travel42 Hotel Review: La Peschiera

La Peschiera travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Set on the Adriatic, midway between sleepy Sevelletri and Monopoli, 10 kilometers south of the latter, a 45-minute drive from the airport at Bari (BRI), this lavish little boutique-hotel has a colorful history. Originally a regal outpost for members of the House of Bourbon, it later was transformed into a fish farm and lodging for weary fisherman.

A number of the fishponds have been converted into pools, while the lodgings have been transformed into 13 el...