Palazzo Casavola

The perfect apartment for guests looking to enjoy the relaxed but vibrant lifestyle of the largest city in the Valle D’Itria. Perfect for a relaxed city break, or a few days tagged onto a week in a country villa to enjoy the best of city and country in Puglia.

Palazzo Casavola is a luxurious apartment in a 19th century Palazzo in the heart of the beautiful Baroque town of Martina Franca perfect for those looking to fully immerse themselves in local life rather than hide out in a country villa. No expense has been spared to ensure you a comfortable stay with easy access to all this beautiful city has to offer.

Palazzo Casavola is a recently restored and fabulously furnished in the 18th/19th century bourgeois style and comprising all possible modern conveniences, Casavola provides a wonderful base from which to explore one of the loveliest towns in the Valle d’Itria, especially for those wanting to absorb the culture, music, arts and architecture of the region.

Martina Franca is famed for its  restaurants, shops bars and markets and local wine producers. For those wishing to explore the region by car, the other Valle d’Itria towns of Ostuni, Cisternino, Alberobello, Locorotondo and Ceglie Messapica are all a short drive with day trips affording visits to Lecce, Matera and other major attractions. Beaches are also less than a half hour drive.

The apartment – sleeps 4

• Bedrooms: 2 doubles
• Bathrooms: 2
• Fully equipped kitchen
• Dining room
• Sitting room with sofas
• Bed linen and towels provided
• Iron and ironing board
• DIshwasher and washing machine
• Toaster and kettle
• Air Conditioning and Heating
• TV and DVD
• Wifi

Nearby – located in heart of Martina Franca

• Paid and unpaid parking
• Restaurants, bars, cafes within walking distance
• Supermarkets within walking distance or 2 minute drive
• Tailor, post office, ceramics, olive oil and wine producers
• Historical centre, museums and town hall
• Beaches 25 mins
• Polignano a mare 45 minute drive
• Locorotondo 10 minute drive
• Ostuni 30 minute drive
• Alberobello 20 minute drive
• Bari airport 1 hr 10 mins
• Brindisi airport 40 mins
• Lecce 1 hr 30 mins

Palazzo Casavola is located in the bustling heart of the town centre on Corso Italia, the property is raised high above the hussle and bussle on the first floor. Your first job will be to park your car if you have one. This can be done in ‘Piazza Crispi’ the square next just a few steps away from the front door, you will need to pay a small parking fee during peak hours in the morning and late afternoon here. Otherwise you can park for free a little further afield although we advise checking all road signs carefully to avoid any fines. Parking in Martina Franca can at times be very straight forward but during peak times (dropping and picking up kids from school around 8am and 1pm and heading to and from work 9am, 5pm and 8pm and going out for dinner times towards the end of the week and weekend 8-10pm) it is advised to leave the car parked and walk as you may lose your space and not find another one for hours!

Once you’re parked you will enter the property through the imposing front doors on the main road and into a surprisingly peaceful central courtyard. From here you will take the original stone steps up to the first floor where you will find your apartment to the left. There is no-one above you.

Once inside you have the large open plan kitchen and dining area to you left, and cosy but elegant sitting area ahead and two double bedrooms (one en-suite) and two bathrooms.

The apartment offers views over the central street of Martina Franca as well as over the tranquil central city park known as ‘Villa Garibaldi’ which is located directly behind the building. You can walk through or along this park to get to either the main shopping street of Martina Franca or the main square Piazza XX Settembre from which you enter the original ‘old town’. Contact us for help or more information about Martina Franca.