Grotta Palazzese Beach Hotel

Grotta Palazzese Beach Hotel sits on the SS16 coastal highway at km 832, roughly 3 km north of Polignano a Mare's town centre, with private beach access, a beach bar, restaurant, terrace, garden, and a continental breakfast included each morning. The hotel is fully wheelchair accessible and offers concierge, tour assistance, multilingual staff, and porter service. The property shares its name with the legendary Grotta Palazzese cave restaurant carved into Polignano's sea cliffs — one of the most photographed dining rooms in Italy. The town's clifftop Centro Storico, built over the dramatic Adriatic coast, is a short drive south: medieval limestone lanes, gelaterie, the Lama Monachile cove with its stone bridge, and the clifftop statute of Domenico Modugno — local boy who wrote Volare in 1958. Red Bull Cliff Diving athletes make the same drop from these walls each summer. Boat tours depart from the shoreline toward the sea caves along the coast.