Atmospheric rooms with large bathrooms, some with patios ideal for guests bringing small pets.

Step through the door and you have a sense of the masseria’s former life as a nobleman’s country estate, home to family and farmworkers. These rooms with patios are especially suitable for guests with small pets.

Outside is charming with green shutters spread against whitewashed walls, and a splash of flowers, interiors feel homely, with a chestnut drawers or local lacework. Puglia’s embroiderers are renowned, the lady of this home might have made such work if not working the land.

Chianca tiles are well trodden over the centuries but polished to a smooth comfort underfoot. Everything is carefully thought out for the modern traveller including an espresso machine. The minibar offers Apulian vinelli and also pomegranate juice, recalling the rich fruit after which Il Melograno is named.