Corte Altavilla Relais & Charmein Conversano

Why it’s on the Edit

Corte Altavilla Relais & Charme is a four-star hotel in Conversano, a hill town in the Monopoli and Polignano area. The hotel calls itself a boutique hotel. The 2026 Regione Puglia register files it as a tourist-hotel residence with 31 units, 32 bathrooms and 72 beds.

It is here as a town hotel with a spa, a different profile from the masserie in the countryside. Its address is a vico, an alley, in Conversano, postcode 70014, and its website is www.cortealtavilla.it.

The Edit’s tools could not read the hotel’s website in full. This page rests on the register and on the few lines the hotel publishes about its spa, restaurant, bicycles and weddings.

The rooms

The 2026 register counts 31 units, 32 bathrooms and 72 beds, but gives no types or sizes. Whether those units are apartments, suites or large rooms is not confirmed here.

The 2021 register records these room services: independent air conditioning and heating, a safe, TV and satellite TV, a minibar and a telephone.

Room names, views and the number of suites or apartments are also unknown. Ask the hotel what each unit contains before you compare it with a masseria room.

Eating and drinking

The hotel’s restaurant page says the kitchen offers a typical cuisine using fresh seasonal products that holds the history of the little ancient village.

The menu, the opening days and whether outside guests can book are not confirmed here. The 2026 register lists a continental breakfast as included in the stay. If you want dinner at the hotel, ask whether it serves every night of your stay.

The setting

Conversano sits on a hill, 219 meters above sea level, according to the comune. The Castello Acquaviva d’Aragona is the symbol of the town and stands at the top of the historic center.

The Basilica Cattedrale, dedicated to Maria Santissima Assunta and San Flaviano, is described by the comune as a jewel of Puglian Romanesque architecture. It has been a national monument since 1897 and rises on the remains of an ancient paleo-Christian church, with its apses turned to the east.

Work on the cathedral began at the end of the 11th century, an extension finished in 1359, and in 1660 a restoration changed its style, leaving stucco walls and a painted ceiling. The Monastero di San Benedetto is another sight the comune lists.

The hotel offers a bicycle rental service with electric and traditional bicycles of any type. The comune’s page on the surroundings names the Castellana Caves, discovered in 1938, and lists Bari, Trani, Castel del Monte and the Valle d’Itria among the destinations around Conversano.

Good to know

• Category: four-star, 31 units, 72 beds, per the 2026 regional register.
• Wellness: the Sibilla Thermarium Spa. Treatments and hours are not confirmed here.
• A restaurant is listed. Its name, menu and hours are not confirmed here. The 2026 register lists continental breakfast as included.
• Bicycles, electric and traditional, are available to rent.
• The hotel advertises weddings. Capacity is not confirmed here.
• The 2026 register lists paid private open-air parking, check-in from 14:00 and check-out by 11:00. Pets and children are not confirmed here.
• The 2026 register gives an opening period of the whole year, as the 2021 register did.
• The register uses the type “residenza turistico-alberghiera” and counts units rather than rooms. Ask whether the apartments have a kitchen.
• Ask when the spa is open, whether it takes outside guests, and whether the restaurant does too.
• Price band: 2 of 5 (estimated: no official rate found).

Who it suits, and who should look elsewhere

Corte Altavilla suits couples and short-break travelers who want to sleep inside a historic town, near the castle and the cathedral, with a spa on the premises.

For olive groves, a large pool and a farm kitchen, go elsewhere. Masseria Torrepietra is a four-star masseria in Monopoli, and Masseria Paretano, also in Monopoli, lists a spa and a restaurant.

Getting there

Corte Altavilla is in Conversano, in the Monopoli and Polignano area. Bari airport is the nearer airport.

The comune says Conversano is easy to reach from Bari on the state road 16 heading south. A car is useful for the coast and for the other towns of the area. The 2026 register lists paid private parking; whether the hotel arranges transfers is not confirmed here.