Planning a journey in this period of the year means to leave and discover winter landscapes and backgrounds completely different from summer ones. It means to know traditions, flavours and knowledge connected to an old culture; it means to enjoy the feast and joyfulness of the Salentine carnival with parades of floats and masks linked to old legends and traditions. It means as well to discover the glow of a land and its people in occasion of celebrations for patron saints; to taste winter cooking dishes; to enjoy winter landscapes of desert beaches and countryside; to find out the old slow rhythm of small villages.

It is the ideal moment to treat oneself to downtime dipped into the warm, cosy and genuine atmosphere of masseria and old fashion houses pampering yourself and making you pamper by the genuine hospitality of Salento people who can give you the better side of a wonderful and authentic land.

The best offers to enjoy your Christmas holidays, stays and New Year’s Eve at one of the Masserie in Salento.

MASSERIA PIZZOFALCONE – SUPERSANO

Special long weekend from the 4th to the 8th December and Christmas holidays (5 days – 4 nights) including:
-          Accommodation;
-          Breakfast;
-          N. 4 dinners at the restaurant of the Masseria
TOTAL PRICE FOR THE STAY € 300,00 per person in standard double room.

Special New Year’s Eve 2009 (4 days – 3 nights) including:
-          Accommodation;
-          Breakfast;
-          New Year’s Eve dinner
-          New Year’s Day lunch
TOTAL PRICE  FOR THE STAY € 350,00 per person in standard double room.

MASSERIA BANDINO – OTRANTO

4 DAYS/3 NIGHTS in half board + New Year’s Eve dinner = € 260,00 per person
Extra night € 40,00 per person in b&b
A special dinner will be arranged for the New Year’s Eve dinner on the 31st December in the typical restaurant of the Masseria, with the original vaults made by the local white stone, the warmth of cracking fires. Dinner will be gladdened by the traditional sounds of tambourines, accordions and dancing by a folk music band playing the Salentine Pizzica.

The New Year’s Eve dinner will start at about 8.30 p.m. and finish at about 11.00 p.m in order to give the possibility to our guests to toast and celebrate the New Year in the main square of Otranto where there will be the well-known event “ALBA DEI POPOLI”. A very important performance with famous musical artists to enjoy the last night of the year in an exclusive way.

MASSERIA PANAREO – OTRANTO PORTO BADISCO

New Year’s Eve in the Masseria in Otranto in a standard double room including Christmas breakfast and  New Year’s Eve dinner.

4 days/3 nights € 225 per person
5 days/4 nights € 275 per person

Enjoying Salento peninsula in December to taste the delicious cakes of  Christmas time, to discover the old trappeti (the hypogean oil mills), to be the first in Italy to see the first dawn of the New Year after having a New Year’s Eve dinner with a special menu from the Salentine gastronomy tradition.

Masseria Panareo in Otranto offers a weekend or a New Year long weekend on behalf of tradition and tasting.

A bit of solidarity

Give solidarity for Christmas thanks to your aid at Ricerca e Cooperazione, an Italian non-governmental organization dealing with protection and improvement of the cultural heritage of people of South Countries of the world. At Salentotime office, at number 22 in Regina Isabella street in Lecce, it will be possible to buy handmade objects from Countries where Ricerca e Cooperazione works for a very exclusive present. Salentotime Christmas Market will be open on Friday and Saturday from 5.00 to 8.00 p.m.