Puglia, Italy

Masseria Palombara

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Style

Vintage Earth-kind charmer

Setting

Pastoral Puglia

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At owner-run Masseria Palombara, a circular ethos brings panache to this organic estate, as well as eco credentials. Its shabby-chic interiors spotlight vintage furniture, repurposed on-site; the materials used are as Puglian as the staff, and the garden grows produce for the seasonal restaurant. After a traditional cooking class or olive oil tasting, spells at the storied spa or in your spacious suite (some with private pools or hammams) will leave you feeling as wholesome as your hosts.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

21, including five suites.

Check–Out

11am. Check-in, 3pm; both are flexible, subject to availability.

More details

Rates at Masseria Palombara include a Puglian breakfast.

Also

Unfortunately, this rural retreat is not suitable if you have reduced mobility.

Please note

The hotel’s national identification code (CIN) is IT00626860746

Hotel closed

The hotel opens annually from 27 February to 23 December.

At the hotel

Gym, bikes to borrow, seasonal outdoor cinema, cooking school, bocce court, charged laundry service and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: air-conditioning, Nespresso coffee machine, tea-making kit, minibar, free bottled water, bathrobes, slippers and organic bath products.

Our favourite rooms

You won’t find any screens in your rustic room at Masseria Palombara; instead, all eyes are on the vaulted ceilings, repurposed wooden furnishings or bold, local artwork. If you’re in a Deluxe Room with Patio, your attention will be drawn to the greenery-facing furnished terrace; in the history-steeped Suite Masseria, it’s the garden-framed plunge pool that turns heads. But the estate’s showstopper is the Grand Suite Palombara, which has a Palombara Tower-gazing pool, ornamental fireplace and private hammam.

Poolside

Take your pick from two outdoor pools for dawn-to-dusk salty swims: the convivial Masseria pool is at the heart of the hotel and it’s flanked by shaded sunloungers and a turquoise-shuttered bar; the quieter Colonica pool is set in the farmhouse area — a short stroll from the masseria’s heart — and is framed by leafy greenery. Some suites have private pools, too, if you’d rather dip à deux away from prying eyes.

Spa

Set in the ancient granary of the masseria, the cavernous spa soothes with its limewashed walls, open fireplace and flickering candles. After an all-natural massage, warm up in the heated pool, Swedish sauna or steamy hammam, which is set in the 16th-century cistern; by contrast, the cold shower offers endorphin-releasing refreshment.

Packing tips

Settle into a pastoral rhythm with some analogue entertainment: a few bucket-list books, a dog-eared pack of cards or a small backgammon set should do the trick.

Also

There’s a small fitness room with Technogym kit; the running trail through the vast natural estate also offers up an ample work-out.

Children

Over-14s are welcome at this masseria. There’s a double sofa-bed in the Grand Suite Palombara, and most other suites have a single sofa-bed or can take an extra bed for a charge.

Sustainability efforts

This green-minded masseria relies on renewable energy, contributes to local reforestation and sustainable farming projects, eschews all plastic and offsets its carbon footprint. The gardens are tended to with permacultural methods and watered with collected rainwater; they also supply seasonal produce to the restaurant, which adopts a farm-to-fork philosophy and showcases ingredients as local as the staff. Masseria Palombara also preaches a circular economy: food waste is composted, and furniture is repurposed.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

In summer, bag a table on the terrace for balmy dinners, or cosy up by the fireplace in cooler months.

Dress Code

Casual country style.

Hotel restaurant

Though chef Angelo Lerna is at the helm of the masseria’s restaurant, it’s really the organic garden that leads the charge: daily changing menus reflect whatever fruit and vegetables are picked here each morning. The setting may be rustic, the flavours regional, but the execution is refined. And in a bid to encourage sustainable sustenance, many dishes are plant-based. Breakfast also pays homage to Puglian produce: the eggs come from estate hens and the honey is harvested from surrounding almond groves, with homemade jams and freshly baked pastries also in the mix. All are served on colourful Grottaglie ceramics.

