Masseria Torre Maizza

Laidback luxe meets urban cool on the Puglian coast.

A dazzling white masseria overlooking the inky blue Adriatic, Masseria Torre Maizza simply rustles with luxurious urban chic. Set amid vineyards and lemon groves, it’s the place for five-star indulgence by the sea.

Know It All

Hit the spot
Halfway between Bari and Brindisi, on the Puglian coast.

Come here for...
● Puglia at its chicest. ● Indulgent lap-pool suites. ● The private beach and Aveda spa. 

Amenities
There’s a heated outdoor pool flanked by a teak deck for lounging – and of course the beach club. The Aveda spa uses the hotel's own farmhouse olive oil, and nothing beats sitting on a cushion on the rooftop bar with a cocktail. 

Good to know
The beach club is 4km away. Just hop on a bike or aboard the hotel’s free shuttle. 

Bedtime...

Bedrooms 
28 rooms and suites

Special features
Rooms have beautiful bedlinen and duck-down duvets, wi-fi, CD players and satellite TVs. Bathrooms are stocked with the hotel’s own olive oil soaps. Top suites have private pools and jacuzzi tubs for two. 

Pillow Talk
Top suites are the Torre Maizza and Delle Palme – both with a fireplace, jacuzzi tub and their own private pool.

Eat & Drink

Dining in
Everything from melons to mushrooms is home grown in Torre Maizza’s own organic farmland. Cooking is Puglian at its most creative, and daily changing menus might feature fresh-caught tuna with capers, squid ink risotto, thyme encrusted lamb and fresh lemon and mascarpone mousse. Delicious lunches at beach club major on home-made pastas, sushi and salads.

Olive oil, almonds, figs and local fruits come from the masseria’s own farm, where ham is cured and game, ducks and geese are reared (tuck into farm-fresh eggs at breakfast). Pastries and jams are made in the kitchens and the hotel’s own boat lands daily fresh seafood. 

Breakfast
Breakfast is served until 10.30am.Try the farm-fresh eggs and home baked breads and pastries.

Room service
Available morning and evening.

See & Do

See & Do
Hop aboard the free shuttle or pedal off to the beautifully groomed private beach (there are help-yourself bikes) 4km away, where you can lounge on a shaded sunbed, play volleyball or nibble at the sushi bar. You’ll also find a range of watersports on offer. 

Take a trip along the coast in the hotel’s private yacht, horse ride along the beach or strike out on the nearby nine hole golf course. There’s tennis nearby and even a cookery school at sister property Torre Coccaro where you can hone your culinary skills. 

You’re ideally located here to explore the Baroque towns of Lecce and Ostuni, coastal Monopoli with its old port and seafront castle, and Polignano a Mare, famous for its dramatic cliffs and sea caves. The town of Trani has a cathedral on the sea, Alberobello is packed with little conical trulli houses, while Matera is famous for its troglodyte caves.  

Spa
Housed in Torre Maizza’s ancient watchtower, the hotel’s fabulous Aveda Spa is a place to relax and rejuvenate. Try an Ayurvedic massage (using the farm’s own organic herbs and olive oil), steam in the aromatised Turkish bath or bubble away in the whirlpool. 

Diary Dates
July
Book tickets for one of the feast of opera and classical music concerts at the Valle d’Itria festival in Martina Franca.

Complimentary home produced olive oil and marmalade.

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