An old olive mill renovated as a charming guest house surrounded by millenary olive trees between Ostuni and the Adriatic Sea. With spacious rooms, large bathrooms, minimalist decoration at the best of Italian design, this Masseria offers another way to enjoy life in Puglia.

The restoration, respectful of the history of the place highlights the simple beauty of the Masseria. The refined decoration showcases the lime walls in the continuity between old and modern.

The Masseria

The oldest part of the property dates back to 1600. Some discoveries in the mill during the renovation work are from the ‘ Magna Graecia ‘ era. History crosses this little gem nestled between the white houses of Ostuni to the West and the blue of the Adriatic Sea to the East.

Only a 2-minute drive away from the beautiful town of Ostuni, also known as the White Pearl and surrounded by about 400 olive trees, one third of them millenary, this Masseria is a place of charm and pure relaxation. Guests are invited to seat back, relax and enjoy the beauty of Puglia.

Between the Itria Valley and High Salento, Ostuni is the ideal starting point to explore the white towns of the inland and the ports of the Adriatic and Ionian coats. A little further away, Basilicata and Matera (European capital of culture 2019) offer an arider landscape and wide sandy beaches.

 

The Rooms

 

Terrace Suite

Located on the first floor of the Masseria this suite of 70sq. has a private terrace of 25sq. that offers an exceptional viewpoint of the expanse of secular olive trees and the foothills of Ostuni, white during the day, rose at sunset and shining of thousand fires at night.

This suite was once a living room and storage place where each niche allowed families to conserve their oil. The niches have been preserved to restore the typical atmosphere of an Apulian Masseria.

The 20sq. bathroom with double shower, bathtub and double washbasin offers a view of the Adriatic Sea and the olive trees.

 

Garden Suite

A secular olive tree offers its shade to the terrace of this suite of 50sqm in ground garden with direct access to the olive grove.

In the past this piece communicated with the mill through a hatch through which the barely pressed oil was transported. The stables were metamorphosed into a large open shower, a bathroom and a dressing room. The 1-meter thick stone walls protect this room from the summer sun’s ardors.

 

Deluxe Room

A jewel of white stone with vaulted ceiling that overlooks the courtyard of the Masseria and singularized by a lemon tree that gives the evening air a typical Mediterranean fragrance.

This room is located ground floor with direct access to the olive grove, it is through this room that one accessed the cave that houses the oil mill.