Terranobile Metaresort

Why it’s on the Edit

Terranobile Metaresort is an 1800s villa in a park of hundreds of centuries-old olive trees, on Via Bitritto at the ring road of Bari. The hotel calls it a hotel in Bari with a pool, a restaurant and a spa, and describes itself as a Metaresort with rooms and suites.

The case for it is a city-edge resort with a heritage villa and a large events business: a park and an old house at the gates of Bari, close to the ring road.

The resort’s pages are thin on rooms and meals, so what is missing is marked as unconfirmed.

The rooms

The resort says it has rooms and suites for guests. The number of rooms, their sizes, their types and what they include are not confirmed here.

That matters if you travel with a group or plan a stay around an event. Ask the resort for the list of room categories, a floor plan and the rates for your dates, and keep the answer in writing.

Eating and drinking

The resort lists a restaurant among its services, and its events page speaks of the chef’s proposals. A Christmas program with the chef’s menus is advertised.

The restaurant’s name, opening days and menu are not confirmed here. If you want to dine at the resort on a night without an event, call ahead.

The setting

The setting is a park of old olive trees. The resort lists Mediterranean scrub, centuries-old olive trees, an English lawn and two pools. The Galleria degli Ulivi is a large dependance among the olive trees, looking over the pool.

The Sala dei Cavalieri is the finely furnished interior room, described as suited to elegant and sober ceremonies. The resort speaks of three different environments, indoors and outdoors, at the gates of Bari.

The spa has a whirlpool with a neck-massage waterfall, a Turkish bath, a sauna and a relax area with a herbal tea corner. Treatments and hours are not confirmed.

Beyond the park, the city is the draw. Italia.it, the national tourism portal, points to Bari’s seafront and its old city.

It names the castle as the symbol of the city, beside the old city between the old harbor and the cathedral. Frederick II wanted it in the 13th century on the remains of a Norman fortification, and it opened to the public as a museum in 2017.

The same page lists the Petruzzelli theater, the fourth largest in Italy, dating from 1903. For a day out it points to Trani, whose cathedral stands by the sea in locally quarried stone with a rosy tone, and to Castel del Monte, an octagonal fortress built by Frederick II in 1240 inside the Alta Murgia National Park.

Good to know

• The resort runs events, including receptions and Christmas parties, so ask what is on during your stay.
• Not confirmed here: the number of rooms, their sizes and types, pets, children’s policies, opening months, the restaurant’s name and menu, spa hours and whether the spa takes visitors who are not staying.
• The address is Via Bitritto 101, Bari, at ring road exit 10/a.
• Ask the resort, in writing, for the room list with sizes, the rate for your dates, the spa hours, the pool season and any event on your dates.
• Price band: 2 of 5 (estimated: no official rate found).

Who it suits, and who should look elsewhere

It suits reception guests and event organizers, and city visitors who want a pool and an old villa on the edge of Bari.

Look elsewhere if you need confirmed room facts before you book, or a stay in the old town. Dilman Boutique Hotel lists Relax, Double and Suite rooms with breakfast always included, in Bari. Park Hotel Elizabeth lists 44 units, a 400 m² spa with opening hours and a pool and a restaurant, in the territory of Bitonto. For a hotel near the airport, see Masseria Sant’Anna, which lists 12 rooms. The Bari and Trani hub lists the rest.

Getting there

Terranobile Metaresort is on Via Bitritto in Bari, in the Bari and Trani area. Bari airport is the nearer of the two main airports, about 8 km away in a straight line, against 105 km for Brindisi.

The resort sits at the ring road, outside the old town, so plan transport into the center. Trani and Castel del Monte are separate trips.