10/10 Exceptional
Amazing hotel, location. Staff went above and beyond to please us. Breakfast was superb.
Truly 5 star hotel!
tatiana
tatiana, 4-night trip
Grotta Palazzese
Luxury hotel with restaurant, near Grotta Ardito Promenade
Nestled near Lama Monachile Beach, Grotta Palazzese is a haven for relaxation. Unwind with dry cleaning/laundry services, explore the nearby Pino Pascali Museum or indulge in delicious food at the restaurant.
Wonderful
Popular amenities
- Free parking
- Free WiFi
- Restaurant
- Connecting rooms available
- Air conditioning
- Bar
Main amenities (12)
- Daily housekeeping
- Near the beach
- Restaurant and bar/lounge
- Breakfast available
- Room service
- 24-hour front desk
- Air conditioning
- Front-desk safe
- Laundry service
- Multilingual staff
- Concierge services
- Luggage storage
Feel at home (6)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Television
- Daily housekeeping
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Laundry service
- Elevator
$1,413 nightly
$1,562 total
Feb 8 - Feb 9
Total with taxes and fees
Why we love this property
Luxury in the city center
Ocean views complement the curated decor at this luxury hotel. Set in a historical district, the property delights with its stylish ambiance.
Dining with a view
Experience ocean-view dining and local cuisine at the restaurant. The hotel offers continental breakfast, in-room champagne, and private dining options.
Luxury sleep oasis
Drift into dreams on hypo-allergenic premium bedding with a plush down comforter. This hotel elevates slumber with pillow menus and champagne service.
Room options
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Deluxe Depandance 356
Highlights
Terrace
Soundproofed
Individually decorated
Air conditioning
Heating
Connecting rooms available
Smart TV
Hypo-allergenic bedding
- Sea view
- 409 sq ft
- Sleeps 2
- 1 King Bed
Suite (151)
Highlights
Separate sitting area
Soundproofed
Individually decorated
Fireplace
Air conditioning
Heating
Connecting rooms available
Smart TV
- Sea view
- 603 sq ft
- 1 bedroom
- Sleeps 2
- 1 King Bed
Suite (252)
Exceptional
Highlights
Soundproofed
Individually decorated
Air conditioning
Heating
Connecting rooms available
Smart TV
Hypo-allergenic bedding
Pillow menu
- Sea view
- 581 sq ft
- 1 bedroom
- Sleeps 2
- 1 King Bed
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About the neighborhood
Via Narciso 59, Polignano a Mare, BA, 70044
About this property
Grotta Palazzese
When visiting Polignano a Mare, Grotta Palazzese is a great choice to consider. Guests looking for a bite to eat can check out Grotta Palazzese, which serves local cuisine and is open for lunch and dinner.
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Dining
Grotta Palazzese - Overlooking the ocean, this fine-dining restaurant specializes in local cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. Reservations are required.
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Grotta Palazzese Reviews
Wonderful
9.8
Cleanliness
9.0
Location
9.2
Staff & service
9.4
Property conditions & facilities
Popular mentions
Service staffRestaurantRoomViewLocationAmenities10/10 Exceptional
Beautiful view from our room. Staff were friendly and helpful. Made our visit to Poligliano a Mare special.
Miriam
Miriam, 2-night trip
8/10 Very good
Location and transit shuttle to beach
barbara
barbara, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
The hotel gave us an amazing welcome and had a fruit platter waiting in our room for our honeymoon, as well as rose petals on our bed forming a heart. The staff is extremely helpful and kind!
Melissa
Melissa, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Amazing hotel. Staff were incredible. Nicest town we have ever been in.
Curtis
Curtis, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
The best hotel we have ever stayed at, staff were amazing, dinner was amazing, the view from the room was spectacular. Cant wait to stay again one day.
Shelley
Shelley, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Views are amazing. Location is excellent
Neel
Neel, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Staff was very accommodating to our requests
Rohan
Rohan, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Beautiful hotel with gorgeous sea view. Driver to go to private beach which is crystal clear water calm Loved my stay here
Jack
Jack, 3-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Views that take your breath away! Beautifuo marble floors, soft sheets and just the right pillows. Staff was delightful and the breakfast was enough to take you to dinner.
Melissa
Melissa, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Short and very sweet stay at a luxurious property.
An amazing but unfortunately brief stay at a stunning hotel. The proximity to the cave restaurant below and its location in the old town centre was an added benefit.
Marian
Marian, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
The Staff is amazing
Robin
10/10 Exceptional
I would like to thank the manager and entire staff that delivering outstanding service at every moment of my stay. I definitely would return and highly recommend this phenomenal hotel and enjoyed the cuisine at the Restaurant as well, and entire staff at restaurant was exquisite. Thank you Grotta Palezesse and shall definitely visit again
Miss Joycie
Joyce
Joyce, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Absolutely elegant and well done in every way.
Verified traveler
1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
The hotel is built for royalty and you are treated as such by the staff. There is nothing that the hotel staff does not take care of.
