The trullo has been carefully and beautifully renovated and designed by its owner, who is a professional designer with a deep sensitivity for the vernacular architecture of Puglia. The interiors are simple but luxurious, created in natural colours and textures which enhance the serenity of the building and the secluded environment of the olive grove in which its placed. Even the lovely rustic crockery and ceramics in the kitchen are a pleasure to use.
Unusually for a trullo most of the rooms are light and large and even the smaller bedrooms, with smaller windows, with their arched limestone ceilings, feel rather exciting and magical partly because they are beautiful lit.
We had great fun attempting to cook local dishes in the spacious and well-equipped kitchen, picking fresh herbs from the garden and eating on the terrace over-looking the pool and, on one rainy evening, six of us were comfortable in the sitting room watching Dvds of Italian films.
There's a lovely barbecue area by the pool. Italian sausages cooked on the barbeque are like nothing else.
The pool is simply beautiful and it was wonderful to lie by it reading, listening to the crickets and looking at the silvery olive trees, and to flop into the water after walking around the lovely towns of Ceglie and Ostuni.
Totally recommended.