La Peschiera

Very nice place

Nice location but…. First the good, the location is amazing, nice concept of serving breakfast in your private terrace so you can just roll out of bed. Breakfast was pretty sparse, fruit consisted of 5 grapes, 2 tiny pieces of pineapple, melon and passionfruit. First morning we were not offered any extras then we found out they do eggs, pancakes etc. when you are paying upwards of 1000 euro a night… The whole place is very tired, needs a lot of money spent to bring it to 5 star standard. Not sure how it is included in Small Luxury Hotels group. Furniture is poor. Pool chairs are uncomfortable. Towels and bed linen threadbare. Our shower you could barely turn around in. Food options very limited, you can either dine in the restaurant (fine dining and heavy on the seafood) or pay 30 euro for a club sandwich which was cold by the time it got to our room. Housekeeping haphazard. Pools are cold even in August. This place used to be a fish hatchery hence the 7 pools which are mostly waist deep.

Beautiful position with rooms looking over the Adriatic. Our room was just a few metres from the sea! Wonderful staff, all of whom were so friendly and professional. Good food. Well located between Bari and Lecce, where there are great opera houses. Recommend most highly.