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Holiday Rental Trullo, Alberobello, Puglia, Italy. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

Our Home Away from Home in Alberobello, Puglia

A rustic two hundred year old trullo in the countryside outside of Alberobello, in the southern Italian region of Puglia or Apulia is our latest home away from home and it oozes atmosphere and romance.

The trulli (plural) are the traditional homes of the people of the area, and while there are many holiday-trulli to rent, both locally- and foreign-owned, these charming residences with their conical-shaped roofs remain an integral part of the urban and rural landscape here. If you come to Puglia and don’t stay in a trullo you’re missing out on a very special local experience.

But first, a disclosure: we had serious reservations about staying in a trullo after some northern Italians had told us they were only for tourists. While we’ve travelled around Italy countless times for work and pleasure (we’ve written guidebooks to Milan, Calabria, Northern Italy and the Italian Lakes, as well as myriad stories on the country), Puglia was a region we didn’t know – we’d only sped through on a drive from Calabria to Rimini.

Holiday Rental Trullo, Alberobello, Puglia, Italy. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

“Staying in a trullo is like going to Tuscany and staying in a fancy villa,” they told us. As we’re on a quest to live like locals this year that was the last thing we wanted. Was this going to be a classic stay or a cliché, we wondered?

Fortunately, our anxiety disappeared soon after touching down in Bari, when, on the drive to Alberobello, we spotted our first trulli and in their backyards, not only swimming pools and barbecues, but horses, cows, cats and dogs, vegetable gardens, cars in various states of (dis)repair, and washing hanging on clothes lines… the trulli we saw served as farmhouses, barns, garages, country refuges, and, in the towns themselves, everyday suburban homes. Phew.

Around five kilometres outside of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed town of Alberobello, our trullo, accessible from a dirt track off a quiet country road, did indeed have a swimming pool, a barbecue, and an outdoor pizza oven, but as we excitedly discovered, it was also surrounded by fields of wheat, vegetable gardens, olive groves, and vineyards. It’s idyllically located and apparently isolated, although in reality it’s less than half a kilometre from the road as the crow flies.

In keeping with our slow travel theme, we opted for bicycles instead of a car to get around – the ride on our rented bici into Alberobello took us around 20 minutes – although a family or group of friends would need a vehicle, vital if you’re keen on exploring the region.

Holiday Rental Trullo, Alberobello, Puglia, Italy. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

While there’s another trullo down the track that’s also rented out as a holiday home, most of the nearby trulli are farmhouses and the nearest serves as a garage for tractors. There are a few antique trulli being renovated close by. Maria, the caretaker of our property, tells us they’re owned by newlyweds. Buying and renovating trulli is becoming increasingly popular among locals, but more on that growing trend in another post.

Our Alberobello trullo is truly enchanting, and it didn’t take long for us to be smitten with the place. Just inside the entrance there’s a cute kitchen from where narrow stairs lead up to the main bedroom, the stove from the kitchen providing warmth on chilly nights. And it was unexpectedly cold for May too.

From our bedroom there are views across the countryside from the tiny windows and a balcony that’s been built onto the roof. Back downstairs, at the centre of the trullo is the dining room and a cosy nook for a living room, and off this space are two more bedrooms and the bathroom.

There are bare stone walls in some rooms, white plaster in others, and while one of the cones is hollow, another has a wooden mezzanine to create storage space, a common feature of trulli. In the old days that’s where the children would sleep!

The trullo is compact and cosy and while it might be a tight squeeze for a family in winter when a lot of time would be spent indoors, in summer when everyone can spread about the place and eat outside, there’s plenty of room for a big family or a group of friends.

Holiday Rental Trullo, Alberobello, Puglia, Italy. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

In fact, the Dutch owner has several children, two German families were booked in after us, and the owners have set up the place with loads of cutlery and plates and towels and linen. There’s also a double bedroom with a bathroom beside the swimming pool.

