The Apulia territory with slight reliefs is rich in ways, paths and country roads which permit a great variety of tours for every kind of holidays you choose to make by bike.

In few minutes you can reach Martina franca, conversano, Castellana Grotte, Locorotondo, Alberobello, Cisternino and the sea.

Conversano, ancient and beautiful small city, is worth being visited for its Cathedral, its many and ancient churches, the Castle and S. Benedetto convent.

Castellana Grotte is famous all over the world for the magnificence of its caves which spread out for abour 3500 meters, at the end of them there is the White Cave, so called for the whiteness of its calcareous concretions.

The nearest beaches are S. Stefano Lido, Cala Verde, Copa Cabana, a delightful small cove, Barcollando, Sabbiadoro: all of them are sandy beaches and the sea is crystal clear.

Locorotondo, beautiful and lively village which is situated on a rise, is famous for the wonderful panoramic view of Valle d’Itria. The ancient part of Locorotondo is characteristic for the concentric layout of its small streets and for its typical houses with sloping roofs made with calcareous plates. The dome of the Mother Church devoted to St. George is silhouetted against the skyline and dominates the whole town.

Alberobello, characterised by its cone-shaped dwellings “trulli”, is situated on two hill reliefs. On the western peak, there are the “trulli”, protected under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) world heritage law.

Mountainbike - Masseria Sacerdote, Conversano

Cisternino, situated on a rise and characterised by white houses with inner stairs painted whitewash (an example of spontaneous architecture), is of Messapiche and Roman origins and owned by Italian-Greek monks.

Mountainbike - Masseria Sacerdote, Conversano

The best way to discover them is riding your bike, in this way you can also appreciate places and unique and unpolluted scenery: from Conversano to Castellana Grotte (only 5 Km far from the Agritourism), as far as the wonderful villages of Valle d’Itria such as Locorotondo, Alberobello and Martina Franca.

Don’t forget that the B&B is in the middle of the naturalistic protected area called “Parco dei Laghi”.

This area can also be visited addressing to the association Infolaghi which organizes guided tours to let you know the nature reserve of the lakes in Conversano, their characteristics and their biodiversity.

We have 12 bicycles at guests’ disposal (8 mountain bikes and 4 city bikes, for adults and children): on demand it is possible to be accompanied on going there and back at the departure point of the chosen itinerary.

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Trulli - Bed and breackfast Masseria Sacerdote

Opening time: from Easter week to the first decade of November.

In the structure there are 10 beds in total, they are so distributed:

• Large Trullo with a double room, a chair-bed, wooden pieces of furniture, bright coloured fabric, a space to put clothes away, a fireplace, a cooking corner with saucepans and kitchenware, a fridge, a large bathroom with stone walls, floor in earthenware, a shower. It is possible to add another chair-bed if requested.
• Small Trullo with a double room, wooden pieces of furniture, bright coloured fabric, bathroom with stone walls, floor in earthenware and a shower. It is possible to add another chair-bed if requested.
• A spacious apartment on the first floor, reached by an outer stone stair, with 2 twin beds, which can be transformed into a double bed, and a chair-bed. It overlooks the trulli. It has a peculiarity: the bathroom is divided into a room with the bath and another one with the washbasin, the toilet and the bidet.⁶
• Another apartment on the ground floor with an intermediate floor, 2 double beds, a chair-bed, a fridge, a dinner table and a bathroom.

Our breakfast is made with biological food.

Pulmino - Masseria Sacerdote, Conversano

Further optional services:

Transfer service by minibus for eight people from and to Palese Airport, for short tours in the territory. It is possible to have a tourist guide for the zone if requested (for groups of at least 6 people), bike service with thirteen bikes available.

Price list:

• € 95.00 per day (for a couple) Double room, breakfast included
• € 70.00 per day Double room for single use, breakfast included
• € 130.00 per day Triple room, breakfast included
• € 40.00 per day Chair-bed, breakfast included
• € 225.00 per day (five people) Apartment with an intermediate floor, 40 sq. m., breakfast included

Prices in August:

• € 105.00 per day (for a couple) Double room, breakfast included
• € 80.00 per day Double room for single use, breakfast included
• € 140.00 per day Triple room, breakfast included
• € 40.00 per day Chair-bed, breakfast included
• € 250.00 per day (five people) Apartment with an intermediate floor, 40 sq. m., breakfast included

For children under 10 the price is 25.00€ a day, breakfast included.

Colazione - Masseria Sacerdote, Conversano

The guests receive a warm welcome by an aperitif with “taralli”, wine and other typical local delicacies (depending on the arrival time): it is a simple anticipation of the service that will be reserved to the guests who will stay in the B&B Sacerdote Farm.

Every morning, in the shadow of a pergola surrounded by green, the rich breakfast offered by the owner on a table prepared with pieces of pottery will make your day better and you will taste genuine flavours.

Ancient recipes and Apulia specialities, all made with organic products, among which tarts with home made jam, different kinds of cakes, “apostles’ fingers’, separated milk, orange juice, freshly made warm ricotta cheese and fresh eggs brought by a peasant, a courgette and mint omelette, toasted bread seasoned with olive oil and tomatoes, fruit and lemons from the garden, pies and home made bread.

All of them strictly depending on the season and on the availability of organic products.

Camera doppia - Trullo Grande

“Farm Sacerdote” B&B represents a perfect example of the union between ancient and modern.

The sober and elegant furnishing, basic but refined, goes very well with the ancient and country structure of the rooms, from the stone walls to the earthenware floor.

The wooden furniture make the atmosphere warm and familiar, as well as the coloured cloth of blankets, of sofas and of armchairs give a touch of cheerfulness which makes your stay even more pleasant.

On the ground floor the rooms are valuable, the wood is predominant: the kitchen with the central island (not available for the guests) and the living room, where you can have breakfast when the weather is not good, made out of the old stable testified by the stone arcades of the mangers.

Salone - Masseria Sacerdote, Conversano

entrance first floor - Masseria Sacerdote - Conversano

The “Farm Sacerdote” Bed and Breakfast is composed of a main body with two floors: ground floor and first floor, and two adjoining trulli, the “Big Trullo” and the “Small Trullo”, used as rooms too, you can get to them both by a main entrance and a country road called “viale del Sacerdote”.

The dating at XVII century is certified for certain by the presence of a particular kind of crucifix on the chimneypot of the fireplace. The restoration of the building is excellent made with a particular method, the stone brushing inside the building and the preservation of the plaster of a century ago on the outside walls.

The large spaces in the garden are really painstaking like in an agritourism; for the guests there are comfortable deckchairs and cushions under a white sail deep in the green and tables for breakfast in the shadow of a pergola covered with climbing plants.