My husband and I have just returned from a ten day visit to the Pausania. The hotel is set amongst spectacular mountains about 40 minutes from the nearest beach at Isola Rossa. The cooler mountain temperatures (22 degrees) made a very welcome change compared to the beach temperatures of above 30 degrees. Our room was a good size with a little outside terrace shaded under a cork tree. The town of Tempio is about a 10 minute walk away and is very traditional and non-touristy which we found lovely. We chose the half board option at the hotel and were very pleased with the quality and quantity of the 3 course evening meals. The price of a decent bottle of local Sardinian wine was about 10 euros, which we thought to be reasonable for hotel prices.The hotel staff made us feel welcome and were extremely hard working. If you are looking for a real taste of Sardinia this is the place to come!

The hotel food is excellent. Room large with beautiful view. Peaceful garden area for pre/post dinner drinks. Hotel staff attentive but not intrusive.

A hotel for guests that want to explore the island (beach 30 mins away) and have a peaceful location to return to at the end of the day.

The Pausania Inn located just outside the town of Tempio Pausania is clean, spacious with friendly staff and good food. Every room has an Air Con which in the hot summer months you will need, a shower with plenty of hot water, a television with SKY albeit there are few English speaking channels available. However, there was no kettle or small fridge in the room.
The restaurant is large and spacious with English speaking waiting staff who certainly in my view were hard working. polite and provided an excellent service. Breakfast is provided and to cater for the numerous nationalities who use the hotel there is plenty of choice, from cereals and fruit, scrambled eggs, cold meats to pastries and biscuits There is a lunchtime menu available providing snacks and alcoholic beverages as well as as other drinks. In the evening the choice of food was either from a fixed menu consisting of a two/three course meal for 18Euros p/p, depending on what you want to eat or an a la carte menu with more variety.
There is a large clean swimming pool which after a day out in the sun is a welcome sight, but guests should be aware it is also open to locals.
One day a large group of well behaved local teenagers arrived at the pool occupying almost every sun lounger. When hotel guests later turned up many were unable to find anywhere to sit.
If you are sociable person looking for more to do in an evening this hotel might be too quiet. While we spoke to fellow Brits we found the Italian tourists spoke very little or no English and tended to socialise between themselves.
The town of Tempio has plenty of bars but surprisingly we struggled to find a restaurant, which might suggest why the hotel guests choose to eat in the hotel.

We spent 2 1/2 weeks traveling around Sardenia in the early part of July. I chose Tempio Pausania because as our one inland town. And then I was sorry that I did. The beaches and towns are so spectacular all around the coast, that this destination just did not seem worth the time it took to get there. The town itself is full of charm and not touristy at all, and a wonderful place to sample true Sardinian specialties.
However, I found Pausania Inn to be pretty soulless and rather just practical. I was missing the beautiful flowers and flowering trees and shrubs that landscaped all the other hotels we stayed at in Sardinia. There wasn't an inviting bar or lounge area for a pre-dinner drink. And the room decor was U.S. motel-style at best.
I go for charm and style over functionality any time!