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Comfortable rooms inside a historic palazzo, a hydromassage tub, bike rentals and the genuine warmth of family hospitality.
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Urban Farmhouse · Matino, Salento
Roots in the Fields,
Roots in the Fields,
Hospitality at Home
An 18th-century palazzo in the heart of Salento where countryside rhythms meet warm family welcome. Welcome to the Protopapa family.
- Synergic & Organic Farming
- Seasonal Products
- Traditional Cuisine
- Family Hospitality
- Authentic Experiences
- Local Territory
Three Experiences, One Family
Every day at the masseria revolves around hospitality, food and the living traditions of Salento.
Food
Farm to table — handmade pasta, artisanal cheeses, preserves and the finest Salentine peasant cuisine, grown by our own hands.
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Experiences
Fresh pasta workshops, cheese-making labs, wood-fired pizza and the pizzica — the living traditions of Salento within reach.
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We Are an Urban Farmhouse
We are a family-run agricultural business founded in 2002, nestled inside a 17th-century palazzo in the historic centre of Matino. Here, the Salento countryside and village life merge into a unique experience: the urban masseria.
The Protopapa family cultivates the red soil of Salento using synergistic and organic methods, brings the produce directly to the table, and passes down peasant traditions to anyone who wants to rediscover them — whether a guest for a day or a week.
"United at table, the heart is content."About our farm
— Salentine proverb
Live Salento from the Inside
More than a stay — a full immersion into the traditions, flavours and rhythms of the masseria.
Fresh Pasta Workshop
Learn to make orecchiette, maccheroni al ferro and hand-rolled pasta the old-fashioned way — with your hands.
Cheese-Making Lab
Discover the secrets of burrata, fresh ricotta and the "tris del casaro" — three cheeses, three stories, one tradition.
Wood-Fired Pizza
We light the ancient oven and knead the dough together — Salentine pizza made with ancient grain flour.
Pizzica Salentina
Live music, tambourine and traditional dance: an evening with the pizzica to feel the very heartbeat of Salento.
What Our Guests Say
"The workshop with Greta and her mum was a wonderful experience. The Protopapa family makes you feel truly at home — unforgettable."
Milan, Italy
"We spent two nights with Daniele and Greta — magnificent hospitality and the real Salento, the kind that's increasingly hard to find."
Paris, France
"We booked this stay for the cooking course. The rooms are beautiful, the food exceptional and the warmth of the family is something you simply can't find anywhere else."
Ottawa, Canada
Stories from the Masseria
Salentine Vincotto: The Ancient Gold of Salento, between Tradition and Purity
Salentine vincotto, the cuettu, is nothing but cooked grape must: no sugar, no thickeners. Here is our new end-of-summer batch made with must from Cantine Terre di Bagnolo in Manduria, fifteen hours of slow reduction over a low flame.
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The Secrets of Puglian Orecchiette: History, Curiosities and Our Family Recipe
Who invented orecchiette and why do they have this shape? History, curiosities from our workshops and the traditional recipe from our farmhouse in Matino.
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From the Earth to the Plate: 3 Special Salads for Lizzie (and for Summer in Salento)
Three salad recipes born from our masseria's vegetable garden, inspired by a special week and Lizzie's curiosity.
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