You do not need to be a wolf ( the hotel's name means wolf-enchanter) to fall for the pervasive charm of this ancient masseria- or farmhouse- set in its own estate of 140 hectares .Puglia is in the heel of Italy, a region of beautiful countryside: olives, vines, oranges and fruit trees of all varieties. From the masseria, both the Adriatic and Ionian seas are within half an hour.

Incantalupi has 9 rooms (more properly suites- 5 of them are of family size): comfortable, large, laid-back, with the vaulted star ceilings in stone characteristic of the area and period furniture. The hotel opened 2 years ago, after the owning family had renovated their farmhouse buildings with simple elegance. ( We came across it- ben trovato - by chance on the internet). It opens all year round; there are fireplaces in the rooms.

The lay-out is quasi-monastic or collegiate. You take your aperitif surveying a quad, including its own chapel and small museum, before ( if you want ) tackling... more