Head to the heel of Italy’s ‘boot’ and drink in the country’s understated and wholesome southern charm. Sip wine, eat well, and sink into a slower pace of Mediterranean life.

Enjoy a traditional dinner in your villa crafted by a private chef to experience the region’s cucina povera (peasant cooking), where the dishes are simple but allow their hyper-local ingredients to really sing. Think unique pasta shapes, hearty baked casserole with fresh mussels, and warm, fluffy focaccia, all washed down with robust red wine.

Their finest ingredient of all is, of course, olive oil. Puglia produces around 40% of the stuff and no visit to the region would be complete without going to sample the liquid gold at the source with a tour of a local olive oil mill.

After a few days lounging poolside in your stunning 4-bedroom stunning villa, take a day trip to the town of Alberobello, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Puglia’s Itria Valley. It’s trademark is its unique whitewashed trulli buildings with conical roofs which feel reminiscent of fairy houses.