our lives, often quite without warning. The Buddha, too,
discoursed on the guesthouse, exhorting us to give the
fullest attention to guests, ethereal or real.
This beautiful villa, which once belonged to the Aga Khan
as guesthouse for the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda on
Sardinia, is the perfect mise en scene for hosting arrivals
and sojourns in high luxury. Built in classic Sardinian ver-
nacular style, of white stucco with red-tiled roofs brimming
with bougainvillea, the villa is capacious, comprising 800
square meters of living space on two stories, now divided
into three units. No fewer than thirteen bedrooms, seven of
which are master suites, are equipped with every comfort.
Four thousand square feet of gardens and terrace open
out seamlessly onto the vivid blue-green water, making
this literally a pieds dans l'eau villa. With direct access to
beach, the swimming pool, undulating in form, provides
further pleasure in water and sun.
HYLAND