The place is charmingly rustic with a big wooden dining table and mismatched chairs, antique sideboards and cabinets with peeling paint, cross-stitched linen sheets, and crocheted bedspreads. The bright blue plates are a little chipped and the glasses are those you typically find in Italian pizzerias. Idiosyncratic pieces decorate the home: big antique bowls, rusty tin boxes, unframed paintings. And it’s all very endearing.

There is no Internet or television, and you wouldn’t miss either if you’re on holidays*, but there’s a small portable DVD player (handy in bad weather) that we hooked up to our iPod so we could play music and Italian-language lessons. There’s also a small selection of books and magazines, though nothing in English. The only hi-tech things in the place are the microwave (which we didn’t use) and the Gaggia espresso maker (which we greatly appreciated).

As the attention to detail demonstrates – there was ample of everything including plenty of kitchen supplies, along with a fridge thoughtfully stocked full of food – the owners obviously love the trullo and make good use of it and it shows. Maria fondly recollected family pizza parties and barbecues – and by the end of our stay we had our own fond memories of the same. More on those in another post.

  • A note on telecommunications: the lack of Internet and phone on the fringes of Alberobello did prove a nuisance for us unfortunately as we were working, although it probably wouldn’t bother people looking to get away from it all. We used two USB broadband modems, one by Vodaphone and one by TIM. They either didn’t work at all, they worked but were excruciatingly slow, or we had to go outside to get a signal, which wasn’t much fun when it rained. Oddly enough, our Italian TIM SIM also didn’t work very well – it was mostly on ‘Emergency Only’ and while I could dial our Dubai mobile from it, I couldn’t call anyone else most of the time. If staying connected is essential, discuss your requirements with the owner before booking. If you like the idea of a trullo but want something closer to town, HomeAway has more trulli in the area.
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About Lara Dunston

A travel and food writer who has experienced over 70 countries and written for The Guardian, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Feast, Delicious, National Geographic Traveller, Conde Nast Traveller, Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia, DestinAsian, TIME, CNN, The Independent, The Telegraph, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, AFAR, Wanderlust, International Traveller, Get Lost, Four Seasons Magazine, Fah Thai, Sawasdee, and more, as well as authored more than 40 guidebooks for Lonely Planet, DK, Footprint, Rough Guides, Fodors, Thomas Cook, and AA Guides.

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  1. Antonio Bortolotti says

    May 27, 2010 at 9:18 am

    We never stayed in a Trullo and the idea is so appealing to us that we will definitely consider it on our future trip to Puglia. It is so nice to be able to follow you guys on your journey. The houses selected provide me with a very interesting list of alternatives when deciding where to go and I appreciate that. Even though we do own our dream holiday home, we love staying in other holiday homes when travelling so your list comes as a great starting point and it is also very exciting to think about searching your next dream holiday home.

  2. Lara Dunston says

    May 28, 2010 at 6:21 am

    You must stay in a trullo if you go to Puglia! Wonderful experience! Thanks for dropping by!

  3. jessiev says

    May 31, 2010 at 6:15 am

    this is so cool – i want to stay there!! i have never heard of trullo. YAY!

  4. fabio says

    June 9, 2010 at 1:22 am

    Great article, I live just few kilometres from trullos area. In my area there are other kind of trullo called “pajare” which are really nice. I have some pictures of them here http://tinyurl.com/yfa284f

  5. Terence Carter says

    June 9, 2010 at 4:13 am

    Nice post Fabio. Our trullo had no tartufo hunter or tartufo at all! It would have been nice on the pizzas ;)

    Thanks for your comment!

  6. Lara Dunston says

    June 9, 2010 at 8:22 am

    Do put Puglia and a trullo on your to-do list then! Loads of fun!

  7. Heather Carreiro says

    June 11, 2010 at 11:53 am

    What a gorgeous place! You guys must have been going a bit crazy without regular internet access though.

