Tenuta Monacelle – the heart of Apulia, Italy

Tenuta Monacelle

Tenuta Monacelle is located in a peaceful, rural area on the outskirts of Selva di Fasano.

A set of cone-roofed “Trullo” houses and tufa-stone “Masseria” villas, surrounded by pines, gardens and orchards, situated on a hilly ridge 400 metres above sea level. Originally a convent dated 1790, the old burg consists of a cluster of 28 trulli, where the Benedictine nuns used to perform their daily rural routine. The old kitchen of the monastery and the stable have been converted in one of the most characteristic restaurants in the area.

Not far from the trulli village, six white buildings called Masseria (Italian for “country house”) were built on the ruins of old houses. Each masseria has a number of modern bedrooms equipped with air conditioning and central heating, mini-bar, LCD TV set, direct telephone, hair - drier, safe and satellite channels.

Not to miss is a visit at “Il Ciliegeto”, the restaurant of the resort, where refined and typical Apulian dishes are prepared by a professional and friendly staff.

Legally binding Civil weddings can be celebrated inside the resort, under the secular pines, while the reception can be hosted, in summer time, either on the terrace overlooking the cherry garden or by the swimming pool.

Tenuta Monacelle, surrounded by some of the most interesting places in central Apulia, such as the world’s trulli capital of Alberobello, the “wine” area of Locorotondo, Monopoli with its wonderful baroque architecture, Ostuni, also called “the white city”, the coastal strip by the Adriatic Sea and the caves of Castellana Grotte, is the ideal destination either for a rural retreat and for a romantic wedding weekend.

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