Palazzo Ducale Venturi is in Minervino di Lecce about hour’s drive from Brindisi. Take a book, switch off your phone, try to switch off your worries and enjoy your own touch of authentic Italian luxury in Puglia. Palazzo Ducale Venturi www.palazzoducaleventuri.com Via Podgora, 60, 73027 Minervino di Lecce LE, Italy +39 3311499980 [email protected] The Puglian Welcome Is a southern Italian welcome which for me was seeing the manager Martina Provenzano stride across the central foyer with a beaming smile and great warmth to embrace. We are in Italy and in the south. To my mind she…