Masseria TORRE COCCARO

Formerly a 16th-century fortified farmhouse, our luxury, family-run Masseria is just a short distance from the crystalline Adriatic Sea. Today, we're the home of the Puglian lifestyle at its finest. From the tower to the olive groves, our Masseria is full of history. Masseria Torre Coccaro's whitewashed tower dates back to the 16th century when it was one in a line of defense of towers protecting our land from the invading Saracens. On the terrace of the tower, you can find the old pigeon tower used for sending messages during the wars. A century later, the Ortus Conclusus was built: a 17th-century vegetable garden, surrounded by fortified walls, where today you can still see the ingenious, ancient methods of irrigation from old wells and channels, taking advantage of the force of gravity. Then, in 1730, our little chapel was constructed. Since then, it has been a point of pilgrimage for the fishermen living in the little coastal village of Savelletri. Even today, more than 300 years later, it still holds mass. But all these structures are young in comparison to our olive groves, more than 800 years old, and the old olive mill and sheep stables that have stood in the ancient caves on our estate since the year 1000. Today, the Masseria is owned and managed by us, the Muolo family, who work our hardest to keep this heritage and history alive.