# Il Poeta Contadino

Restaurant en Alberobello · Itria Valley

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/where-to-eat/il-poeta-contadino · Revisado: 2026-11-12

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Fine-dining Apulian restaurant in Alberobello, opened in 1977 by Leonardo Marco, with a Michelin star since 1990 according to the house and a large cellar.

Il Poeta Contadino is Alberobello's fine-dining table, a few steps from the Rione Monti, on Via Indipendenza. It was opened in 1977 by Leonardo Marco, an Alberobello native who left his economics studies to devote himself to cooking, and he is still at the helm. It is the place for the special meal of the trip in the Itria Valley: Apulian produce, creative technique and classic restaurant service.
The house
According to the restaurant itself, it received a Michelin star in 1990, among the first in Apulia; in 1993 Gault Millau chose it as the best restaurant in Italy, and in 1997 its cellar received the Grand Award from Wine Spectator magazine, which the house still displays as its pride. The dining room has exposed stone walls, white tablecloths, upholstered chairs and old paintings: a formal, celebratory atmosphere.
The website does not say whether the star is still current: if it matters to you, check the Michelin guide before booking.
The menu
It mixes dishes from Apulian tradition with signature ideas. The current menu has, as starters, sea bream millefeuille with liquorice glaze and olive powder, soy-glazed aubergine or artichoke flan with burrata and anchovy oil. For first courses, broad bean purée with cavatelli and seafood, the dish of the land in a sea version; black tagliolini with clams and sea fennel, and strascinate with cardoncelli mushrooms, red onion and sausage. For main courses, sea bream with potato ravioli and Bari olive tapenade, sea bream in a black bread crust with burrata sauce, lamb with mint goat's cheese or pork fillet in an herb crust.
The menu does not publish prices. Expect fine-dining prices: it is the most expensive table in this guide to the valley.
Hours and booking
It is open every day, at lunchtime and in the evening, except Mondays that are not public holidays. Book with the form on its website, choosing lunch or dinner, or by phone, +39 080 432 1917. The same house has a simpler osteria, the Osteria del Poeta.
Getting there
It is on Via Indipendenza, in the centre of Alberobello, a few minutes' walk from the Rione Monti and the Trullo Sovrano. If you sleep in the town, come on foot; if not, leave the car in the car parks at the entrance.

Qué pedir: the broad bean purée with cavatelli and seafood, and a wine from its cellar on the dining room's advice.

## Practical details

- Address: Via Indipendenza, 21, 70011 Alberobello, BA
- Phone: +39 080 432 1917
- Email: info@ilpoetacontadino.it
- Open every day at lunchtime and in the evening, except Mondays that are not public holidays; the website does not publish service hours
- Cuisine: Apulian, creative, fish, meat
- House specialities: Broad bean purée with cavatelli and seafood, Black tagliolini with clams and sea fennel, Strascinate with cardoncelli mushrooms, red onion and sausage, Lamb with mint goat's cheese
- Bookings: https://www.ilpoetacontadino.it/
- Details checked on 12 November 2026.

## Cómo llegar y contacto

- Web: https://www.ilpoetacontadino.it/
- Coordenadas: 40.7807, 17.2432

## Cerca de aquí

- [Trullidea, albergo diffuso in the trulli](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/where-to-stay/trullidea), a 575 m
- [Alberobello on foot: the Rione Monti and the Trullo Sovrano](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/things-to-do/trullo-sovrano-and-rione-monti), a 999 m
- [Bina, ristorante di Puglia](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/where-to-eat/bina), a 7.7 km
- [A walk through Locorotondo, the round town above the valley](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/things-to-do/locorotondo-old-town-walk), a 7.9 km
- [Vineyards and Itria Valley white wine tasting at I Pàstini](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/things-to-do/tasting-at-i-pastini), a 9.0 km
- [Baroque Martina Franca: gates, Palazzo Ducale and San Martino](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/things-to-do/baroque-martina-franca), a 11.7 km
- [Park Hotel San Michele](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/where-to-stay/park-hotel-san-michele), a 12.1 km
- [Guided visit to the Grotte di Castellana](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley/things-to-do/grotte-di-castellana), a 13.2 km

## Consejos

### For the dinner of the trip
After a sunset stroll among the trulli, it is the table to celebrate something.

### Ask about the wine
The cellar is the reason for its fame: let yourself be advised.

### Not on Monday
It closes on Mondays, except public holidays.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### Which day does Il Poeta Contadino close?
Mondays that are not public holidays.

### Does it have a Michelin star?
The house says it received it in 1990. Check in the Michelin guide whether it keeps it.

### Do I need to book?
It is advisable: book on its website or by phone.

### Is it open on Sundays?
Yes, every day except non-holiday Mondays.

Destino: [Itria Valley](https://www.geocalia.com/en/italy/apulia/itria-valley.md)