Family stays

How is the list of family stays built?

A stay is on this list when its official information says children are welcome and also confirms family rooms or a kids’ club. We compute the list from verified facts and recalculate it whenever a stay is added or re-checked, and the page goes live only with five or more qualifying stays.

Where a source sets an age limit, such as no children under 12, the stay is not counted as welcoming children and its page shows the limit. Fourteen stays say children are welcome but do not confirm family rooms or a kids’ club. If one of them appeals, ask the hotel what it offers families.

How to choose a family stay in Puglia

For a resort week, start with Gattarella Family Resort near Vieste: hotel rooms, apartments and villas in a pinewood, with a private beach, two pools and a mini club. It says children under 16 stay free under set conditions.

The Gargano also has Torre dei Preti, an agriturismo on an estate of more than 26 hectares near Peschici, whose Family Rooms combine a double bedroom, a small bedroom and a living area with a kitchenette. Offshore on the Isole Tremiti, Hotel Kyrie puts its Family rooms, for up to four people, in small villas in the pine wood, and lists a mini club and baby sitting. The Gargano hub lists the rest of the area.

For the old towns, Gallipoli has three: Palazzo Colombo, Palazzo Flora and Palazzo Presta, each with family rooms and none adults only. Palazzo Colombo has no pool of its own and sends guests to Palazzo Flora’s. In Lecce, Tivoli Palazzo 1880 Lecce offers family guestroom options and child-friendly dining.

For space, look at the masserie. Il Melograno near Monopoli has two pools, a family suite with a private patio and two bathrooms, and a private beach club reached by a free shuttle. Masseria Paretano is the area’s other family stay. Near Ostuni, Masseria Le Carrube has 19 rooms, a pool, a room for six people and a vegetarian restaurant, and Masseria Salinola offers a family suite and baby-sitting on request.

Bands run from 1 to 3. Gattarella, Hotel Kyrie, Paretano and Torre dei Preti are band 1, Le Carrube, Colombo and Salinola band 2, and the other four band 3.

Ten of the eleven accept pets, and the Pet-friendly stays page sets out the terms. The guide to Puglia with kids covers ages, beaches and the rest of the planning.

What does the list not tell you?

The list leaves out ages, prices for children and the size of a family room. Look for those on each stay’s page, and expect some to be unpublished.

Opening months are not confirmed for six of the eleven. The three Gallipoli stays (Palazzo Colombo, Palazzo Flora and Palazzo Presta) are open from March to November, and the Region’s register lists Hotel Kyrie from April to October and Masseria Salinola all year. Check the season before you book a school holiday.

Five areas have a family stay today. Nine have none, among them the Valle d’Itria, Fasano and Savelletri, Otranto and Leuca, although several of their stays say children are welcome. If a family rooms or kids’ club line is missing for a stay you know, the owner can send a correction through the For properties page.