Masseria del Salento is closed throughout August

I am a farmer on loan to entrepreneurship and I do not criticize those who guarantee two shifts in restaurants to their customers, everyone is free to do as they like. But I strongly felt the need to slow down to meet Mother Earth’s basic needs.” Thus, by applying this sacred principle in stark contrast to the general sentiment of diners, Donato Versino closed Le Stanzi for the month of Augustone of the most popular restaurants in the Lecce area, In the countryside of Supersano, famous piece of Akbar farm. Hundreds of his fans, foreign travelers, domestic tourists and overseas tourists were forced to resign by abandoning reservations that had already been made. They postponed the date to September.

family decision

“We would be very happy to embrace them again,” declared 62-year-old Donato Vercino, “just as we would be very happy to get back to work with the collaborators to whom, for the first time ever, we have set aside vacations in August. But we will do so knowing that we have made the best choice By respecting the times and the slow passage of time usual in the south, Puglia and Salento. The decision caused general surprise. How to give away receipts for the summer’s most productive August? Versino tells that he encountered the agony of his palaces, small rooms with an old oil mill and one from Roman times, ruins and, occasionally, a warehouse for agricultural products and sheep breeding. He wanted to protect them, but the reversal also involved his family and collaborators and a decision was made to stop the restaurant in August. The only activity left is to prepare bundles of tomatoes for the winter. Stanzie has been, for the past few years, a destination for television and tourists from all latitudes. They promoted scholarship and welcomed artists, scientists, and professors from Harvard and Silicon Valley into their rooms. «With Le Stanzie – Donato Fersini admitted – I made my dreams come true. With my children Giuseppe, Federica and Roberto We decided to reciprocate what we had received and to thank the land and this farm in our own way, giving them a well-deserved rest.” And through a post on Facebook he warned his customers.