Trullo Wonderful!We very much enjoyed our first joint trip to Italy and our holiday in Trullo Di Giovanna. The spacious and comfortable interior, the relaxing veranda and natural surroundings, the thoughtful planting around the gorgeous pool, the privacy of the location and the proximity to Ceglie Messapica and outlying towns were all highlights for us. Communication with the owner was thorough and extremely helpful. After welcoming us to the property, Roberta made herself available if we needed any help during our stay.If you are susceptible to mosquito bites we recommend coming suitably prepared! As an aside, the little neighbourhood cat was very persistent!! For birdwatching enthusiasts, watch out for the elusive Hoopoe! We highly recommend this stunning holiday property and have no hesitation in recommending it to future guests. We look forward to making a return visit ourselves sometime in the future.

We have just returned from our two week holiday at this authentic Trullo and villa. We were greeted by Roberta who showed us around the property. She was also just a phone call away if needed. When we ran out of gas in the kitchen Roberta was straight round with a replacement bottle. The property has everything you need for your holiday. Jo even supplies beach/pool towels and cool bags for days out. There are two well stocked kitchens and two bathrooms. The property is situated on a large plot with mature shrubs, olive fig pine and almond trees. The back veranda was a great place to eat and sit in the evening listening to scips and long earned owls. The large pool was fantastic after a day touring. It is surounded by lovely flowers which attracted a large amount of butterflies. The outdoor furniture is of good quality. The was always somewhere to sit in the sun or shade at all times of the day. There is a well stocked supermarket just a few minutes drive away. The wonderfull town of Ceglie is just a few miles, where the are some fabulous places to eat and wander through the alleys. The property is well situated to visit all the lovely towns of the Itria valley, they are only 20- 40 minutes drive. The beaches can be reached in 20 minutes, Matera is only 1.5hrs drive. If you should see the maintenance and cleaning people they were pleasant and courteous. I would not hesitate to recommend this property if you are looking to book your holiday in this region of Puglia.

Great experience aided by good weather and hats car was essential

We stayed in the trullo with our 4 children, aged 1, 6, 9 & 11. It was magical & unique! We loved the pool,which was clean and a fabulous size.The local pam supermarket sold inflatables (as well as almost everything else you could want,including disposables & throw away foil oven trays).We also stocked up on bottles of water as you cannot drink the tap water in the trullo/villa. It was incredibly cheap - 23 cents for a 2 litre bottle.We also bought dried cat food as there are a few cats who visit & our girls thrived on feeding them.There's air conditioning in the villa bedroom & small trullo kitchen.At night we put it on for a while before we went to bed in the villa bedroom & then found keeping the windows open overnight was sufficient. The trullo bedroom didn't have air conditioning but does have a door which can be open during the day to let air circulate.The windows are well equipped with mosquito nets which we always had pulled down.But like any property in a hot country, some did still manage to find their way in.So I'd certainly recommend taking with lots of mosquito repellent & a fly squatter! We hired a car (which is essential) and mainly went out in the late afternoon when it had cooled down.The towns and cities anyway only seemed to come alive at night! We visited Ostuni and took a short tuk tuk tour around the narrow streets which we loved.We also visited Indiana Park (like go ape/aerial extreme) near Castellana grotte,which our girls loved. Polignano a mare,Locotorondo & Monopoli were beautiful. Lecce had fabulous roman ruins. Alberobella,the trulli town,is a must. The only difficulty we found was having a 1.5 year old toddler with us. Jo provided a big comfortable cot which was great. But there are a few steps in the trullo bedroom which we were always worried he'd fall down and the inside walls of trullo were understandably quite coarse, so we were always worried he'd scrape himself or trip and scrape his head! We tried to always keep the trullo bedroom door closed. Also, we needed to keep the kitchen door open for air, but then had to always be watching him in case he ran outside! So maybe it would be more suited to age 3+. Our entire reason for visiting Puglia was to stay in a trulli house and we would certainly recommend it. Jo was v helpful & we really had a great stay. The grounds are massive and we enjoyed picking ripe figs & almonds! The cleaner popped in a few times & we used google translate to communicate!