Masseria Il Frantoio, near Ostuni, Italy, houses a huge hypogeum olive press for producing oil in a natural cave. (Rocco De Benedictis / For The Times)
A few minutes by car from the seaside, Masseria Il Frantoio is a well-known agriturismo on a working farm with more than 4,000 olive trees. It calls the countryside of Ostuni home. (Rocco De Benedictis / For The Times)
A sumptuous breakfast rustico at the Lord and Lady McAlpine’s B&B, the chic and soulful country house of Lord Alastair MacAlpine and his wife, Athena, in Marittima di Diso, Italy (Rocco De Benedictis / For The Times)
Half an hour south of Lecce, Lord and Lady McAlpine’s Bed & Breakfast is a jewel of the tiny fishing village of Marittima di Diso. (Rocco De Benedictis / For The Times)
