Puglia

The heel of Italy is a riot of colour, cuisine and exuberant architecture, and the star of Puglia’s show has to be Lecce. Packed with expressive and intricately decorative baroque architecture, it’s a real wow for the senses. Before you dash south for Brindisi and Salento, ramble from town to town by the cobalt seas of the east coast, stopping whenever a beach or a vineyard catches your eye to promenade along palm-lined seafronts and sip superb wines. Visit the coastal university town Bari, Puglia’s buzzy capital, for vibrant nightlife, a grand opera house and a maze-like old town. Stay in traditional trulli, airy palazzo and charm-filled masseria, in this collection of special places to stay that are as spirited as the region.

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Masseria La Macchiola-Corti del Mito
Spongano, Lecce
From €120 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

9 rooms for 2 - 4
What a surprise to find a masseria in the heart of a Puglian village. Welcome to Anna’s elegant agriturismo

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Masseria Il Frantoio Agriturismo
Ostuni, Brindisi
From €139 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

19 rooms for 2 - 4
An ancient farmhouse transformed into a peaceful place to stay with lovely gardens, a swimming pool and delicious organic food

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Agriturismo Masseria Storica Pilapalucci
Toritto, Bari
From €90 p/n

Bed & Breakfast

5 rooms for 2
Traditional accommodation and organic food; handy for Bari but set peacefully in the countryside near Toritto, famed for its almonds.

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Filippo de Raho- Agri Bio Relais
Villa Convento, Lecce
From €85 p/n

Hotel

7 rooms for 2
Immerse yourself in over ten thousand olive trees, wander through lemon and orange groves, eat wonderful food cooked by a Pugliese chef

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