  8. Lara Dunston says

    June 12, 2010 at 4:52 am

    It *was* indeed a charmer, but you’re dead right – it was tough without consistent net access, considering what we’re getting paid to do at the moment. I remember sitting outside posting a blog and it was excruciatingly slow and was half-way through, and then it started to rain… my laptop was getting wet, I was getting wet… wasn’t much fun.

  9. Manuel Maggi says

    December 21, 2012 at 8:34 pm

    gorgeus should see alberobello even in winter. Trulli under the snow are magnificent.

  10. Lara Dunston says

    December 22, 2012 at 1:20 pm

    Would love to see it one day! Must look like some fairyland, everything white.

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Still looking for Christmas cooking inspo? Check o Still looking for Christmas cooking inspo? Check out our seafood recipe collection, especially if you celebrate Christmas on Christmas Eve with a fish focused meal in the Southern Italian tradition, transformed by Italian-Americans into the Feast of the Seven Fishes, or like Australians, who celebrate Christmas in the sweltering summer, feast on seafood for Christmas Day lunch, we’ve got lots of easy seafood recipes for you.

Our recipes include a classic prawn cocktail, blini with smoked salmon, a ceviche-style appetiser, and devilled eggs with caviar. We’ve also got recipes for fish soup, seafood pies and pastas, salmon tray bake, and crispy salmon with creamy mashed potatoes.

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If you’re still looking for food inspo for Chris If you’re still looking for food inspo for Christmas Eve or Christmas Day meals, my smoked salmon ‘carpaccio’ recipe is one of dozens of recipes in this compilation of our best Christmas recipes (link below). 

The Christmas recipe compilation includes collections of our best Christmas breakfast recipes, best Christmas brunch recipes, best Christmas starter recipes, best Christmas cocktails, best Christmas dessert recipes, and homemade edible Christmas gifts and more.

My smoked salmon carpaccio recipe makes an easy elegant appetiser that’s made in minutes. If you’re having guests over, you can make the dish ahead by assembling the salmon, capers and pickled onions, and refrigerate it, then pour on the dressing just before serving. 

Provide toasted baguette slices and bowls of additional capers, pickles and dressing, so guests can customise their carpaccio. And open the bubbly!

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If you haven’t visited our site in a while, I sh If you haven’t visited our site in a while, I shared a collection of recipes for homemade edible Christmas gifts — for condiments, hot sauces, chilli oils, a whole array of pickles, spice blends, chilli salt, furakake seasoning, and spicy snacks, such as our Cambodian and Vietnamese roasted peanuts. 

I love giving homemade edibles as gifts as much as I love receiving them. Who wouldn’t appreciate jars filled with their favourite chilli oils, hot sauces, piquant pickles, and spicy peanuts that loved-ones have taken the time to make? 

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This crab omelette is a decadent eggs dish that’ This crab omelette is a decadent eggs dish that’s perfect if you’re just back from the fish markets armed with luxurious fresh crab meat. It’s a little sweet, a little spicy, and very, very moreish.

Our crab omelette recipe was one of our 22 most popular egg recipes of 2022 on our website Grantourismo and it’s no surprise. It’s appeared more times than any other egg recipes on our annual round-ups of most popular recipes since Terence launched Weekend Eggs when we launched Grantourismo in 2010.

If you’re an eggs lover, do check out the recipe collection. It includes egg recipes from right around the world, from recipes for classic kopitiam eggs from Singapore and Malaysia and egg curries from India and Myanmar to all kinds of egg recipes from Thailand, Japan, Korea, China, Mexico, USA, Australia, UK, and Ireland.

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I’m late to share this, but a few days ago Angko I’m late to share this, but a few days ago Angkor Archaeological Park, home to stupendous Angkor Wat, pictured, celebrated 30 years of its UNESCO World Heritage listing. 

