Valle d'Itria · Puglia
Trulli Lumena.
Between Ostuni and Cisternino
From the patio you see one valley, and it's ours — olives, almonds, figs, cherries, and the rooftops of other trulli beyond. Nobody walks through it but you.
In the evening it's crickets, and for about twenty minutes the white stone turns copper before it goes.
Stay
Nights under white stone.
Minimum three nights. The trulli are taken whole and never shared. We reply within 24 hours.
The house
Two ways to take the trulli.
The historic trullo — the two suites inside the stone dome, for up to four. The third suite stays closed for the whole of your stay and is never let to anyone else.
All of it — three suites, up to seven. One sofa becomes a proper bed, not a compromise.
Under the loggia there's a sitting room with the valley through the arches, a second kitchen, and a long table for eight. Seventy square metres of it, and it's where the days end up: breakfast, the long afternoon, dinner as the sun goes down. Three bathrooms, two with bathtubs carved into the plaster. A kitchen built into the vault for when the weather turns.
Either way the gardens, the loggia and the pool are yours alone. The trulli are never shared, and nobody else is ever on the property while you're here.
There is no reception. You'll be met, shown around, and then left alone — which is usually the point.
The suites
Sunrise
The oldest room, set inside the stone dome. A double and a single bed, arched niche, bathroom in pink tadelakt with a bathtub.
Sunset
Opens straight onto the courtyard. Double bed or two singles, a daybed under the window, rosemary in the alcove. Private outdoor shower.
Eclipse
Double bed or two singles, private garden, bathtub. This is the room that stays closed on smaller bookings.
Details
- The trulli
- Three double suites, seven guests, three bathrooms
- Inside
- A kitchen built into the vault, a service kitchen behind it, two bathtubs carved into the plaster
- Outside
- 40 m² salt-water pool, 70 m² covered patio, stone outdoor shower, private gardens
- The loggia
- Sitting room, outdoor kitchen, long table for eight, under the arches
- Land
- Four hectares of olives, almonds, figs and cherries
- Getting here
- Brindisi airport 40 minutes, Bari 1 hour, Ostuni and the sea 20 minutes, Cisternino 10
- Stay
- Minimum three nights, five in July and August. The trulli are taken whole
- Get directions
- Exact location
The land
Four hectares, four kinds of tree.
Olives, almonds, figs and cherries, on ground that has never been treated with anything — three generations, no chemicals, not out of principle but because that's how it was done here.
Wildflowers in April. Cherries in the first week of June. Figs you eat off the tree in August. In October the olives come down and the whole valley smells of it.
Who you'll meet
Vittorio and Karolina.
We live nearby. We'll be at the gate when you arrive, walk you through the house, and leave a bowl of whatever the garden is doing that week.
After that you won't see us unless you want to. Ask where to eat and you'll get one place, not ten — the version we'd give a friend, not a list.
Karolina teaches here, mornings and evenings. Several guests have ended up practising every day of their stay.
If you want it
Floating sound bath.
At dusk, on inflatable beds in the pool, while singing bowls and gong are played from the deck.
Also with Karolina: yin, slow flow, pilates, breathwork, guided meditation, and a sound bath on the deck if you'd rather stay dry.
Arranged before you arrive: a private chef for one dinner or the whole week, breakfast prepared each morning, a cooking class, wine and olive oil tastings, the fridge filled before you get here. Massage in the house. Airport transfers, a driver for the day, restaurant and beach club bookings, a boat with a skipper. Housekeeping and laundry. A photographer.
All quoted separately.
What's always here
Breakfast things in the kitchen when you arrive: bread from Ostuni, our own oil, fruit from the garden, coffee — the espresso machine is a good one. Linen and towels. Wifi that works. Yoga mats in the cupboard. Herbs drying above the sink.
On stays longer than ten days, cleaning midway through.
Air conditioning and heating in every suite. The pool is salt water, not chlorine.
Gallery
5.0 · 25 reviews · Guest favourite on Airbnb
“Even more beautiful in person than it is in the photos.”
“All you can see are the rooftops of other trulli.”
“You feel just like family.”
“Equally lovely by day and by night.”
“Yoga every morning with the talented Karolina.”
“A place that touches the heart.”
Practical
- The rate
- Depends on your dates and on whether you take two suites or three. Choose your nights above and you'll have the exact price, with nothing left to add.
- Included
- Final cleaning, linen, towels, breakfast supplies, electricity, water, wifi
- Not included
- Tourist tax, payable on arrival, set by the Comune of Ostuni
- To confirm
- 30% now, the rest 30 days before you arrive
- If you change your mind
- Free cancellation up to 30 days before arrival. Inside 30 days the deposit is kept. If something serious happens, write to us and we'll talk.
- Getting here
- The last stretch is a country lane; take it slowly, any car is fine. We'll send directions and meet you at the gate.
- Arriving and leaving
- Check-in from 16:00, check-out by 10:00. Both can move if the trulli are free.
- Children
- Welcome.
- Pets
- Sorry, not.
Before you book
- Do we need a car?
- Yes. There's no bus, and the last stretch is a country lane. Any car is fine.
- Is the pool heated?
- No, and it's salt water rather than chlorine — softer on skin and hair, and no smell. Swimming is comfortable from late May to early October, and the stone around it holds the heat well into the evening.
- Air conditioning and heating?
- Both, in every suite. Stone stays cool in August longer than you'd expect, and cold in February longer than you'd like — so you'll use both.
- Can I work from here?
- The wifi is fast and steady enough for calls all day. But if the plan is to work through the whole stay, this is an expensive office.
- Is it suitable for someone who doesn't walk well?
- Yes — the ground floor is level and there are no stairs to the suites. A wheelchair is harder: some doorways are narrow. Write to us before you book and we'll tell you honestly whether it works.
- Can we have friends over for dinner?
- Of course — tell us and we'll set the long table.
- Can we hold a celebration here?
- Something small and private, write to us and we'll see. Weddings and parties, no — that isn't what this place is.
- Is anyone else on the property?
- No. Whichever way you book, the trulli, the gardens and the pool are yours alone. We live nearby, not here.
- When is the best time to come?
- April for the wildflowers, June for the cherries, October for the harvest — that's the one we'd choose. July and August are hot and beautiful and the pool earns its keep. From November to March the valley empties out, and some people come precisely for that.
The trulli are quiet most of the year.