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Located in Lecce, the Baroque jewel of southern Italy, La Fiermontina is a swish boutique hotel that combines old-world charm with contemporary city living to stunning effect, serenely nestled amid orange and olive trees. The hotel has been expertly converted from a 17th century home and features light and airy accommodation, with dramatic vaulted ceilings and beautiful interior design.
Food is an essential aspect of any Italian holiday and La Fiermontina doesn’t disappoint, its vibrant menu mixing traditional Italian flavours with modern, international influences, served in the elegant dining room or outdoors in the walled garden or pretty courtyard. The atmospheric Enzo Bar is well-stocked with fine wines, spirits and beers for an aperitivo with pizzazz. Relax and unwind in the orchard, take a dip in the pool, explore Lecce’s ancient architecture or join one of the fascinating tours – La Fiermontina offers a superb selection to ensure guests discover this resplendent region.
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A short hop from the picturesque Otranto-Brindisi coastline and olive grove landscapes of rural Puglia, Lecce is famous for its signature Baroque architecture, Barocco Leccese. The city has captured the hearts of artists, poets and romantics with its magnificent seascapes and creamy-white limestone streetscapes, fashioned into opulent statues, fountains, churches and homes. Book a walking tour of this very special city, dipping down side streets to find chic shops, buzzing restaurants, laid-back bars and architectural gems - it's a real feast for the eyes! Indeed, Lecce oozes ambience and charm, making it a perfect choice for any romantic Italian escape.
Exclusive outings include boat tours, horse rides along the beach and visits to wineries and olive groves. - the latter is a fantastic opportunity to sample the region's top tipples and culinary essentials. If you're holidaying in August or September, consider a grape harvest tour, while in October and November, it's time to pick olives and you can soak up the culture of typical village life by helping families gather their crops. La Fiermontina also organises cookery classes for small groups of like-minded visitors keen to learn the tricks of traditional Pugliese cuisine. Classes are run by local ladies who have a passion for food and offer hands-on tuition.
Lecce is stuffed with Baroque beauties - churches, palaces, fountains, sculptures and statues of angels, saints, dragons and other mythological creatures - historical structures with intricate detailing, the kind that make you gawp for their design and diversity. It's a magical city appearing more and more on well-heeled travellers' itineraries and while here, you shouldn't miss seeing Piazza Sant'Oronzo, reflecting the heart of city life or the Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta, impressively positioned on a grand piazza and beautifully lit-up at night. Another fine example is Palazzo della Prefettura, its fancy façade a mass of sculptures and columns.
Stay 7 nights from £1,338 p.p. (Low Season) and from £1,894 p.p. (High Season) in a Superior Room, including breakfast & transfers. Flights available at an additional cost.
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Puglia boasts a wonderful Mediterranean climate. The spring comes early and is generally warm and sunny, with temperatures rising to the early twenties by the end of April. The summer is long, hot and dry and lasts from the end May through to the end of September. Temperatures typically rise to around the 30°C mark in July and August. The autumn, remains generally warm with temperatures only really dropping out of the 20s towards the beginning of December. More rain is experienced in the winter months with average temperatures around the 12-15 °C mark.
Flight Information British Airways from London Gatwick to Bari. Flight Time From London Gatwick to Bari: 2 hours, 55 minutes.
Puglia produces silky olive oils, sun-dried tomatoes and plenty of pasta too – every Sunday, the ladies of Bari can be seen deftly making orecchiette (small, ear-shaped, pasta). Savour the local fish and seafood dishes, including oysters roasted in olive oil, lemon and garlic, as well as spit-roasted lamb with rosemary, all perfectly paired with wines such as Castel del Monte Rosso, Terra d'Otranto and Bianco di Train. In Cisternino, look out for butchers who offer appetising meat options, including parcels filled with mince, ham and cheese called 'bombette' – a local delicacy and great barbecue ingredient.
Lecce is a Baroque gem, with a beautiful Old Town of golden-stone architecture overflowing with fancy churches, palazzi and piazzas. Highlights include a Roman amphitheatre, Piazza del Duomo, with its 70-metre-high bell tower, Basilica di Santa Croce with its intricate façade, Il Castello di Carlo V and the Church of Saints Niccolò and Cataldo. The pretty town of Ostuni, meanwhile, is a jumble of whitewashed buildings spread over a hillside, all overlooked by a stunning Gothic cathedral. Browse its narrow streets and stairways, taking in the views at every bend and calling into shops selling regional goodies and keepsakes.
Discover this sweeping, picturesque area of vineyards and olive groves, punctuated by farmsteads, trulli and lovely old towns. Cisternino’s slender streets wend to elegant piazzas, edged with restaurants and beautiful old buildings, such as the 14th century Church of San Nicola – if you visit in August you’re likely to catch fantastic local festivals. Locorotondo is another pretty town, known for wine production and whitewashed 'cummerse' buildings, their pointed gable roofs more typical of the Baltic region. Alberobello is perhaps the most famous, its historic town centre filled with clusters of trulli – unique to the area, these conical-roofed houses are still inhabited today.
Ostuni has some protected coastal parks and – about eight kilometres away from the town – are some of Puglia’s best beaches. Other places of interest by the sea include the resort of Oranto with its Old Town area and Polignano a Mare with its cliffs and sea caves.
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