Casa Porcara
Veglie (Lecce)
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Just 8 km (5 miles) from the Ionian coast-line in Salento, where the blue sea acts as background to age-old olive trees and luxuriant vineyards, Casa Porcara is surrounded by an organically cultivated fertile land. It consists of 15 Bed-rooms, welcoming catering halls and a very spacious structure conducive to educational activities and in particular the study of the surrounding architecture and rural landscape.
Structure and accommodation
Type:
Agriturismo, Holiday home
Setting:
Plains, Seaside
Accommodation:
Flat Bedroom
Type of accommodation:
- Bed & Breakfast
- Half board
beds:
25
Closed:
1 January - 26 March, 21 November - 31 December
Services:
- Restaurant
- Pets allowed
- Disabled facilities
- Educational farm
- Typical products on sale
- Bike rental
- Credit cards welcome
- Television
- Internet
This is a typical farm-house in Southern Italy. It was built around the XV century on the remains of a medieval hamlet within a holm-oak expanse, where pigs (hence the name Casa Porcara) lived in a wild state.
It has kept its original look thanks to restoration works, converting stables and haylofts in lovely restaurant halls and the former living quarters of the farmer in comfortable lodgings. Two apartments, one on the ground floor and one on the first floor, each have a " cooking corner" and two bed-rooms with bath & shower "en suite". Two other apartments, both consisting of two bed-rooms with bath-room for the disabled, overlook a vast courtyard covered by a pergola. A TV Lounge complete with a large fire-place is there for the perfect ending to a relaxing day.
In the welcoming Restaurant halls you can sample typical local cuisine, consisting mainly of fresh, organically grown produce of the establishment, which covers an area of 60 hectares (150 acres), with products ranging from an olive grove to fruit orchards, various vegetables and sowable land.
An educational Farm-house, promoting agricultural and environmental resources, it houses a Centre for the Study of Architecture and Rural Landscape, with a Meeting Room, an Exhibition Room and Tuition Courses on "Flora" typical to the Mediterranean countryside.
It has kept its original look thanks to restoration works, converting stables and haylofts in lovely restaurant halls and the former living quarters of the farmer in comfortable lodgings. Two apartments, one on the ground floor and one on the first floor, each have a " cooking corner" and two bed-rooms with bath & shower "en suite". Two other apartments, both consisting of two bed-rooms with bath-room for the disabled, overlook a vast courtyard covered by a pergola. A TV Lounge complete with a large fire-place is there for the perfect ending to a relaxing day.
In the welcoming Restaurant halls you can sample typical local cuisine, consisting mainly of fresh, organically grown produce of the establishment, which covers an area of 60 hectares (150 acres), with products ranging from an olive grove to fruit orchards, various vegetables and sowable land.
An educational Farm-house, promoting agricultural and environmental resources, it houses a Centre for the Study of Architecture and Rural Landscape, with a Meeting Room, an Exhibition Room and Tuition Courses on "Flora" typical to the Mediterranean countryside.
How to reach us
How to reach us:
Address: Prov.le Veglie-Monteruga Km 7,5 - Veglie 73010 - Veglie Lecce
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