Villa specialists focused on Salento. A small collection, checked house by house, and booked directly with the owner.
Places to stay
Chosen one at a time
The newest house first, then the list: the full photo tour, the price where the owner publishes one, and a request to the owner one click away.
New in the collection
Design house in Depressa
N° 14 · Depressa, Salento
A design-led house for up to four in the Salento hamlet of Depressa, handmade by local artisans under star-vaulted stone ceilings, with a king bedroom, an open kitchen and a private plunge pool set in a sheltered courtyard.
We are villa specialists focused on Salento. The collection is small on purpose: every house is checked before it goes in, and the point is to know each one well enough to recommend it with confidence, not to list as many as possible.
The difference from a booking platform shows in the conversation before the booking. Finding the right house for a particular trip, in the right region, at the right time of year, for the right group, takes more than a search filter. It takes knowing the places well enough to ask the right questions. So we ask them, and then we introduce you to the owner. You book with them, and you never pay us a fee.
If you know roughly where you want to go and what kind of stay you are after, that is enough to start.
Every region below has at least one house behind it. Point at the map, or open a region, for who it suits, when to go and where to fly into, in the guide’s words.
“Choose the house around the way you want to spend your days.” From the Salento Travel Guide, Planning your stay.
Salento · 7 villas
Palazzi, masserie and private houses in the heel of Italy.
Suits
Travellers looking for a palazzo, a masseria or a private house in the Province of Lecce.
Finding the right house is where it begins. Around it, the people we have come to know in each region, arranged through the owner when you ask.
On request at our houses: Private chef · Private transfers · Boat hire · Yoga & massage.
Private chefs
Who cook with what the market has that morning.
Local guides
Who know a region the way only locals do.
Winemakers
Who will open their cellar for the right group.
Free Salento guide
A few pages before the first request
“Choose a house that suits the rest of your trip.”
From the Salento Travel Guide, Lecce
Six short chapters for your stay: Lecce, Nardò, Muro Leccese, Otranto, Tricase and the practical questions to ask before you go. Free to download after signup.
For ownersOwn a house worth the trip? We introduce the right travellers and hand them straight to you; the booking, the payment and the guest stay yours.
