Yesterday, we featured the architect, Michele Busiri Vici, who’s credited as being the creator of the ‘Mediterranean Style’. The reason we highlighted him is because we believe he’s the man who designed the villa we stayed in recently – Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael in Sardinia.

In the early 1960s, Casa Gallo (circled in red) was one of the first villas to be built in the little coastal resort.

‘Gallo’ means cockerel in Italian, and the motif can be found throughout the house – beginning with the weather vane atop the roof of the villa.

…followed by a couple of vintage framed, hand-made paper artworks in the porch…

…and a metal figure in the former fireplace in the beautiful, white-washed lounge.

The vintage original Cerasarda floor tiles are stunning; they look like the surface of the sea and the pattern reminds us of shagreen.

…and there were other fabulous decorative tiles dotted throughout the property.

Each morning we woke up to this magnificent view through one of the arched windows in the master bedroom. A moving picture that we never got fed up of seeing!

Casa Gallo – as well as a number of other villas in the locality – is available to book via the Essential Italy website.