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4 REVIEWS

• September 10, 2012

  “’Fabulous’ captures it for us all — it was a most wonderful week. Everyone loved the villa. The grounds in their natural splendor were beautiful, the pool inviting, the ambience lovely, the location was perfect in terms of access, touring and setting, and the layout with both great community areas and opportunities for privacy were appreciated. We all loved the unusual and beautiful dining room table”

  Group from Berkeley
  via Villapizzorusso.com

• April 3, 2012

  Villa Pizzorusso is a dream come true. Eleven of us stayed comfortably for a week in cool, comfortable bedrooms with luxurious bathrooms. We spent our days swimming in the long pool, eating long meals outdoors in the courtyard. We cooked in the outdoor wood oven and harvested arugula, herbs and radishes from the garden. We walked or drove into Mesagne (via the Appian Way!), though olive groves carpeted with wild flowers to shop for ingredients: a great local butcher with baby lambs, flavorful chickens, fresh cheeses, salume, bright green castelvetrano olives; the wine co-op where there is also local olive oil; a whole street of produce sellers, from trucks and shops; eggs straight from the farm; wood oven baked bread and crunchy Puglian taralli; even an excellent little fish shop. Michela, a charming young English teacher in town, whose parents help care for the property, showed us all the best spots for food shopping. Some days we rode bikes to the sea through olive trees. On others we visited nearby towns–Otranto and Gallipoli (fabulous fish market and fish restaurant) on the sea; the elegant Lecce; the hill top Ostuni. We ate rustic lunches, mostly of vegetables, in these towns. In nearby Brindisi, also by the sea, we scooped out the orange roe of ricci, sea urchin, before our pizza. We commissioned Michela to take us to see cheese makers, an olive oil producer; and some pre-historic sites. She arranged a home cooked meal in a village of trulli. She helped us become insiders in this ancient, yet still wild place. I will come back to Pizzorusso and this particularly beautiful part of Puglia as much as I can. I’ve been all over Italy. This is where I want to be–in this elegant house, surrounded by natural beauty, attended by such warm and generous people.

  Patricia U.
  via Homeaway

• June 18, 2011

  “Puglia – Good food and great sites”
  Stylish places to stay in Puglia …check into a masseria, or fortified farmhouse, many of which have been renovated recently. Villa Pizzorusso is among the best, with a 25m pool in a vast courtyard garden and a Moorish-style pink exterior, in a secluded spot five minutes from Mesagne. Visit in the summer and you’ll spend much of your time in the courtyard with its large shaded terrace. Within, the old stables have been converted into a huge living area, where a minimalist feel prevails, despite the teak dining table that seats 14 and comfy chairs round the fireplace. Some bedrooms have frescoed ceilings or intricate tile work, while others have stone floors and high, vaulted ceilings.

  The Times (London)

• March 1, 2011

  “A Great Escape in the Heel of the Boot”
  “Villa Pizzo­russo, a six-bedroom rental villa, sits in a private com­pound on its own 15-acre plot, isolat­ed among olive groves. A loving restora­tion–re­generation has trans­formed this eigh­teenth-century proper­ty into a tasteful and secure base, which retains the feel­ing of a country home with the comfort and style of a five-star hotel. For a large family travelling, a corporate group looking for a retreat, or those seeking a truly exclusive experience, this is the place.”

  Lucire Magazine