The house-museum 'Tramontana' is a typical Court House located in an alley in the historic center of Melendugno. The house consists of an entrance courtyard, a living room, a double bedroom (equipped with air conditioning system), kitchen, bathroom and a back courtyard. Both outdoor spaces are at the exclusive disposal of guests. The interior of the house is furnished with antiques and furniture that recall the Salento peasant of a century ago. The Case a Corte represent the typical way of living of the peasant classes of Salento and are found in many countries of the Mediterranean area. In this type of house the courtyard is the main element of the house, and is designed as a multifunctional space, used as a place of work, storage, shelter for animals and especially space for socialization and entertainment. The interior is carefully furnished with furniture and accessories of our ancestors, recovered between antique markets and old cellars, trying to recall lost lifestyles and to live practices, customs and traditions as precious as forgotten. We therefore recommend our guests to take extreme care of objects and antique furniture. Breakfast will be avaliable at a Bar Pasticceria near the house.

Welcome to our beautiful land. Come and try the tradicional lifestyle of Salento people: we will happy to guide you trough the village and to give you some advice on things to do and on places to visit.

The house is in the historic center and is located a short walk from the village square and the seventeenth-century church of the Immaculate Conception. The historic centre of Melendugno is characterized by the presence of frequent houses with medieval courtyards consisting of a central courtyard on which overlook the various living spaces and the presence of underground oil mills (called "trappiti", or underground caverns without light and dug into the limestone bench used for the production of olive oil. They were built underground in order to exploit the greater thermal constancy and protect the product from sudden changes in temperature). The seventeenth-century church of the Immaculate and the square of the church of M.SS. Assunta are certainly worth a visit, to conclude with the castle of Amely, baronial palace that looks like a tower on a polygonal base. The alleys of the old town, where the house is immersed, still enjoy the tranquility, silence and low rhythms of the past.