Set back a few hundred yards from the sea, the whitewashed buildings are surrounded by semi-tropical gardens and ancient olive trees.

The rooms and suites are bright, airy and cool in the summer months and there is a large lagoon-style swimming pool and a private stretch of beach. The excellent thalassotherapy spa offers a wide range of treatments based on mineral rich seawater and seaweed, as well as an indoor pool with hydromassage, a sauna and a steamroom. Other facilities include two tennis courts, a gym and a challenging 18-hole golf course. Watersports and horse-riding can also be arranged.

The San Domenico restaurant serves typical Puglian cuisine and other specialities in a beautiful vaulted dining room that was once the estate's olive press, and there is also a pool grill and a bar.