Masseria Torre Coccaro
One Michelin Key
Hotel Details
Location
Masseria Torre Coccaro · Savelletri di Fasano, Italy
Key Highlights
- ✓Service & Hospitality: The staff are frequently lauded as outstanding, impeccable, very kind, helpful, attentive, and professional, ensuring guests feel pampered from arrival to departure.
Expert Review: Masseria Torre Coccaro
Masseria Torre Coccaro, a Michelin Key One-Key property in Savelletri di Fasano, Italy, is widely celebrated as a premier luxury destination, offering a captivating blend of historic charm and modern amenities. Guests consistently praise its beautiful setting, exceptional service, and authentic Puglian experience.
1. Overall Rating & Sentiment
The general consensus among guests is overwhelmingly positive, with many describing their stays as "wonderful," "exceptional," and "superb experiences." Review scores frequently range in the high 9s out of 10, highlighting a high level of guest satisfaction. The hotel evokes a lovely Southern Italian vibe, leaving many eager to return.
2. Key Highlights
Guests consistently adore Masseria Torre Coccaro for several standout features:
- Service & Hospitality: The staff are frequently lauded as outstanding, impeccable, very kind, helpful, attentive, and professional, ensuring guests feel pampered from arrival to departure.
- Location & Design: The masseria's beautiful setting amidst centuries-old olive groves, carob, and almond trees, just a short distance from the Adriatic Sea, creates an authentic and serene atmosphere. Its design, blending traditional Apulian whitewashed walls with elegant and rustic furnishings, is considered tastefully decorated and truly unique.
- Amenities: The property boasts a large outdoor swimming pool, an indoor pool, and a children's pool. Guests have access to a full-service Aveda spa with a hot tub, Turkish bath/hammam, and steam room. A significant draw is the private white sandy beach area and beach clubs (including Coccaro Beach Club), with a complimentary shuttle service operating from May to September. Additional amenities include a golf course, horse-riding center, gym, yoga/pilates facilities, and a cooking school. Complimentary childcare is also available, making it suitable for families.
3. Room Quality
The 36 rooms and suites at Masseria Torre Coccaro are consistently described as comfortable, spacious, beautiful, quiet, and private. They offer a perfect blend of elegance and rusticity, with exquisite furnishings including linen bedding, silky sofas, large baroque mirrors, and antique furniture. Accommodations vary, with some rooms in the old farmhouse, others located in the ancient tower or under vaulted ceilings. A unique offering includes suites carved from limestone caves, some opening onto orange groves and featuring private heated pools and large Jacuzzis. Bathrooms are often described as "cave-like," featuring giant showerheads, square stone baths, and indulgent bath products.
4. Dining Experience
The dining experience at Masseria Torre Coccaro is a significant highlight for guests.
- Breakfast: The complimentary breakfast receives high praise for its deliciousness, excellent quality, and amazing variety of fresh and natural options, often cited as one of the best hotel breakfasts experienced. Both continental and buffet options are available.
- Restaurants: The masseria offers three distinct dining venues. Egnathia, the main restaurant, is known for its elegant setting in an old barn with star vaults, serving characteristic regional specialties crafted from local raw materials, including vegetables and fruits from the hotel's own organic farm. Cabana, the poolside restaurant, provides a lighter menu with salads, pasta, grills, and homemade ice cream. For seafood lovers, Le Palme Beach Club offers fresh fish cuisine and sushi. Overall, the food is described as divine and exquisite, with impeccable service.
5. Service & Staff
The service and staff at Masseria Torre Coccaro are consistently rated as outstanding. Guests highlight the team as amazing, polite, comprehensive, very kind, helpful, attentive, and professional. The staff is noted for their consistent care, friendliness, and attention to detail, being very accommodating to guest needs. The front desk staff, in particular, is highly helpful with suggestions, reservations, and sightseeing advice.
6. Location & Accessibility
Masseria Torre Coccaro is ideally located in Savelletri di Fasano, Puglia, nestled among ancient olive groves and a short distance from the Adriatic Sea. This picturesque setting provides a tranquil escape while still offering convenient access to local attractions. It is an easy 20-30 minute drive to charming nearby towns such as Polignano a Mare and Alberobello, making it a great base for exploring Puglia.
For accessibility, the masseria is approximately 40 minutes from both Bari and Brindisi airports. Guests arriving by car can take the SS 16 motorway, exiting at Savelletri di Fasano and following the signs. While a car offers flexibility for exploring the region, the hotel's shuttle service to its beach clubs is highly appreciated.