Antonio
Antonio, 1-night trip
2/10 Poor
The hotel room was nice. The hotel stall nice. The restaurant was terrible. One of the worst meals I have ever had in 30years traveling to Italy. The waitstaff was the absolute worst I have ever experienced!
John
John, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Parking is an issue
Nicola
Nicola, 4-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
I normally don't post reviews, but had to make an exception for this hotel. It is amazing! Yes, expensive, but the property is unique, and worth it! An unforgetable experience. The staff bends over backwards to take care of your every need. The rooms have views looking right down to the grotto and out to the Adriatic Sea. Like being on a cruise ship. Our room was one of the most modern I've ever stayed in with remote controlled lighting, curtains, music and climate control. The amenities are all top-notch. The town of Polignano a Mare is beautiful. About 35 minutes south of Bari. The people are so friendly. We ate at the restaurant in the cave below the hotel and had a once-in-a-lifetime dining experience. I was a little concerned based on some online reviews about the restaurant, but don't let those scare you away, definitely check it out. The restaurant staff was 10/10, with multiple people tending to us through the amazing meal. If you are coming to Italy this place should be on your list of stops.
George
George, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
This place is breathtaking. I had the suite with the jacuzzi and dinner reservations at the restaurant but arrived on a very windy day. Not only did they warn me ahead of time, they were super accommodating once I got there and gave me options as I would not have been able to use the jacuzzi that day. The restaurant was closed but they went out of their way to give me a private tour so I could take photos and videos. Everyone was super sweet, and I will definitely come back! Do yourself a favor and stay here; you will NOT regret it one bit. One of the best experiences of my life to date, even with the wind.
Pratiti
6/10 Good
The place is beautiful. The staff is the best. The property itself is very well located but other than the views which are amazing, the hotel doesn't have any amenities that justify how much they charge a night.
The other thing that didn't make sense to me is that there is no pool or beach access. If you want, you can pay $50 per person and they will take you to their other hotel 3km away. Do they really need to charge for that, just included in the price per night, that would have made more sense to me.
Lastly eating in the restaurant, which is expensive as well, it was a magical experience.
In summary, I will go back to the restaurant but not the hotel
Suren
Suren, 1-night trip
6/10 Good
Stunning view/ mediocre service
Price of rooms reflect an unmatched view and location. But the quality of breakfast and dinner were disappointing. If you like a stale croissant with the most amazing view for 50 euros- this is the hotel. Importantly, the worst part of the hotel was the staff. No one went beyond greeting to do anything. The parking is an absolute nightmare to figure out and the hotel never emailed or made us aware of the circumstances. So all around, not the best value for the incredibly expensive price- other than the view. Our daughter wanted to come join us for one night, and not only was the hotel completely reluctant to provide a cot, they would not even allow her to come with us in the shuttle to the beach. All five of our family members took a van, while our daughter had to take a TukTuk motorcycle to the beach, where she was also prohibited from entering due to “full capacity”, but there were at least 50% open chairs and umbrellas. The hotel staff was so unwilling to help us find a solution to our daughter having no where to sleep for the night to the point where we felt genuinely uncomfortable with her even entering the hotel with us. We offered to pay extra money for her to enter the beach, or shuttle, or even another cot, but they were unmovable. It was not so much that the policy was so severe, but that the service was so unwilling to assist us in alternative solutions. Our stay was fine until this stain of an experience.
Marjan
Marjan, 3-night trip
4/10 Fair
For anyone reading this, just know that if you want to book here, you are paying a LOT of money for the setting NOT the food, drink or service. The food was good but not €200 for three courses(!!!) good. Both the starter and main came out lukewarm and bland. The dessert took 1h to come after the main course even with me asking numerous times for it. The drinks were ridiculous with a €6-8 beer charged at €45 and a bottle of water for €10. The service however was the worst element of the whole experience. No greeting as you arrived or left, staff wearing face masks on their chins, they were ultimately slow and inattentive. The whole meal took us three hours with lots of waiting and the disappointment in the service ruined the overall experience. The views were great but they could only compensate so much for purely bad service and in the end, it really wasn’t worth it.
I also stayed at the hotel. The room was clean and spacious but overpriced and there were many other hotels nearby that were much better value, with more character and I’d have gotten much more for my money. Again, the staff were poor. Mediocre reception to our arrival, no hotel tour of where to find the amenities - we were bluntly told there is no bar when we asked but no friendly recommendation of something in the vicinity.
If I could redo the whole thing, I wouldn’t stay at the hotel because really it’s a restaurant with a hotel - not a hotel with a restaurant (if that makes sense).
Rukia
Rukia, 3-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Maravilhoso o hotel
eduardo a
eduardo a, 1-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Incrível
Guilherme
Guilherme, 2-night trip
10/10 Exceptional
Excelente servicio, nosotras no hablamos ingles y Arianna demasiado amable nos explico todo en español y fue de gran alivio. Gracias por su gran atención, nos facilitaron todo lo que queríamos, dan un excelente servicio como ninguno Ariana y Dario. Les agradecemos mucho. Son los mejores, estan el turno de la tarde ellos. Sin duda volveremos a regresar.
astrid
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