Our late summer stay at Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael

The sun terrace of Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael | H is for Home

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.

Showing location of Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael from the beach | H is for Home

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

Door knocker to Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael | H is for Home

‘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.

The cockerel wind vane atop Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael | H is for Home

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

Framed cockerel paper art in the porch of Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael | H is for Home Framed cockerel paper art in the porch of Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael | H is for Home

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

The lounge in Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael | H is for Home

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

Curved green Cerasarda tile floor and former fireplace in the lounge of Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael | H is for Home Curved green Cerasarda tile floor and stairs in the lounge of Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael | H is for Home

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

Fish tile embedded into the wall at the entrance to Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael | H is for Home

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!

Arched window in the master bedroom of Casa Gallo, Porto Rafael | H is for Home

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

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