2 Best Hotels in Polignano a Mare, Puglia, Basilicata, and Calabria

Housed in a handsome masseria farmhouse building, this countryside resort provides a tranquil base for relaxing by the pool, eating alfresco in courtyards and terrace, and spa pampering. Guest rooms carry on the elegant Pugliese-cool whitewashed and stone-tone theme: deluxe options have small terraces while suites up the airiness with a living area, terraces with elevated views, and spacious bathrooms.  

It would be difficult to find a more romantic location than that occupied by this hotel, dramatically perched on the rocks above the narrow cove of Polignano. Guest rooms are modern, with whitewashed walls and Puglian majolica tiled floors. The hotel's seafood restaurant, Il Bastione, overlooks the sea. There's also a wellness spa with treatments, while the adjacent piazza contains a poignant monument to Polignano's most famous son, songwriter Domenico Modugno of “Volare” fame.