Masseria Cimino

Why it’s on the Edit

Masseria Cimino is a farm with a tower in Savelletri di Fasano. The San Domenico Hotels group calls it an 18th-century masseria that combines tradition and contemporary design, and says the tower was built in 1700 just a few meters from the sea.

Today it serves as the guest house of the San Domenico Golf, an 18-hole links course. The 2021 Regione Puglia register files it as an agriturismo with 15 units.

The masseria has its own website, but the Edit could not read it. This page rests on the group’s description and the register, and it says where the facts stop.

The rooms

The register counts 15 units, 18 bathrooms and 35 beds, a little over two beds per unit, and three more bathrooms than units. It gives no layouts.

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

Room names, sizes, views and the number of suites are not confirmed here. Ask the masseria which units sit in the tower and which in the farm buildings.

Eating and drinking

The register lists a restaurant and a bar among the general services, along with covered or open parking.

The restaurant’s name, menu, hours and any distinction are not confirmed here. Breakfast is not confirmed either, so check whether it is in the rate. On a golf trip, ask whether the restaurant serves lunch between rounds.

The setting

Savelletri has a tourist port and lies in the comune of Fasano. The San Domenico Golf sits between the slopes of the Itria Valley and the port. Its links course, designed by London-based European Golf Design, zigzags between centuries-old olive trees with sea views and glimpses of the ancient city of Egnatia.

The Fasano tourism site describes the local masserie as ancient dwellings with lime-white walls embraced by olive trees. Its page on Egnatia describes the remains of a Roman city, including the Via Traiana and the Basilica Civile, and a national museum in Savelletri. The city grew important thanks to its port and the Via Traiana, the first settlement goes back to the 16th century BC, and Virgil stopped there in 37 BC.

The same site describes the coastal dunes park, a protected area of about 1,000 hectares recognized as a regional natural park, which starts at Torre Canne.

Inland, Cocolicchio is a hamlet of Fasano on the border with Locorotondo, which the tourism site calls the capital of the trulli of Fasano, with about a hundred people who live exclusively in trulli.

The group’s wording is the only place marker we hold: a tower a few meters from the sea, and a golf course between the valley slopes and the port. The masseria’s own grounds, any pool and its facilities are not confirmed here.

Good to know

• Category: agriturismo, 15 units, 35 beds, per the 2021 regional register.
• Restaurant, bar and parking are listed. Access for small animals is listed.
• Opening period declared in 2021: the whole year. Check the current season.
• Guest house of the San Domenico Golf, 18 holes. That link comes from the group, not from the register.
• Pool, spa, beach access, children and weddings are not confirmed here.
• Ask whether guests have access to the golf club, what the restaurant serves and when, which units sit in the tower, and whether the season has changed since 2021.
• Price band: 3 of 5 (estimated: no official rate found).

Who it suits, and who should look elsewhere

It suits golfers who want to sleep at the club, and readers who like an old farm with a tower near the sea and will confirm rooms, meals and the season with the masseria before paying.

For a full resort from the same group, see Borgo Egnazia, which lists a spa, a kids club and two private beaches. For a masseria that publishes its rooms and pool, look at Casale del Murgese.

Getting there

Masseria Cimino is in Savelletri di Fasano, in the Fasano and Savelletri area. Brindisi airport is the nearer of the two airports, and Bari is the alternative. The Fasano tourism site names both.

A car is the practical choice, and the register lists parking. Transfers are not confirmed here. The register gives the email info@masseriacimino.com and the telephone 0804827950 for the questions above.