Lovely boutique hotel with a delicious breakfast served outside by the pool. Salvatore is an excellent host who provided lots of great suggestions on where to visit and eat.

Stayed in July 2025

Amazing venue, historical building where the owner grew up and you can feel the heritage of his family. Salvatore is always available, full of tips and their own oil is top. Will surely come back as my place to go in Gallipoli area!

Stayed in July 2025

Really nothing I didn’t like

Everything, a piece of heaven on earth, with a great host Salvatore

Stayed in June 2025

Salvadore is a great host! We enjoyed the wonderful breakfast with artisanal and local fresh products! 🤩 Great building, very authentic decorated!

Stayed in April 2025

I can't think of anything.

The location was everything you see on the pictures. You get the sense of living in a museum only with al the modern facilities you want on a holiday. A few years ago the palazzo has been renovated and every little detail regarding decoration has been thought through. It's really a beautiful place. The host Salvatore is great. Very friendly and communicative. He provided an overview of all the interesting sites, beaches, restaurants etc. He went above and beyond being a host by inviting us to his olive oil factory and showing the production process. All and all, staying at the palazzo was a great experience because of the palazzo itself, but also because of the great host Salvatore. I would want to spend my holiday every year at the palazzo!

Stayed in October 2024

We were pleasantly welcomed by Salvatore, who was always ready to help us out with booking of a restaurant or providing excellent tips for beaches and even a well-organized boat trip. The breakfast was excellent and always home-made fresh. The accommodation was splendid (one minor comment: the water of the pool was not warmed and really cold) in an excellent setting. Salvatore always arranged breakfast outside in his lovely garden. Ensa, his help during breakfast was very friendly and gentle. We really loved or stay which made it a fantastic holiday in Puglia!

Stayed in September 2024

You’re joking . Absolutely perfect.

A unique beautiful house . Our room was magical. A truly stunning B and B

Stayed in September 2024

There wasn’t anything.

Location, great breakfast!

Stayed in September 2024

Everything, absolutely everything was PERFECT. Amazing restored palazzo with eye to detail and respect to history. Venue is absolutely breathtaking. Our apartment was comfortable, clean and lovely furbished. Breakfast was served in a pool/garden area and it was absolutely delicious - fresh fruit, lovely coffee - savory and sweet choices. Warm welcome from Salvatore who shared with us all tips and tricks regarding places to visit, restaurant to eat etc. And I cannot forget to mention sweetest Enza whose lovely smile in the morning cheered us up for a good start of a day! Our stay I Castriota Palazzo was absolutely amazing - do not hesitate to book your stay! Alezio itself is a small, quiet village but its location allows to make daily trips to all interesting to visit places in easter, wester and southern parts of peninsula.

Stayed in August 2024

Nothing not to like about the property. The only thing to note is that there’s not much in the vicinity- a couple of restaurants walkable and little shop which is perfect for bits and bobs. Otherwise be aware of the need to drive everywhere- that said, all recommendations by the proprietor were just fabulous, really worth his advice and couldn’t have asked for better.

Everything. The beautiful property, the owners, the staff, the breakfast, the comfortable rooms, beds. Just exceptional.

Stayed in August 2024

The rooms though luxurious did not have any private outdoor space.

It was an amazing restoration of a fabulous old building with features made from original fittings including an outdoor spa pool in a secret garden.

Stayed in August 2024

Once you enter the palazzo, you are in very good hands and we felt welcome there! The rooms are really beautiful and one of the kind, also the entrance area and the pool. Salvatore gave us lots of recommendations, where to eat or what to visit, we appreciated it a lot and was much more easier to plan our stay. Tasty and fresh breakfast, good coffee. :) Everything was wonderful. Grazie allo staff 💚🤍❤️

Stayed in August 2024

Nothing really that we didn't like. If we have to mention something negative it would have to be the location of the Palazzo. But again this was because we decided to stay in one place during our whole trip to Puglia and visit all places such as Bari, Alberobello, Ostuni... which is at least 1.5 hr driving from the Palazzo You always needed to take your car to be driving around and visit places. But having said this within 10 min drive you are in the center of Gallipoli and restaurant wise in Alezio itself you also have nice restaurants.

