By Kitty McGee, Executive Fashion & Beauty Director at Stylist Magazine
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of a trip coming together. Here is the full itinerary below with all our insider notes.
HIGHLIGHTS
An achingly stylish, sprawling hotel with olive trees and star jasmine everywhere, a shallow kids pool, on-site gelato shop, a world-class spa, and a breakfast of dreams
Fresh seafood eaten simply on plastic chairs with your feet in the sand
The gorgeous white-washed hilltop towns of Ostuni and Locorotundo
Seeing UNESCO World Heritage trulli houses
Stopping for orecchiette pasta, salumi, crispy pizza and gorgeous wines from the surrounding vineyards as much as you can
"The single row of sun loungers around the pool meant you could actually relax as you always had full view of your kids."
- Kitty McGee
Puglia
Days
4 Days
Stay
A 5* resort called Borgo Egnazia
Best Age
All ages
Getting Around
Car rental. Or taxis
When
May to October
SETTLING IN
Entertainment in the evenings at Borgo Egnazia
MORNING
We flew out to Bari from Gatwick at 7.20am (a bit earlier than we’d like in hindsight, but flights are limited in May and October as it’s not peak season). We pick up our hire car and punch in our destination. Despite the tiredness from our early start, we’re so excited. On arrival at Borgo Egnazia an hour later, the concierge takes us to our 'casetta' (suite) and checks us in remotely from the room while staff bring pear juices for the kids, and tomato and olive focaccia and taralli.
AFTERNOON
We head to the pool to rest for the remainder of the day, where the children play in the two shallower kids’ pools and we grab some light lunch poolside.
EVENING
We eat early (pizzas for the kids, elderflower spritzes and artichoke salads for us) at L’Angoletto, the poolside restaurant. There’s entertainment in the square each evening. En route back to our room we stop to watch a mime artist and jugger who were asking kids to join in, and surprisingly, they all do.
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