Masseria Le Carrube

Why it’s on the Edit

Masseria Le Carrube is a farm in the Murgia of Ostuni, halfway between the sea and the hills. Its group, San Domenico Hotels, dates the farmhouse to the 12th century.

Within a group that also runs Borgo Egnazia, Le Carrube stands out for its table: the restaurant is vegetarian and says it works with zero waste, using produce from its own gardens.

The 2021 Regione Puglia register files it as an agriturismo with 14 units, 14 bathrooms and 26 beds. The 2026 register lists 19 rooms and 42 beds, and the masseria’s own site counts 19 rooms and suites.

The rooms

The 19 rooms differ from each other because the renovation respected the original spaces, with strong limestone walls and light-colored vaults. Colors are white and pastel, and the furnishings are simple.

The Double Room can have a private patio, a terrace or a view of the inner courtyard and the carob tree that gives the masseria its name. Junior Suites add a living area with a sofa bed, which suits a couple or a family with a child.

The Suite has a double bedroom and a separate living area, with a private terrace, balcony or Mediterranean garden. The Family Suite sleeps six and has a terrace with glimpses of the sea beyond the olive trees. The Classic Double and the Suite del Guardiano complete the six types listed on the site.

Rooms have air conditioning, a minibar, an LED TV and Wi-Fi. Sizes are not confirmed here.

Eating and drinking

Le Carrube is the vegetarian restaurant of the masseria. It describes a zero-waste kitchen where everything you eat is 100% self-produced, with vegetables from the gardens, an olive grove and 250 fruit trees, and dishes that use local grains.

It is open for dinner, and reservation is required. On summer evenings the wood-fired oven of the pizzeria is lit under the citrus grove, on an open-air patio, from Tuesday to Sunday between 8:00 and 10:00 pm, also by reservation.

For a hands-on afternoon, the masseria runs a cooking class in which you make orecchiette, taralli or panzerotti by hand and taste what you made. Reservations are by phone, email or WhatsApp; the number is 0831 342595.

The setting

The farm has a tile roof, and bougainvillea weaves through its courtyards while lemon and prickly pear trees wind along the walls. Inside, stone walls, exposed bricks painted white and antique furniture set the tone.

Around the farm lie olive groves and wide stretches of red earth. The group puts the masseria at the foot of the Ostuni hill, a few minutes from the center of the White City. The national tourism portal lists a swimming pool, outdoor tables, parking and Wi-Fi.

The comune describes Ostuni’s old center as a maze of alleys and lime-washed houses on a hill.

Good to know

• 19 rooms and suites, all different. The 2026 register lists 19 rooms; the 2021 register listed 14 units.
• The restaurant is vegetarian, open for dinner, and needs a reservation.
• The pizzeria serves from Tuesday to Sunday on summer evenings.
• The 2021 register gave an opening period from April 1 to October 31.
• Wheelchair access, a children’s menu and card payments are listed by the tourism portal.
• A spa and a beach club are not confirmed here.
• Price band: 2 of 5 (estimated: no official rate found).

Who it suits, and who should look elsewhere

Book Masseria Le Carrube for a quiet masseria with a vegetarian kitchen, a pool and a cooking class, if you are fine with a car for the sea. Couples and families both fit.

If you want meat or fish at every dinner, or a spa is the point, choose differently. Borgo Egnazia, from the same group, lists a spa and two private beaches.

Getting there

Masseria Le Carrube is on Contrada Spennati, on the road between Fasano and Ostuni, in the Ostuni and the White Coast area. Its directions put Brindisi airport nearer than Bari, and At a glance gives both drive times.

From the Bari to Brindisi motorway, take the exit Ostuni, Cisternino, Pezze di Greco. The nearest railway station is at Ostuni. Between the farm, the town and the coast, you will want a car.