Casa del Tabacco

Area: Vitigliano

The House of Tobacco, is a building dated back to the early twentieth-century where tobacco, once considered a real richness in Salento, used to be manufactured. All made of stone with a garden in the front, it is a big house located along the main Vitigliano’s road, a small town parts of the thermal bath of Santa Cesarea, in the province of Lecce. We are located in the southern part of the “Italian heel”, along the Adriatic coast, about 4 kilometres from the sea, and more northward to Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca, the southern tip of Puglia.

Paved with typical stone of Lecce, all made of stone, the house was rebuilt without any conspicuous changes on spring 2006. Three wide master bedrooms (one with an alcove with two additional beds) are on the first floor, each one with private bathroom. A flat with two communicating rooms, bathroom and kitchen is in the mid-span floor. A bedroom with bathroom and kitchen, equipped for handicapped is in the low ground.
A peculiarity of the House of Tobacco consists on the huge social space at clients’ disposal, a large hall of about 200 square meters and two other of narrowed size, a big dinning hall and a big kitchen.

Both bathrooms and kitchen are new and a system of solar panels for the hot water is installed on the roof. The receptive offer is inspired by the value of authenticity, both in the makeover of the house (all the furniture are typical of the Salento and are dated back to the beginning of the twentieth century) and in the will to make visitors know about the local traditions with a special care for the gastronomy. Breakfast will include Salentine food specialities, both sweet and salty. The owners of the House of Tobacco intend to offer an excellent service and a comfort with high standard that express the value and the beauties of Salento, encouraging an interesting path of quality, for culture, landscapes, gastronomy and why not, for shopping activities.

Driving for 4 kilometres it will be possible to reach one of the most clean and beautiful Italian shores, with cliffs that overlook the sea, astonish grottos, little Mediterranean fiords (Porto Badisco, Acquaviva), small ports handheld excavated during the nineteen-century that seem like real natural pools. Both Santa Cesarea Terme and Castro Marina provide different kind of facilities: boats rent, cruises, scuba diving, fishing. Santa Cesarea Terme is a renowned thermal center, open the all year, with the exception of February, March and April. Costumers of the House, can take advantage of reduced prices, thanks to an agreement signed with the House of Tobacco. The country side is marked for the red Salentine soil and its olive trees. the villages in the surrounding keep amazing buildings and old churches intact, in Baroque style. During the all year country fairs take place in different villages, with beautiful concert of Pizzica, the traditional music of the area. The House of Tobacco is 35 kilometres far from Lecce and 60 minutes far from the Brindisi Airport. For our guests that decided to arrive by plane we offer airport transportation.

Prices: from Euro 36,00 per person per night

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