Located in Italy’s exquisite Puglia region, this Retreat is a nine-suite luxury hotel housed in a 159-year-old family palazzo. Inspired by the concept of absence, the hotel’s minimalist design strips back on the interiors, while augmenting the grandeur of the palazzo’s original frescoes and mosaic flooring, to create a dramatic canvas for the property’s contemporary art collection and site-specific installations.

The hotel’s suites, framed by vaulted ceilings, are monastic in spirit and sparsely furnished, designed to heighten the impact of the room’s design pieces that blur the lines between art and function. Public spaces throughout the property beckon a communal sentiment, encouraging guests to relax inside by the living room fireplace, open kitchen setting, or outside in the sprawling open-air courtyard – the Palazzo’s architectural centerpiece. Outside on the property grounds, guests are welcome to refresh with a session in the steam room and sauna, bask in Puglia’s sun with a swim at the pool, or indulge in a romantic candlelit dinner for two in the Kaffeehaus enclosure – once a meeting spot for the area’s aristocratic set.