A wicker basket, full of almonds, to garnish the rooms where, between one meeting and another, you will go to take a breather Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. A wrought iron aviary transformed into cup holders, if not decorative bottles stuffed with daisies, to soften the atmosphere around Brigitte Marie-Claude Trogneux and to her husband, the French president Emmanuel Macron. Sculptures of dry branches, soft lights behind vertical slabs of tuff and bags full of lemons to make the American president’s stay more pleasant to the eye Joe Biden and his wife Jill. welcome to Borgo Egnaziathe location hidden among the olive trees of Fasano, which from June 13th to 15th will become the center of the world, which from June 13th to 15th will become the center of the world.
Madonna and Beckham in the resort from 4300 euros per night
In this resort spread over sixteen hectares which reproduces the Puglia of the districts suspended between the countryside and the sea, in this cradle of the global jet set which has among its regular visitors Madonna and David Beckham, one of the most anticipated G7s in contemporary history will take place. Also, if not above all, for Pope Francis’ participation in the focus on artificial intelligence. The seven hundred employees of a now cult place of international hospitality know this well. A sought-after destination, which for seventy-two hours will not open its doors to families who can afford to spend 4,300 euros per night, but rather to the most important heads of state on the planet with ministers and delegations in tow. Imagined and created by the Melpignano family, Borgo Egnazia it was inaugurated in 2010 after five years of work. His designer is Pino Brescia, a local designer, who, assisted by a team of architects, undermined a London studio with his idea. An obsession: making Puglia a narrative: breathing it, discovering it, living it.
Court, village and houses
There are three areas, for a total of 550 beds, which divide the furte retiro where the German Chancellor will also stay Olaf Scholz and the British, Japanese and Canadian prime ministers Rishi Sunak, Fumio Kishida and Justin Trudeau with their staff. Meanwhile, the courtyard, characterized indoors by a monumental olive tree with cherry branches. Then the village surrounded by six entrance arches, houses on two levels furnished with keys and “stricaturi” hanging on the walls, private garden, a small square for day and night parties surrounded by fairy-tale lights, pizzica dancers , stalls that distribute typical products. Finally the “houses”, eight blocks that they are equivalent to 28 villas on three floors, each with a swimming pool, rooms with a four-poster bed, expanses of white or cream cushions, ceramics from the hinterland, old coffee machines: potential accommodation for the leaders, but there is no certainty about the destination because there is fierce secrecy. And under the magical light of the plain, the protagonists of the G7 will be able to play golf on the eighteen-hole green parallel to the Adriatic, relax their nerves in the Roman baths, listen to the stories of Clara D’Aprilethe custodian of the Apulian tradition who turned her trullo in Alberobello into an open-air museum and to whom the non-profit association «Clara» was named, taste the starred dishes of the chef from Bari Domingo Schingaro at the tables of the «Due Camini» restaurant. Surprises for refined palates are prepared in those kitchens. But there will be no shortage of local specialties on the menu: orecchiette alle turnip greens and gnummareddi (rolls made with lamb offal). A way to remember that for three days, at the center of the world, there is Puglia.
