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Masseria Uccio - Puglia: Agriturismo farmhouse Bed and breakfast in Salento
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Rental Price33 Euro per person per nightPrice includes following expenses
Description of objectIn the lower Salento, not far from Adriatic sea and Puglia of trulli, “Masseria Uccio” Agriturismo – B&B represents the typical architectural example of a apulian masseria. It is a masseria with a court yard renovated in full respect of its origins and spirit of the place. Being the ideal place for an holiday for lovers of rural tourism, this agriturismo is one of the few masserias in Apulia with a view on the sea: the nearest beaches are distant three kilometres only, being easily reachable by car or, for volunteers, by bicycle. You will enjoy the view of pajare, dry stone walls and ancient masserias running through the numerous country ways which compose the cycle-tourist path near by the bed & breakfast. The position of Bed & Breakfast Masseria Uccio in Salento among Otranto, Gallipoli and Santa Maria di Leuca, furthermore, guarantees the possibility to easily reach the major resorts of Salento, a land rich of history, traditions, culture and fragrances.As well as most Apulian masseria today “Masseria Uccio“ has become synonymous of countriside holidays in the green not far way from the sea. Apulia, a region typically dedicated to agriculture, has lived with the masseria an historical period characterized by rich crops and prosperous pastures. From Latin “massae” the meaning of masseria in Puglia has become synonymous of a unique agricultural centre where all activities of farming and agriculture were carried out. Each Apulian masseria has a proper history to tell, made of hard work, sacrifice, difficult and enjoyable moments, aggregation collaboration and reciprocal aid. The Apulian land is full of “masserie”: from Gargano to Salento, from Murge to Valle d’Itria there are hundreds of masseria Location of objectWalking through the dense network of estates of the Puglia countryside you can admire the endless expanses of century-old olive trees, trulli, pajare, lamie and ancient farms, typical examples of a fascinating rural architecture. The villages of Salento inland keep among the narrow and twisted lanes of their historical centres Basilian crypts, hypogean oil-mills, Byzantine churches and medieval castles, signs of the different rules to which this land of navigators was subjected over the centuries. The most southern province of Puglia and baroque capital of Salento, Lecce appears as a stone stage. The façades of the sumptuous churches of Lecce, as well as every balcony, gallery, portal, pillar or rose of the beautiful palaces of this town were made with the extraordinary stone of Lecce. Among the lanes of Lecce\'s historical centre and of the small villages of its province you can admire the small workshops of the local artisans, who have managed to keep and transmit the ancient manufacturing techniques of the stone of Lecce, wood, wrought iron, papier-mâché, ceramic and terracotta.In summer the small villages of Salento are crowded by tourists and there are several feasts where you can taste the typical products of the territory and listen to the primordial sound of Lecce tambourine, playing the notes of the pizzica, a suggestive dance having its roots in the rural world. Town: Italy, Santa Maria di Leuca - Otranto Park, TricaseIn the early fifteenth century Tricase was only a fortified enclosure: there was a big tower, a courtyard, a moat and, inside the courtyard, only few houses. The village was founded when the inhabitants of three hamlets running away from the Turks took refuge there. In 1588 the feud of Tricase was purchased by Gallone princes, an aristocratic family probably coming from the Land of Otranto. The princes settled in that village, making it a principality.The majestic Castle-Palace of princes Gallone, now base of Tricase Town Hall and of the Local Action Group (Gruppo di Azione Locale - G.A.L.) “Capo Santa Maria di Leuca”, gives shape to Piazza Pisanelli, called the “the Meeting point of Tricase”. In front of the castle, we find a series of lovely houses and a small wine house (Castel di Salve); on one side we can admire the seventeenth-century San Domenico Church, built in 1688 in baroque style, and on the other the unfinished bell-tower of the matrix church dating back to the eighteenth century. The façade of Church of Natività e della beata Vergine (matrix church), baroque as well, overlooks another square, which is smaller and with a pentagon shape. A big arch connects the church with the castle and links the two squares. The historical centre of Tricase comprises the ancient houses between “zona puzzu”, Piazzetta Dell’Abate, Piazza Don Tonino Bello and Piazza Vittorio Emanuele (Piazza Pisanelli). Leaving the village centre and taking the ancient road leading from Tricase to Andrano we cross the Masseria Torre del Mito (“Masseria De Amito”, “Masseria de lo Mito” or “Masseria of San Tommaso del Mito”). Near this tower/farm, ruins of walls and columns remind the existence of an abbey, probably dating back to the XIth century. We do not have much information on this abbey, only that it was founded by monks coming from the East during the iconoclast persecution and that it was destroyed and plundered by the Turks. What is certain is that the abbey complex, a centre of culture for prelates and aristocrats of that age, started to be used as a masseria in the seventeenth century and the abbey was deconsecrated in 1878 as deemed improper. Adjacent to Masseria Uccio we find the lovely Sanctuary of Madonna di Fatima. The Church of Madonna Di Costantinopoli (Church of the Devils) is situated along the ancient road leading from Tricase to Tricase Porto. It is a rural church, recently renovated, with an octagonal shape. According to the legend it was built by the devils only in one night. Along the new road leading to the sea you should stop to admire the majestic Valonia Oak, a monument and symbol of Tricase. The Valonia Oak is a Mediterranean-Eastern species common in the Balkan Peninsula, Syria and Palestine. Salento is the western limit of this species. In Italy we can find it only in the area between Tricase- Tricase Porto and Marina di Novaglie (except for single trees in the area around Brindisi). The Valonia Oak of Tricase is over 20 metres high and its trunk has a circumference of more than 7 metres. In the past the acorns of Valonia Oaks (for the locals “falanita”, “pizzofao” or “lizza-castagna”) were used to obtain the tans employed to dress and colour leathers, a thriving activity in the past in Tricase and interrupted in the late nineteenth century after the introduction of synthetic tans (in the following years several oaks were felled to get timber). Link to our websitewww.masseriauccio.comArrival and distancesArrival day: SaturdayDistance to next airport: Brindisi 80 Km Distance to next trainstation: Tricase 1 Km Distance to next motorway: Santa Maria di Leuca 1 Km Distance to the sea: Adriatic 3 Km Distance to next shop: 0.5 Km Sport facilities nearbyCycling, Diving, Fishing, Horse riding, Hunting, Mountainbiking, Sailing, Surfing, Surfing, Swimming, Tennis,Theme of holidays
Total sleeping facilities and distributionTotal number of sleeping facilities: 6
BathroomsNo. of bathrooms: 12
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CateringCatering: breakfast (inclusive)Additional InformationFrigo Bar in Room |
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