Masseria Uccio

Hotel Type: Bed & Breakfast

Environment: Countryside

Number of Rooms: 6

Style: Rustic

Prices: from 66.00 EUR to 90.00 EUR

This is the real deal, the authentic stuff – a true masseria in Puglia, made completely out of local stone and a testimony to the ancient civilization of Apilia and Salento.

Its history hasn’t precluded it from becoming today a great bed & breakfast just three kilometers from the Adriatic Sea. It is also located in the “Costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca e Bosco di Tricase” Natural Park, one of the most unspoiled natural parks in Salento and Apulia.

While we’re at it, it is also only some 3 km from the famous ancient villages of Specchia, considered to be one of the 100 most ancient villages in Italy. And for Italy, that really is saying something.

In effect, on top of the history of the place, it is a great starting point to visit and discover Puglia in all its glory.

Thankfully, the rooms are still based on the original rural structure and have kept the ancient shapes and atmospheres of the place. They simply ooze atmosphere and character and that goes for the public areas too which are full of sunny patios and shelters and charming garden.

Everything has been preserved, respected and enhanced. The work of skilled local artisans enabled to preserve the stone fireplaces, the niches dug out in the walls, the water tanks and the ancient vaults, signs of a humble peasant life, long gone.

And by the way, the pictures on offer really don’t do the Masseria Uccio justice. Make the most of it and the surrounding areas.

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Amenities

Animals not accepted

Barbecue

Central heating

Credit cards (Visa, Mastercard) accepted

Garden

Handicapped easy-access

Internet terminal

Internet WiFi

Parking

Hotel Room Amenities

Air conditioning

Hair dryer

Mini bar

Non smoking rooms

Room for handicapped

Sports & Activities

Bicycles

Fishing

Hunting

Swimming

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Riding a bike in Apulia between “masserie” and “agriturismi” in Salento country

A series of cycle-tourist path in order to discover the hidden beauties of Puglia (“masserie” and “trulli” in Salento, dry stones walls and century-old olive trees), running along the charming reefs of the Adriatic sea or the sand beaches of Ionic sea, cycling among the colourful historical centres of Otranto, Lecce and Gallipoli, admiring the luxurious villas of Santa Maria di Leuca, tasting typical products and recipes of Salento in Agritourism or in Masseria.

Many “agriturismo” of Salento, many “masseria” in Apulia, as well as some bed and breakfast in the country propose the bicycle as a nice physical activity ideal for everyone, also considering that the Apulian land is not particularly hilly.

The cycle-tourist paths proposed by Masseria Uccio intend to offer to the guests of the farm holidays the opportunity to discover some less known and more hidden rural sights of “Puglia” such as “masserie”, “trulli”, ancient rural houses, rocky sites, crypts, etc… There are many sites still not adequately indicated in Salento, as well as in all Apulia land: abandoned masserias, coast towers, medieval castles, hypogeal oil-press and breathtaking beauty spots.

Some of the paths are near to gastronomic apulian sights as masserie or Salento farm holidays where it is possible to taste biological agricultural products.

Staying in Apulia in a “Masseria”, waking up in the morning and ride a mountain bike, pedalling along ancient ways bordered by stone walls, among century-old olive trees and ancient trulli of Salento land is an unique experience…

Otranto Coast - Santa Maria di Leuca Natural Park

The Puglia Territory of the Park “Otranto Coast - Santa Maria di Leuca and Tricase Wood” comprises the Municipalities located along the eastern coast of Salento between Santa Maria di Leuca and Otranto.
The park also comprises the area of Punta Palascìa lighthouse (the most eastern point of Italy) and Tricase Wood. The Coastal Towers projecting on the Adriatic Sea, situated along the seafront from Otranto to Santa Maria di Leuca, surround the park. Farms, dry stone walls and ancient rural buildings, such as “Masseria” typical of Puglia and Salento territory, are spread throughout the park inland. The Park “Otranto Coast - Santa Maria di Leuca and Tricase Wood” is one of the protected areas of the Puglia Region and Salento; the other three are: Alimini Lakes, Le Cesine, Porto Selvaggio, Island of Sant'Andrea.

The protected Salento area of the Park “Otranto Coast - Santa Maria di Leuca and Tricase Wood” was created by Puglia Region in 2006 with the aim of recovering the animal and vegetal species and protecting the historical-architectural values and heritage, paying special attention to the existing rural architecture: trulli, pajare, làmie, dry stone walls and “Masserie”.

This area of Apulia (Puglia Region) has a high landscape value thanks to the presence of Cretaceous limestone rocky cliffs overhanging the sea. It is a territory particularly exposed on the south-east to the sirocco wind, a very humid wind which leads to hot-humid micro-climate conditions.

The area is an extraordinary phyto-geographical site thanks to the presence of Trans-Adriatic species: Cornflower of Leuca, Alyssum of Leuca, Puglia Bell-Flower, Ephedra and Giacobini Vetch. The Fauna of the Park is rich in various nesting species: Tawny Pipit, Short-Toed Lark, Calandra Lark, Peregrine Falcon and Eleonora’s Falcon.

This area was also the last throughout the region where the rarest mammal in Europe, the Monk Seal, was seen. Here there are several caves where important fossils or signs of the presence of the Palaeolithic and Neolithic man were found, such as in Cervi, Romanelli and the Zinzulusa Caves. In the area of the Park “Otranto Coast -Santa Maria di Leuca and Tricase Wood” tourist facilities are almost never very large (boarding houses or hotels). As in most of Puglia and Salento territory family-managed farm houses, Masserie and B&B’s, which are mainly farms and country houses, are the most common tourist facilities.

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