7. Value & Pricing
Masseria Torre Coccaro is recognized as a luxury 5-star resort, and its pricing reflects the high-end experience it offers. As of January 27, 2026, typical nightly rates for a double room can start around $345, with an average price of $316 per room. Guests often state that the exceptional quality of service and facilities makes it "worth every penny" and provides "exceptional value for money" compared to other hotels in Fasano. Specific room rates vary significantly by season (low, medium, high) and room type, ranging from around €357 for a Superior Double Room to over €2000 for a two-bedroom villa with a private pool during high season. A city tax, varying by season, is applied per person per night for the first seven nights, with children under 12 typically excluded.
8. Common Complaints
While reviews are overwhelmingly positive, a few recurring criticisms have been noted:
- Weather Dependency: Some guests found limited activities available on the property during poor weather conditions, such as rain.
- Room Comfort Issues: Occasional issues with hot water (e.g., wrong faucet labeling, long wait times) and air conditioning (hindered by wooden grids) have been reported. Rooms can also be perceived as too hot at times.
- Amenities & Supplies: A few guests felt that for the price, more than one complimentary bottled water per day should be provided in the rooms.
- Family-Friendliness: Despite offering childcare, some families have reported feeling that their children were occasionally perceived as a "nuisance" by a portion of the staff.
- Spa Service: While the spa facilities are highly regarded, some experiences with massages were described as average, with feedback on masseuses being occasionally stand-offish or clumsy.
- Noise from Events: On occasion, the masseria hosts events like weddings or festivals in the main courtyard, which can result in music and noise continuing until around 10 PM.
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Points to Consider
- •While reviews are overwhelmingly positive, a few recurring criticisms have been noted:
- •Weather Dependency: Some guests found limited activities available on the property during poor weather conditions, such as rain.
Google Reviews
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Recent Guest Reviews
melissa carpenter
My husband and I stayed several days and it was hard to leave! Incredible food, lush linens, bathroom stocked with soaps and shampoos from their on-site spa. Great location to explore the east and south coast
Philippe rAz
We just finished a 3 night stay during our honeymoon and it was beyond all expectations. It was a last minute booking and it could not have been better. The quality of the service is exceptional, the masseria is well maintained, room very comfortable and well designed, the pool area magical and the food was simply delicious ! Special mention to the kitchen and the restaurant staff for an excepti...
Response from the owner
Dear Sir,<br>thank you very much for your review, we hope to see you again at the Masseria!<br><br>Best regards,<br>The Manager
Ali Kaye
We had a wonderfully relaxing stay, made so pleasant by the amazing staff. Our room was comfortable, private and quiet but with easy access to the fab facilities available. Alessandro at reception was incredibly helpful as are all the staff here. A real getaway from life's hustle and bustle in magical surroundings.
Response from the owner
Dear Sir,<br>thank you very much for your review, we hope to see you again at the Masseria!<br><br>Best regards,<br>The Manager
Francesco Schena
Nicole and I got married last Saturday, October 4th, 2025, and we couldn’t have chosen a better place than Masseria Torre Coccaro — a true gem of the Apulian region, where beauty, authenticity, and the quality of the service are the milestones that make it iconic and perfect for a truly meaningful experience. We were guided through out our wedding for about a year by Leonardo, the director of the...
Response from the owner
Dear Sir,<br>thank you very much for your review, we hope to see you again at the Masseria!<br><br>Best regards,<br>The Manager
Alex Campbell
The lobby and rooms reminded me of backpacking in Cambodia in the early 2000s. (This is very much not a compliment) Rather than a proper duvet, the bed comes with only a thin sheet and a thin brown blanket. This would be great if you booked an experience where you simulate the experience of living like a subsistence farmer, but not so great if you are a regular traveler wanting to get a good, com...
Response from the owner
Dear Sir,<br><br>thank you for your feedback. We are sorry that your experience did not meet your expectations.<br>We would also like to clarify that our restaurant is not Michelin-rated and this info...
Drew S
Made our 3rd visit to Masseria Torre Coccaro and can’t wait to go again next year. The location is beautiful, peaceful, and fantastically maintained. The team is helpful, friendly, and welcoming. It is a kid friendly place and the staff are kind ands welcoming to everyone. Their affiliated beaches give flexibility to get off the resort whilst being provided free, seamless, and quick shuttle tr...
Response from the owner
Dear Sir,<br>thank you very much for your review, we hope to see you again soon at the Masseria!<br><br>Best regards,<br>The Manager
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