing better than the bread cove for kneading and baking different types of bread and buns, starting with the carassao and then all the others for special occasions. The path of 50 herbs and organic garden predispose one for the dining experience, where traditional dishes have been revisited with the most innovative elements. The local wines of Nepente and Cannonau can be tasted with goat and sheep cheeses in a beautiful space designed specifically in juniper wood to enhances the flavors. The suites are all unique with themed environments, bed linen, fabrics with embroidery and decorations made directly in the art workshops. Guests can personalize their holiday-experience with adventure (horseback riding, canoeing, free climbing), meditation (with the yoga center), lessons for drawing, painting and preparing traditional Sardinian cuisine - always in full respect of their desire to detach themselves from the rest of the world, which seems far away. The coast and Cala Gonone are 25 kilometers away, but one feels so welcome and perfectly integrated in this context that there seems to be no need to leave Su Gologone, not even for a few hours. Su Gologone Oliena 250