Masseria Rienzo

In the white city of limestone stairways, at the highest point of the village, a skillfully restored ancient residence houses a splendid relais that – fittingly – bears the name La Sommità. The gourmet restaurant Cielo welcomes guests with romantic summer dinners among the citrus trees of the small inner courtyard, or in the barrel-vaulted dining room, where the atmosphere is intimate and evocative. The menu offers a modern reinterpretation of Apulian cuisine: not to be missed are the stewed catalogna with grilled lamb offal and sweet-and-sour lampascioni, or the pasta cooked in spicy tomato w