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Torre Fiore Hotel Masseria

Basilicata, Italy

Within its brilliant-white brick walls, Torre Fiore Hotel Masseria’s chock full of both original historic features and designer modern luxuries. The owner, Mariana, who grew up nearby, has filled her hotel with relics of the area’s heritage – a set of antique keys in the one-time caretaker’s room, for example, or cow bells from the nearby farms – without sacrificing an ounce of contemporary style. Learn to cook with the chef, visit the beach at the nearby Ionian coast or just lounge by the infinity pool and gaze at the valley below.

Need to know

• Rooms 13.
• Rates Double rooms from $163.37 (€127), excluding tax at 10 per cent.
  The price shown represents the lowest nightly rate for a double room available at this hotel over the next 21 days. Any price conversions from the hotel's local currency (€127) have been conducted using today's exchange rates from xe.com.
• More details Rates include buffet breakfast.
• Facilities Free WiFi throughout, shuttles to the beach. In rooms: flatscreen TVs, iPod docks, wet bars, Fragonard toiletries.
• Poolside The u-shaped heated outdoor infinity pool has a waterfall and Ionian Sea views.
• Check-out 12 noon, but flexible on request. Earliest check-in, 2pm.
• Children Welcome, but not particularly catered to. This masseria is designed with grown ups in mind.
• Also The hotel itself is smoke-free, but smokers can light up in the grounds. There's a three-night minimum stay in August.
• Hotel closed 1 November 2012 to 8 May 2013.

Food and drink at Torre Fiore Hotel Masseria

• Hotel restaurant

  Experience authentic Basilicata cuisine in the hotel’s open-plan restaurant: most of the ingredients are locally sourced, and the menu emphasises traditional dishes with faultless presentation. Request a tasting menu if you can’t make up your mind, or try the doughy delights produced in the outdoor pizza oven. Menus change daily, but don’t miss the ricotta and Nutella tart if you spot it at breakfast.

• Dress code Leave your heels behind: historic floors aren’t ideal for stilettos.
• Top table In summer, take your meals outside – poolside service is available on request. In the restaurant, sit by the window to look out over the piazza.
• Last orders Daily buffet breakfast is served 7.30am–10.30am in the hotel’s breakfast room. Lunch and dinner, served 1pm–2.30pm and 8pm–10.30pm, can be eaten in the bar or restaurant.
• Room service Room service is available 7.30am–10.30am, 1pm–2.30pm and 8pm–10.30pm. Order anything you like from the restaurant’s daily menu.
• Hotel bar

  Drinks are poured in the restaurant; try the Amaro Lucano, a Pisticci liquer. For local Basilicata wines, look to La Cantina, the hotel’s wine cellar.

Torre Fiore Hotel Masseria Contrada Terranova Snc, Pisticci, Basilicata, 75015