The accommodation exceeded our expectations. The rooms were very luxurious, spacious and very clean. The owner Salvatore was very helpful and went far and beyond to assist us with our trip. We were provided with ample tips, options and addresses of touristic spots and restaurants. He even made the reservations for us in the restaurants. All suggested restaurants were very nice with excellent food at very beautiful locations. We should also mention the lady serving the breakfast who was very attentive and friendly. Overall an excellent experience and a big thank you to Salvatore and his team for running such a beautiful Palazzo.

Stayed in August 2024

Absolutly amazing. I can really recommend to come and stay in this fantastic place. The host is a dream, all people are more than friendly and helpful. A 100% recommendation from my wife and me.

Stayed in June 2024

Our room’s air conditioner system didn’t work well for the first 24h but hotel made every effort to get problem sorted.

Historic and carefully renovated building in a quiet village. The wonderful recommendations from the owner were the highlights of our trip. Boat trip was unforgettable. Lovely breakfast. Small pool in shaded courtyard was perfect to recharge batteries in the middle of summer

Stayed in July 2024

It was a perfect place, also due to the great host

Stayed in June 2024

Nothing to dislike!

Salvatore was completely attentive and so helpful and friendly. We were made to feel very much at home. There were so many personal touches. We had delicious breakfasts, thank you Salvatore. Nothing was too much trouble. We learnt a lot of social history, and appreciated days gone by in such a household and also about the family history of wine making and olive oil production. The pool was a treat, an oasis of peace and calm. We will have lasting memories, and, I hope, the possibility of seeing you and your family in England one day. Thank you Salvatore. (Apologies again for the flood!)

Stayed in June 2024

This place is so lovely! The building, the rooms, the breakfast were marvelous and the host Salvatore made us feel very welcome and exceeded our expectations. On check-in Salvatore gave us a list of nearby beaches, restaurants and places of interest which was super helpful. He even gave us access to sunloungers and a parasol at a nearby fancy beach club for free! (which would have been 50 euros each for the day). He also recommended and booked a boat trip about an hour away from the hotel which he promised was beautiful and it was! Honestly the best boat trip I've ever been on. A luxurious small boat which only had 2 other couples on the trip (so we had plenty of space) and the opportunity to spend the afternoon sailing between rock faces, snorkeling, paddle boarding and exploring caves. It was bliss!

Stayed in September 2023

Nothing

Absolutely everything. This is probably the best place we ever stayed at. Unique, original, astonishing, comfortable and Salvatore really was great from start to finish. We cannot recommend this place more! Thanks again for such a fantastic stay, Salvatore. Hope to come and visit again!

Stayed in April 2023

I would appreciate an earlier check-in time than 4pm, and later stated checkout than 10am (although we left later than 10am without any rush)

Stylishly refurbished historical family property with perfectionist attention to detail by owner and very welcoming staff. Excellent breakfast full of home made and local specialties. A great place to stay if you want to be in a small town near Gallipoli.

Stayed in March 2023

Not much. Could have had more of a desk/table in the room as I had to do some work, but not really a problem.

Warm and friendly welcome. Salvatore (owner/manager) was extremely helpful and friendly, had good suggestions and assisted with bookings etc. Enza served a superb breakfast and kept topping up with coffee and fruits with a genuine smile and a chat. She was like a family member. This old building is impressive and Salvatore has done an incredible job doing it up and it is very stylishly decorated. Easy parking for rental car. Short drives to Gallipoli, beaches and neighbouring towns and villages, although not an awful lot happened in Alezio itself.

Stayed in September 2022

- a ready room with open windows during summer time is not good - AC could be more powerful - bathroom is very tiny - we stayed 3 nights, on our check-out day we found a piece of baguette between the bed and the night table. This was not our food remains as we did not take food into the room, so obviously these remains where from former guests and a clear sign that the rooms were not cleaned properly. Honestly it was a shocking discovery.

charming Palazzo with old traditional elements mixed with renewed rooms

Stayed in September 2022

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Stayed in July 2024

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Stayed in April 2024