Need to know
Rooms
13, including four suites.
Check–Out
10.30am – though later check-out may be possible, availability permitting. Earliest check-in, 2pm; however, there is a late check-in fee ($50) from 7pm to 11pm and it is not possible to check-in after 11pm.
More details
Rates include breakfast.
Also
La Robazza and Il Casello apartments can both be rented as self-catering properties by the week, but they’re used on a B&B basis during peak season. The hotel's set on a working farm, so you'll be able to watch the tractors trundle by and go for tours of the olive groves and press; visit between September and November if you want to catch the olive harvest.
Please note
The hotel’s national identification code (CIN) is IT084027B5MLEOOVCJ
At the hotel
Library of books, music and films, pool table. In rooms: air-conditioning, bottled water and bath products by Culti; flatscreen TVs in suites. There’s no WiFi, but an internet point is available between 9am and 11 am every morning.
Our favourite rooms
L’Oliva is a deluxe two-bedroom suite big enough for three, with a huge cosy sitting room, a small single bedroom and two bathrooms (shower in one, tub in the other). It’s beautifully tiled, with a quartz and cement floor and an antique bed adorned with carved cherubs with a rich maroon coverlet. Rooms in the newest building are closest to the road – avoid these if you are sensitive to the occasional car horn or rush of traffic.
Poolside
The little square infinity pool (once an irrigation tank) is perched on a hillside above the farm, with views of the olive trees and fields beyond.
Packing tips
It’s more a case of what not to pack. Travel light as you’ll want to bring home as much of Mandranova’s home-made pistachio pesto or olive-oil soap from your soap-making class as possible.
Also
There’s a two-night minimum stay. The restaurant and one dedicated suite are wheelchair-accessible. The hotel is perched by a main road, so you're likely to hear some traffic noise.
Children
Welcome most of the year, but only under-twos and over-14s in July and August. Baby cots are free, older children can stay on a sofa bed in the suites for €25 a night (including breakfast). Babysitting (€10 an hour) and children’s menus are available.