A charmingly landscaped, lovingly restored trullo set in a peaceful, hilly farming community just outside of Cisternino. Yet its convenient location made traveling by car to Alberobello, Martina Franca, Ostuni and beyond quite easy. Anna and her mother, Tonia, are very friendly, welcoming hosts who helped to show us our trullo and provided homemade pastry and jam, along with coffee, juice, milk for our morning breakfast. The dinner we had at the nearby Ristorante Sant'Anna in Cisternino, was our favorite in our entire two-week tour of southern Italy.

Anna is very knowledgeable about the area, and the history of the trulli. She and her mother shared 'before and after' photos of the restoration of theirs. The trullo is very clean and well-stocked for cooking. Early April was a beautiful time of year to visit with flowering almond and peach trees, iris in bloom and the warmth of the sun on our faces as we sat on our private terrace.