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Our soy ginger chicken recipe will make you sticky Our soy ginger chicken recipe will make you sticky, flavourful and succulent chicken thighs that are fantastic with steamed rice, Chinese greens or a salad, such as a Southeast Asian slaw. 

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Who can guess the ingredients and what we’re mak Who can guess the ingredients and what we’re making with my market haul from Psar Samaki in Siem Reap — all for a whopping 10,000 riel (US$2.50)?! 

Birds-eye chillies thrown in for free! They were on my list but the seller I spent most at (5,000 riel!) scooped up a handful and slipped them into my bag. She was my last stop and knew what I was making.

My Khmer is poor, even after all our years in Cambodia, as I don’t learn languages with the ease I did in my 20s, plus I’m mentally exhausted after researching and writing all day. I have a better vocabulary of Old and Middle Khmer than modern Khmer from studying the ancient inscriptions for the Cambodian culinary history component of our cookbook I’m writing.

So when one seller totalled my purchases I thought she said 5,000 riel but she handed back 4,500 riel! The sum total of two huge bunches of herbs and kaffir lime leaves was 500 riel.

Tip: if visiting Siem Reap, use Khmer riel for local shopping. We’ve mainly used riel since the pandemic started— rarely use US$ now as market sellers quote prices in riels, as do local shops and bakeries, and I tip tuk tuk drivers in riels. I find prices quoted in riels are lower.

Psar Samaki is cheaper than Psar Leu, which is cheaper than Psar Chas, as it’s a wholesale market, which means the produce is fresher. I see veggies arriving, piled high in the back of vehicles, with dirt still on them — as I did on this trip. 

The scent of a mountain of incredibly aromatic pineapples offloaded from the back of a dusty ute was so heady they smelt like they’d just been cut. More exotic European style veggies arrive by big trucks in boxes labelled in Vietnamese (from Dalat) and Mandarin (from China), such as beautiful snow-white cauliflower I spotted.

Note: the freshest produce is sold on the dirt road at the back of the market.

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My Vietnamese-ish meatballs and rice noodles recip My Vietnamese-ish meatballs and rice noodles recipe makes tender meatballs doused in a delightfully tangy-sweet sauce, sprinkled with crispy fried shallots, with carrot-daikon, crunchy cucumber and fragrant herbs. 

The dish is inspired by bún chả, a Hanoi specialty, but it’s not bún chả. No matter what Google or food bloggers tell you. Names are important, especially when cooking and writing about cuisines not our own.

This is an authentic bún chả recipe:  https://grantourismotravels.com/vietnamese-bun-cha-recipe/ You’ll need to get the outdoor BBQ/grill going to do proper smoky bún chả meat patties (not meatballs).

My meatball noodle bowl is perhaps more closely related to dishes such as a Central Vietnam cousin bún thịt nướng (pork skewers on rice noodles in a bowl) and a Southern relation bún bò Nam Bộ (beef atop rice noodles, sprinkled with fried shallots (Nam Bộ=Southern Vietnam) though neither include meatballs. 

Xíu mại= meatballs although they’re different in flavour to mine, which taste more like bún chả patties. Xíu mại remind me of Southern Italian meatballs in tomato sauce.

In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, home to millions of Khmer, there’s bánh tằm xíu mại. Bánh tằm=silk worm noodles. They’re topped with meatballs, cucumber, daikon, carrot, fresh herbs, crispy fried onions. Difference: cold noodles doused in a sauce of coconut cream and fish sauce. 

Remove the meatballs, add chopped fried spring rolls and it’s Cambodia’s banh sung, which is a rice noodle salad similar to Vietnam’s bún chả giò :) 

Recipe here: (link in bio) https://grantourismotravels.com/vietnamese-meatballs-and-rice-noodles-recipe/

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It is pure coincidence that Pepper’s eye colour It is pure coincidence that Pepper’s eye colour matches the furnishings of our rented apartment. So, no, I did not colour-coordinate the interiors to match our cat’s eyes. 

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