The brand new Kalidria Hotel & Thalasso SPA offers luxury, nature and wellness in the heart of Stornara in Puglia.
It is the Bioenergetic Nature Reserve of Stornara, a territory of more than 1500 hectares in the coastal area of the Ionic Arch, to welcome the Ethra Reserve, a project of renovation and redevelopment of the Castellaneta tourist complex built by Bluserena Spa. Thanks to an investment of over 13 million euros from the Italian hotel company, the Ethra Reserve complex, already known as Nova Yardinia, has been profoundly redesigned and renovated, the services have been extended and the green requalified, to offer guests an exclusive holiday experience in the heart of the Apulian nature, less than an hour from Matera, Unesco Heritage and European Capital of Culture for 2019. This is where the Kalidria Hotel & Thalasso SPA is located, designed by architect Emilio Ambasz, precursor of the green design philosophy: preserving the primitive beauty of the site, a new landscape has been built in which soft and tender structures follow each other like hills. Restyling also for the 110 rooms of the Kalidria – including 9 junior
suites and an Albachiara suite, all with private furnished terrace and view on the nature reserve – and renovation for the 3500 sqm Thalasso SPA, which now has 2 swimming pools (one indoor and an external one) with sea water and the Acquatonico Marino path and offers a selection of treatments formulated for a rémise en forme shapes signed Comfort Zone. Furthermore, a zone of wellness en plein air was created. Complete the offer of the Kalidria (which is part of the lifestyle collection of Preferred Hotels & Resorts) a private beach with direct access to the Beach Club, the Nautical Club and the Diving Ethra Reserve as well as a refined gastronomic proposal: guests can choose between 3 restaurants , including one at the beach and the gourmet Coquì and 2 bars, one of which is finely equipped by the sea. The extensive renovation project of Bluserena Spa also involved the 5-star Alborèa Ecolodge Resort with 124 eco-lodges perfectly integrated into nature and with access to the Thalasso SPA, but also the GranValentino Village, 4-star hotel with 556 new and renovated rooms divided into Premium, Comfort and Suite. (ethrareserve.com)
