Hotel Masseria Fortificata Donnaloia

I like it here but the wifi is shocking so they shouldn’t really advertise as having it. The food is nice. Everything is clean and the staff are lovely. Wifi is shockingly bad and it’s hard for me to be a solo traveller without a bit of connection to people I know.

This is a charming hotel, extremely relaxing and definitely with a character. Our room (26) was one of the best rooms we stayed in. However, keep in mind, there was no shower, just a jacuzzi with a pullout handle. It didn’t bother us. Hotel staff was very friendly. It was nice chatting to young gentlemen at breakfast specifically. Location is perfect. 10 minutes walk to the beach, but if you need beach umbrellas and chairs, you need to either drive for 7 minutes or take hotel’s free shuttle. Keep in mind that there is a pick up schedule to go back to the hotel, you can’t just leave any time you want. There was one minor thing that bothered us. The breakfast started at 8 am, which is kinda late for us and for the industry standard, but, hey, it’s Puglia, I haven’t met a single tourist who spoke language other than Italian. It was definitely a 5 star experience and we will be recommending Masseria Donnaloia to our friends.

breakfast started a little too late for us and per industry standard

The wifi didn’t work in my room so I had to move to another part of the hotel so I could work. The dinner was pre prepared and pre heated. Tiramisu was frozen.

Da migliorare

Chambres correctes et propres Petit déjeuner moyen Service moyennement aimable Proximité de la plage bonne Peu parlent français dommage

masseria tres propre proche de la plage. malgre service peu compétent et petit déjeuner peu diversifié

assez proche de la mer. propre. chambre spartiate. mais service épouvantable à l’accueil. petit déjeuner médiocre.

The rate of this location seems to be a 5*, but honestly cannot be anything more than 3*. the location itself is not bad, but really nothing special. The guys at reception were fine, but they did not propose any of the possible services till explicit request based on the info we got from internet (e.g. pool, spa, restaurant). Explanation about the possibility to have dinner at their restaurant was so poor that we could not even imagine to thinck about. the room was small a bit old as condition, but nice and overall comfortable. what is not acceptable for any hotel level but mainly for a 5* (so said) the waste bin in the bathroom was not cleared after the former guests... It was just for one night, then ok. But I will remember to not go again.

A terrible experience . 5 star for what ? Location non clean and with no sanitization . Dark hot room s and very bad breakfast . Service terrible . If you are looking for a class romantic or high lever holiday forget this place . Swimming pool irk and not cleaned Disaster !!!