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We offer B&B accommodation in our new premises’ comfortable double bedrooms, all with en suite bathroom. We can provide additional beds, if necessary.
A rich family breakfast, specially prepared according to your options, is served in the rooms or outdoors and the main newspapers are at your disposal since the early morning. A barbecue can be used on demand.
“L’isola felice” (The happy island) B&B is located right in the heart of Puglia’s Murgia Plateau, near the spectacular Grotte di Castellana (Castellana’s Caves) and not far from the famous Alberobello’s Trulli, from Fasano’s Safari Zoo, and from the enchanting crystal clear sea water of Polignano’s and Monopoli’s coast.
Our guests can park their cars in an enclosed parking area and all the outdoors spaces are at their complete disposal at any time. Our B&B offers total privacy.
The owners are daily on the premises: they are very helpful and eager to meet all your needs and to give you advice and make suggestions about where to go and what to see.
Useful information about the main places of interest of our region
Castellana Caves
40 kilometers southeast of Bari, the capital of Puglia’s industrial activities, stands Castellana, a small town whose origin dates back to before the Xth Century. Nowadays it has changed its name in Castellana-Grotte and is Puglia’s main tourist destination, one of the best known attractions.
of Southern Italy. It owes its lucky sudden renown to the discovery, in 1938, of an incredibly extensive natural subterranean network of interlinked galleries.
From the limestone composition of the soil and from its peculiar landscape, riddled with holes and ravines, you can tell that Murge’s plateau, where stands Castellana-Grotte), is a region apart.
Castellana’s Caves are among the most important Europe’s natural subterranean networks not only for their extraordinary size, but mainly for the spectacular extension of the inner galleries and for the amazing beauty of its crystal concretions.
Alberobello: The town is named after the Latin name, Sylva arboris belli (war-tree forest), an oak forest which once covered the whole area. It is believed that Alberobello was founded in the XVth Century by the Acquaviva-D’Aragona, Counts of Conversano. Alberobello’s real town planning dates from 1635, thanks to Count Giangirolamo II Acquaviva Orsini Del Balzo D’Aragona, named The Cross-eyed or The Guelph.Unesco World Heritage Site Alberobello is worldwide famous for its trulli, ancient dry-stone buildings made from limestone with stubby white-tipped pointed roofs.The monumental Zona dei Trulli includes rioni (districts) Monti and Aia Piccola, entirely consisting of trulli linked to each other and forming groups, lined up along steepy and tortuous alleys which climb up the hill. Walking along these alleys you can look inside these unusual dwellings (they are always open), many of which can be visited on demand. They generally consist of a main central room, connected to the kitchen and to the other rooms through arcades.On top of Rione Monti stands S. Antonio’s modern church, also shaped as a trullo . From up here you can enjoy a breathtaking view, which makes Alberobello one of Puglia’s most enchanting place.The highest and more complete trullo is the so-called Trullo Sovrano (King of Trulli), a two-floor trullo, located in a tiny square behind the main church.
Polignano a mare :Polignano has a Greek origin: it’s name comes from the Greek word “polis”, which means town. It stands on top of a rocky plateau (240 m.) overlooking the sea and forming a deep inlet crossed over by a bridge which ends right in the town’s centre.The main characteristic of this territory are the caves formed by several cosmic phenomena. These caves date from the prehistoric age and The Palazzese Cave is surely one of the most spectacular example of these caves, which date back to the prehistoric age. It really deserves a visit.Polignano’s historical centre is located in the proximity of the sea, therefore, in order to avoid dangers, the houses are strictly linked to one another, forming a tangled network of alleys whose boundaries are often marked by buildings with terraces overlooking the cliff.
Monopoli :Owing to its strategic position, the town suffered in the past, during the Byzantine and the Norman periods, several piracy assaults which stopped in the Middle Ages, when the area was repopulated. Monopoli is a Bishop’s See since year 1000. It was under the power of Spaniards and Venetians who, thanks to its favourable geographical location, led the town to prosperity
