Friendly staff all over the hotel, beautiful and comfortable rooms, quiet environment, spectacular swimming pool, fantastic spa, private beach and golf, topped by amazing Apulian food. 15 minute drive from downtown Lecce. Thank you for a wonderful stay!

Hilton had a half price for weekend stays so we decided to drive to Lecce from Naples. You have to get to this hotel by car. It is out in the middle of fields. So peaceful, and so nice. In January, we had the whole hotel it seemed to ourselves. Softest quilt beds. Flat screen TV. Staff that were very friendly and spoke fluent english. Your tub is a hottub. Our jets didn't work, I called room service and...snap...they came out and fixed. The buffet was really just for us, as there was no one staying there at the time. A spa and indoor pool were opening soon. The hotel is a GREAT base for checking out the province of Puglia. It is about a 10 minute drive to the beach, and 15 minutes to downtown Lecce. I am sure the place fills up in the Summer. They have an awesome outdoor pool in the center courtyard.

My husband and I booked the 4 night golf package which was 3 full days of golf, nice room, and meals without the wine or water. Our first time at an 18 hole course so it was a great experience and we learned a lot. Very windy. It was a good value and our room was lovely and huge and clean. Food was 5 star and the whole vacation was perfect. Too cold for the pool but we had enough to do with playing golf and driving around the area some. We had our own car and drove to the club every morning. It is just at the hotel but too far to walk. They held our sacks in the club house and they would have driven us in the golf cart if we didn't have our car. We walked the course and enjoyed it so much. Really lovely. Not many courses in the south of Italy. At that time of year it was not crowded at all and we felt to have our own private villa and course. But, the day before we arrived the whole hotel was completely booked due to a business seminar and there were several shows in the lobby and a business dinner set up in dining room while we were there. That would be a cool place to book the whole hotel for a business conference. Couldn't ask for any more and we would love to go back again.

As a couple we spent 3 days at the Acaya Golf Hotel in mid October 2004, we were the only guests in this 91 bedroom hotel. To say it was peaceful would be an understatement.
We had a great time though - well attended by a full compliment of staff (about 6 staff members to each of us).
The hotel is like a cream coloured moorish palace in the middle of a plain of lawns, gardens and the golf course. It is about 10 miles from the regional capital and attractive town of Lecce and about a mile from the coast. Access to a car is essential.
The location is in a popular holiday area for Italians which means it is very busy in the holidays but virtually deserted at other times of the year - four lane roads but no other vehicles, in October.
The rooms are modern, spacious, and well equiped, although we would have appreciated a kettle and tea and coffee as well as the minibar etc. Bathrooms are also well equiped with high quality toiletries and have baths with shower over.
The breakfast buffet, even for the two of us, was extensive with lots of fresh fruit, croissants and pastries. We didn't eat in the hotel in the evening - giving the chefs the night off!
Although not golfers, we would describe the golf course as a links course and probably best appreciated in the cooler months or parts of the day. There would be no problem in tee times - we only saw one person play the course in three days.
The only difficulty is finding the hotel. Although it has signs from Lecce the direction arrows don't show up well in the dark. Hint: In Lecce follow signs for the Hotel Crystal until you can pick up the signs for the San Cataldo road, then follow signs to San Cataldo until you see a sign to Acaya.
We certainly intend to go back.