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Opening this summer in the countryside outside Monopoli, Tenuta Legaro is one of the most anticipated new properties to arrive in Puglia in recent years. Set within an eighteenth-century estate, the project has been built around a concept that is quietly distinct from the masseria hospitality that has long defined the region. The architecture maintains its historic bones while the interiors take an altogether more cosmopolitan direction, creating a property that feels rooted in its landscape without being limited by it. The philosophy is straightforward and well-considered: this is not a place designed for escape, but for reconnection. Reconnection with the pace of the land, with the people around you, with a version of daily life that the noise of modern living tends to crowd out. For travellers who know Puglia well and are looking for something that sits outside the familiar vocabulary of trulli and whitewashed walls, Tenuta Legaro is shaping up to be a genuinely compelling addition to the region's hospitality landscape. We will be watching this one closely.