G7 in Borgo Egnazia: everything I saw that made me fall in love with the most exclusive resort in Puglia
The olive groves loop to the right and left, then a white gravel road. You arrive at Borgo Egnazia, in the province of Brindisi, with eyes saturated with greens, blues and dry stone walls. But it is only the antechamber of that Apulian joie de vivre that lives in this resort that is talked about so much and now that it hosts the G7 and Pope Francis even more so. I also arrive there, aware of the fact that no, it is not an ancient village, but a project that takes up the Apulian tradition and pays homage to it. The village was built with rough tuff stones by the Melpignano family (already owners of the nearby Masseria San Domenico) and inaugurated in 2010. The entrance is majestic, almost solemn. Neutral shades, lanterns everywhere, inviting lounges. But already at check in I sense that there is more to it than the delightfully old style atmosphere, the profoundly peaceful air and the artfully designed lifestyle that reigns supreme in every smallest detail. The person who welcomes me is Francesco, a cheerful, relaxed, easy-going guy who is part of the “Local Advisers”, a team of local young people who support you throughout your stay. While he leads me to my “Casetta Bella”, one of the 92 houses in the village to which are added the 28 private villas and the 63 double bedrooms, Francesco shows me the basics, that is, the small square, where mini dancing festivals are set up, the ice cream shop, the restaurants, the vast turquoise swimming pool set in the white stone plateau. Slowly, slowly, alley after alley, I realize that Borgo Egnazia has really been designed with an obsessive attention to detail, scattered among an explosion of bougainvillea and an olive tree, and that the tuff has aged very well, bringing that flavor of time that was missing .