Hotel bar

Vaulted stone ceilings frame the bottle-lined counter at La Cantina, where glasses — or bottles — of Puglian vintages, such as primitivo and negroamaro, can be shared and swilled around the convivial wooden table. The hotel spotlights small-scale winemakers who make natural, organic and biodynamic blends, but you can also nurse signature cocktails and tuck into light bites. Every evening, there’s an aperitivo hour, which takes place either at the pool bar or in the cosy Club House.

Last orders

Breakfast is served from 7.30am to 10am; lunch is from 12.30pm to 2.30pm, and for dinner, it’s 7.30pm to 10.30pm. The bar pours from 11am until midnight.

Room service

You can order dishes from the restaurant’s menu to your door between 7.30am and 10.30pm for an additional charge.

Location

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Address
Masseria Palombara
SP 57 Strada Provinciale per Manduria Km 2,5
Oria
72024
Italy

Rural Masseria Palombara resides on the outskirts of Oria, in the Puglian province of Brindisi.

Planes

Brindisi Airport is a 40-minute drive from the hotel; staff can arrange one-way transfers for €80. You could also land at Bari International Airport, which is 90 minutes away by road.

Trains

Rail routes from Bari, Brindisi and Lecce call at Oria; it’s a 10-minute drive away and the hotel offers free station transfers.

Automobiles

You’ll want a set of wheels for taking in the surrounding countryside, Puglian beaches and bigger cities. There’s free parking at the hotel.

Worth getting out of bed for

Masseria Palombara is proud of its Puglian roots and you’ll soon see why after wandering through the storied estate that dates back to the 16th century. Upgrade your culinary repertoire with a cooking class: you’ll pick fresh produce from the organic garden and transform it into locally loved recipes, such as stuffed aubergine. At the masseria, you can also indulge in tastings of Puglian red wine and estate-made olive oil, and in summer, its outdoor cinema shows classic Italian films that are made all the more romantic by the starlit setting. 

To feel like one of the main characters from movie night, rent a Vespa to whizz down to a nearby beach (we like San Pietro in Bevagna or Punta Prosciutto). The hotel has bikes you can borrow, as well as parasols and beach chairs. Puglian hotspots are within driving distance: admire baroque buildings in Lecce, shop for ceramics in Grottaglie or cross Taranto’s famous bridge, which divides two seas.

Local restaurants

At charming Ristorante Vecchia Oria, freshly made pizzas and sharing plates are best enjoyed from one of the tables that line the cobbled, fairy-lit alley. Refined La Masseria del Sale puts an elegant twist on regional dishes, with flavours as local as the ingredients. Seasonal pizzas can be matched with beers at casual and contemporary Luppolo & Farina.

Local cafés

You’ll find plenty of classic, fuss-free cafés serving morning cappuccini and postprandial espressi in the surrounding towns.

Local bars

Date nights at Sal8 are measured in classic cocktails and bar bites, and backdropped by lofty stone ceilings and dark leather sofas. Knowledgeable staff will take you through the primitivo production process at Produttori di Manduria, where tours conclude with a tasting of this fine Puglian red.

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this eco-friendly farmhouse in Brindisi province and unpacked their estate-harvested honey and bottles of local red, a full account of their arcadian break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Masseria Palombara in Puglia…

You’ll get a taste for local life — in both senses — at rural retreat Masseria Palombara, which celebrates the farmhouse’s 16th-century heritage at every turn. Traditional construction techniques nod to the hotel’s history but also keep its charming bedrooms cool; the archway-framed spa was previously the masseria’s cavernous granary, and the provenance-proud restaurant pays homage to regional recipes, such as handmade orecchiette pasta and estate-reared lamb. 

But this Earth-kind hideaway isn’t stuck in the past: its circular approach to sustainability is forward-thinking in action. Private pool- and hammam-toting suites flaunt upcycled vintage furnishings; the organic garden informs the daily changing menus, and plastic makes way for nature-respecting materials. Moreover, owner Angelo and his team give back to their local community through involvement with reforestation, farming and carbon-offsetting projects.

Throw in day trips to sandy beaches and halcyon hill towns, plus wine tastings and cooking classes, and you’ll have truly whet your appetite for all things Puglian.

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