Casa Isabella takes weddings of up to 300 guests in its garden and 200 in its reception hall, along with meetings, workshops, conferences and team building in rooms equipped for presentations. The four-star hotel occupies a ducal palace in the countryside of Mottola, in the province of Taranto in Puglia, and has 26 rooms and suites, a spa and its own restaurant.
Seminars and company events
The hotel sells meetings, conferences, workshops, coaching sessions, strategic meetings, company events and team building. Its meeting rooms are fitted with current technology for presentations and conferences, and dedicated technical support follows each event. Menus for working lunches and dinners are set with the kitchen. With 26 rooms and suites under one roof and a spa below ground, a group can meet, eat and stay on site for a residential seminar of several days. Room names and layouts per room are given in the venue's MICE brochure rather than on the website.
Weddings and receptions
Casa Isabella has the status of a Casa Comunale, so civil weddings with legal value can take place indoors or in the garden. Ceremonies can use the panoramic gazebo in the garden, and the private chapel in the stone courtyard offers a quiet moment for the couple. The reception hall, set in the palace's former warehouses, seats up to 200 guests, and the centuries-old garden takes up to 300 outdoors. Wine service and the wedding cake are part of the offer, and an open bar can be added. A suite is set aside for the couple's first night, and guests can stay in the other rooms.
Rooms and capacities
The reception hall holds up to 200 guests. The garden takes up to 300 for receptions and ceremonies. The palace also has reception rooms on the piano nobile, a billiard room, old cellars, the stone courtyard and the chapel, which can serve for aperitifs, photos and the smaller moments of an event.
Accommodation
The hotel lists 23 rooms and 3 suites. Categories run from Standard rooms facing the park or the entrance and Deluxe rooms on the courtyard to a Junior Suite, suites with private terraces and the Suite Ducale. The underground spa has a Finnish sauna, a Turkish bath, a Kneipp path and a hydromassage pool, which gives seminar groups and wedding guests something to do between sessions.
Catering
The restaurant, I Granai, sits in the space where travelers once left their grain. It has stone floors, large windows and a terrace over the garden. The kitchen works with local products and reinterprets Puglian cooking, alongside Mediterranean dishes and a wine list. Event and wedding menus come from the same team and can be adapted.
History and setting
Duke Nicola de' Sangro built the palace in 1879 and named it after Isabella de' Medici. It stood on an old route between the Terra d'Otranto and the Dogana di Foggia, which made it a stop for trade and travelers. A careful restoration in 1999 kept its original features, from the stone courtyard to the chapel.
Getting there
The address is Palazzo Ducale, San Basilio, Mottola, in the province of Taranto. The palace has a guarded car park for guests.
