Nearest Airport
: Brindisi International
at 15
Miles
Nearest Ferry
: Brindisi
at 15
Miles
Nearest Train
: Mesagne
at 3
Miles
Nearest Motorway
: SS7
at 2
Miles
Nearest Beach
: Torre Guaceto
at 15
Miles
Nearest Barpub
: Mesagne
at 2.5
Miles
Nearest Golf
: Savelletri
at 32
Miles
Nearest Restaurant
: Mesagne
at 2
Miles
Car: necessary
Villa Pizzorusso is located on the ancient Appian Way, which connected Rome to Brindisi.
It is set amidst olive groves on 15 acres of cultivated farmland, five minutes from the towns of Mesagne (population 30,000) and Latiano (20,000). Both towns have wine and olive oil coops, grocery stores, butchers, bakeries, cheese shops (mozzarella and ricotta made on the premises daily), local fruit and vegetable vendors, open air markets, cafes, restaurants and all amenities. Mesagne has a medieval castle, a fine archeological museum and a charming historic center.
Among the many choices of beaches, these are two great ones: Torre Guaceto — a beautiful protected marine reserve on the Adriatic Ocean with white sand beaches, a snack bar, and chaise lounges for rent (25 minutes drive); and Campomarino — a local treasure on the Ionian Sea with sand dunes and limpid, crystalline water for swimming. (45 minute drive)
The ceramics center of Puglia is located in Grottaglie, which is 20 minutes away.
Muro Tenente, an archelogical site, is within 5 minutes of the villa. The ruins there are from the Messapian era which pre-dates the Greek and Roman occupations of the region.
Alberobello (55 minutes away) — which has the greatest concentration of “trulli”, the conical shaped homes and structures that are indigenous to Puglia; Martina Franca (50 minutes away) — site of the premiere summer classical music festival in the south, the Festival della Valle d’Itria; Castellana Grotte (60 minutes) — perhaps Europe’s most dramatic underground caves; and Otranto (70 minutes) — the cathedral at this picturesque seaside city has one of the oldest and most unusual mosaic floors in Italy, as well as the eerie shrine of the skulls of 600 martyrs who were decapitated here by invading Turks.
