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Castello di Ugento

The d’Amore family could not have a more fitting name as the custodians of Castello di Ugento, their ancestral seat for centuries, with a history preceding them by several more. There are few labours of love greater than dedicating a wing to a museum of your forebears, who were praised for their ‘antique and illustrious nobility’, set out all around you in ravishingly restored frescoes. But, the present generation are investing in more cultural currency, establishing a modern-art gallery, tutoring future chef-superstars in a renowned culinary school, and hosting guests in stylishly anachronistic rooms with mod-statement pieces set against 17th-century stone – we love.

Castello di Ugento has weathered millennia in Ugento comune’s streets paved with pallid, sunlight-reflecting Lecce stone – having housed many generations of the d’Amore family. At the tip of Italy’s heel, it’s close to the coast, too.

Room Types

Junior Deluxe Room

29sq m | One room of this type (Corte Alta) | Split-level room | Set in the former staff quarters with access to the castle courtyard | Modern furnishings (by Cassina, Poltrona Frau, Minotti, Ceccotti, and B&B Italia), plus vintage finds and a handcrafted walnut armoire are arranged against a backdrop of 17th-century stone | King-size bed, set on the mezzanine level, dressed in luxurious Italian linens and a handwoven bedspread (can be set up as twins on request) | Bathroom on the ground level with a walk-in monsoon shower | Free WiFi, TV, minibar, coffee-maker, tea-making kit, yoga mat, bathrobes and slippers, air-conditioning, and olive-oil-based bath products

from £450

Deluxe Room

23–28sq m | Three rooms of this type (the Corte del Sol, Corte della Torre and Corte Barocca) | Set in the former staff quarters with access to the castle courtyard | Modern furnishings (by Cassina, Poltrona Frau, Minotti, Ceccotti, and B&B Italia), plus vintage finds and handcrafted walnut armoires are arranged against a backdrop of 17th-century stone | King-size bed dressed in luxurious Italian linens and a handwoven bedspread (can be set up as twins in Corte del Sole and Corte Barocca) | Ensuite bathroom with a monsoon shower | Free WiFi, TV, minibar, coffee-maker, tea-making kit, yoga mat, bathrobes and slippers, air-conditioning, and olive-oil-based bath products

from £564

Corte del Giardino

33sq m | Private patio | This room has a star-vaulted ceiling in pietra Leccese (Lecce stone), modern furnishings (by Cassina, Poltrona Frau, Minotti, Ceccotti, and B&B Italia), plus vintage finds and a handcrafted walnut armoire arranged against a backdrop of 17th-century stone | Canopied king-size bed dressed in luxurious Italian linens and a handwoven bedspread | Ensuite bathroom with a monsoon shower | Free WiFi, TV, minibar, coffee-maker, tea-making kit, yoga mat, bathrobes and slippers, air-conditioning, and olive-oil-based bath products | An extra bed (€100 a night) can be added to this room on request

from £650

Corte del Pellicano

40sq m | Opens out onto the castle courtyard | Modern furnishings (by Cassina, Poltrona Frau, Minotti, Ceccotti, and B&B Italia), plus vintage finds, a handcrafted walnut armoire and iron console table, are arranged against a backdrop of 17th-century stone | King-size bed dressed in luxurious Italian linens and a handwoven bedspread (can be set up as twins) | Bathroom with a monsoon shower is set in an original stone vault | Free WiFi, TV, minibar, coffee-maker, tea-making kit, yoga mat, bathrobes and slippers, air-conditioning, and olive-oil-based bath products | This room connects with Corte del Sole via a small corridor | An extra bed (€100 a night) can be added to this room on request

from £718

Suite della Rosa

48sq m | Set on the ground floor | Under vaulted ceilings, modern furnishings (by Cassina, Poltrona Frau, Minotti, Ceccotti, and B&B Italia), plus vintage finds and a handcrafted walnut armoire, are arranged against a backdrop of 17th-century stone | Separate living room | King-size bed dressed in luxurious Italian linens and a handwoven bedspread | Bathroom and powder room | Free WiFi, TV, minibar, coffee-maker, tea-making kit, yoga mat, bathrobes and slippers, air-conditioning, and olive-oil-based bath products | An extra bed (€100 a night) can be added to this room on request

from £1342

Master Suite Alcova di Diana

58sq m interior | 45sq m furnished private terrace overlooking Ugento’s rooftops | Courtyard views | Set on the piano nobile | Under vaulted ceilings, modern furnishings (by Cassina, Poltrona Frau, Minotti, Ceccotti, and B&B Italia), plus vintage finds and a handcrafted walnut armoire, are arranged against a backdrop of antique stone | Separate living room | King-size bed, set in an 18th-century stone alcove, dressed in luxurious Italian linens and a handwoven bedspread | Ensuite bathroom with a monsoon shower | Free WiFi, TV, minibar, coffee-maker, tea-making kit, yoga mat, bathrobes and slippers, air-conditioning, and olive-oil-based bath products

from £1212

Exclusive Rental

Have exclusive use of the castle for up to 20 guests | Garden and courtyard | Gallery space, museum, culinary school for your own use | Nine bedrooms, all with king-size beds and an ensuite bathroom, some with frescoes and star-vaulted ceilings, all with modern Italian furnishings and the original 17th-century stone walls | Full house staff | Free WiFi, TVs, minibars, coffee-makers, tea-making kit, yoga mats, bathrobes and slippers, air-conditioning, and olive-oil-based bath products

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Location

Via Castello 13, Ugento, Lecce, 73059

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