Skip to content
Call +39 0836 600282Message us on WhatsAppPalazzo Mandurino on InstagramPalazzo Mandurino on Facebook
Palazzo Mandurino
The bedroom of the Sciakuddhi suite seen through the half-open door: the bed with a headboard made from a dark door, the damask bedspread, the lit bedside lamp and, through an opening in the stone, the bathroom basin.

The Suites

The legend

Sciakuddhi

In local mythology, the Sciakuddhi is the mischievous elf of the Grecìa Salentina. It represents the residue of a paganism never fully tamed that survives among the cracks of the dry-stone walls and in the dusty attics.

He is the rebellious breath, the heavy breath that crushes the chest of the sleeper like a Doric column fallen into ruin. Bearer of a Berretto scarlatto dipped in the blood of the sunsets, the Sciakuddhrì is an epiphany of disorder. Whoever manages to snatch his ornament obtains hidden treasures, but he remains a free spirit that challenges reason, inhabiting the thin space that passes between a blink of an eye and the beginning of a dream.

The choice of the name celebrates the archaic mystery of the Salento house, where reality breaks down to leave room for the charm of the surreal and the magical.

In this suite

What’s inside

  • Mini pool with hydromassageheated, LED lighting and water cascade
  • Turkish bath

In every suite: towels and bathrobes, a hairdryer, disposable slippers, a kettle with herbal teas, minibar drinks and scented Epsom salts for the hydromassage.

The room

A look inside

Sciakuddhi: the old stone fireplace and, in front of it, a small table with a red metal chair.
The threshold of the Sciakuddhi suite: the open door seen from a rough stone space, framing the lit bedroom with its emerald-green table lamp and the bed beyond.The hydromassage tub of the Sciakuddhi suite, set in an arched niche carved into the stone and lit in blue, with water falling from the blade spout and candles burning on the rim.
The bathroom of Sciakuddhi: the ceramic basin on a wooden top and the Turkish bath lined with blue mosaic.Sciakuddhi: the glass table with two red chairs in front of the French window, a wooden tray and a small vase of dried flowers.

This room

Message us to book it

You’ll hear back from us, in person: tell us your dates and how many you are.

Get in touchBack to the suites