Masseria Pietrasole Metaresort

Why it’s on the Edit

Masseria Pietrasole Metaresort is a walled masseria on Strada Scanzano, on the edge of Bari, run first as a venue for weddings and events and second as a small hotel. The Regione Puglia register files it as a four-star hotel of the historic-residence type, with 7 rooms, and describes it as part of the Metaresort group.

Its own site gives two dates. The home page calls it an 18th-century historic house, while the history page places its beginnings at the end of the 1800s, and the chapel is dated 1842. The name joins pietra and sole, stone and sun.

The appeal is a walled farm among olive trees inside the city limits of Bari, with rooms open all year. The website is written for people planning events, so the lodging facts on this page rest on the Region’s register.

The rooms

The register counts 7 rooms and 14 beds, an average of two beds a room. The website lists deluxe rooms named after the planets and the Moon: Camera Marte, Luna, Venere, Giove and Mercurio.

The Marte room page lists parking, Wi-Fi, a TV, a minibar in a shared area and an Italian buffet breakfast. The register adds central air conditioning and heating, soundproofing, a hair dryer, a courtesy kit, satellite TV and a safe.

Sizes, views and which rooms open onto which courtyard are not published. Check-in starts at 2 p.m. and check-out is by 11 a.m. If you are a wedding guest, ask the couple or the venue whether the rooms are held for the wedding party before you try to book one.

Eating and drinking

The website lists traditional Puglian cooking, tastings and a wine experience among its services. The register records a bar and a restaurant with typical and Italian cooking, room service, and breakfast included in the rate.

Food here is built around events. The Corte del Sole, which links the main areas, is set up for aperitifs, cocktails and buffets, the modern gazebos for lunches and dinners, and La Macina, a courtyard with a historic millstone, for welcome cocktails and dinners outdoors. The Terrazza del Sole looks over the countryside and is offered for smaller lunches and dinners.

Ask whether the restaurant runs à la carte on days without an event. For a meal in town, Bari’s old city is where women still make orecchiette, the ear-shaped pasta, by hand, according to Italy’s official tourism site.

The setting

The masseria is a white complex among centuries-old olive trees and orchards, enclosed by high walls, according to its register entry. Inside the walls there is the Giardino del Sole, a park ringed by old walls, the Pozzo di Elisabetta around an ancient well, the millstone in the central patio and the chapel with its 19th-century inscription.

The Sala della Pietra is a large space set in greenery, made for ceremonies and big events, with room for up to 2,000 people. That number is the clearest guide to what the place is built for.

Outside the walls lies Bari. Italy’s official tourism site recalls that the relics of Saint Nicholas arrived in the city in 1087, and that Frederick II remodeled the Swabian castle between 1233 and 1240. The old town makes a natural half day before or after an event.

Good to know

• Category: four stars, historic-residence hotel, in the Regione Puglia register, 2026.
• Open all year in 2026.
• 7 rooms and 14 beds.
• Group: part of Metaresort, according to the register.
• Check-in from 2 p.m., check-out by 11 a.m., breakfast included.
• Free open-air parking and free Wi-Fi.
• Events: a space for up to 2,000 people and a chapel dated 1842.
• Enquiries on the website cover weddings, private and corporate events, tastings and stays.
• Not confirmed here: pool, spa, pets and children’s facilities.
• Price band: 2 of 5 (estimated: no official rate found).

Who it suits, and who should look elsewhere

Wedding guests and couples planning to marry here can sleep in one of the 7 rooms where the party happens. For a short city stay, or a night before or after a flight from Bari, it trades a hotel block for a walled farm.

Look elsewhere for a quiet countryside retreat, a pool or a spa, and ask first if you travel with small children, since nothing about them is published. Terranobile Metaresort, which shares the Metaresort name, is an 1800s villa at Bari’s ring road with two pools, a spa and a restaurant. Masseria Sant’Anna at Palese has 12 rooms in an 18th-century fortified watchtower, very close to Bari airport.

Getting there

Bari airport is much nearer than Brindisi, and Brindisi only makes sense if the flight is much cheaper. Aim for Bari, in the Bari and Trani area: the masseria is at Strada Scanzano 243, on the western service road of the SS 100.

For a wedding weekend you may not need a car at all, since the ceremony, the reception and the rooms are in one place. You will want one, or a taxi, for the old town, the coast and the airport, and parking at the masseria is free.

The regional register lists the address as Via Amendola 243 in Contrada Scanzano, while the masseria’s own site gives Strada Scanzano 243 on the SS 100 service road. Call ahead and give a driver both.