Overall this was a lovely experience in an amazing home. The two women we met, Grazis and Cinzia, were very kind, helpful, and responsive once we were on-site.
Some things to be noted (both positive and negative) --
- The property is filled with fresh herbs that you can use to cook including basil, mint, lavender, bay leaves, and rosemary. Even capers.
- You can text the managers via WhatsApp during your stay with any questions and requests and they are very helpful and responsive
- There is a great lounge space on top of the further trullo that is amazing to watch the sunset from
- Great AC
- The pool is incredibly deep. We estimated 2 meters and the drop occurs right after the steps entering the pool, so it is not possible to stand anywhere in the pool other than the initial 3 steps unless you are a giant. We brought our own floats so were OK but I would recommend buying some if you want a more leisurely pool experience
- When we arrived, we were told that we were going to have to separate our garbage - not just recycling and garbage but also compost and drive it into town each day on our own. The town where we could drop the bags differed each day depending on the local schedule and some were rather far (15-20+minutes drive). This conflicted directly with the paper instructions left on-site. This would have been fine if it had been specified to us earlier, but given how difficult the drive is up to the house and the cleaning fee, this seemed like a large request to spring on us last minute. We worked it out with the management but it is worth clarifying in advance.
- The 4th bedroom is much smaller than the others with a much smaller bed and smaller space. It does not seem to be in a separate trullo but rather connected to the larger "master" one almost like an old servant's quarters? Luckily we had a couple with us that was willing to take the smaller room but keep this in mind when considering budget. It is so much smaller than the others that the person that met us told us we were mistaken and the property only had 3 bedrooms. She only remembered when we became anxious and told her we had reserved a property with 4 bedrooms for 8 people. It does have its own bathroom and great roof space so it's not bad overall, just quite small when compared to the other bedrooms on-site.
- The on-site grill does not work great. It is very deep and you have to stick your head inside to see anything. We learned late into our stay that the best way to cook using the grill was to use a mixture of coal and firewood.
- Many items in the kitchen were dirty and broken so wash everything thoroughly before using
- The family nextdoor that helps to manage the property is very kind. They do have 3-4 dogs who do sometimes come onto the property throughout the day. The dogs are all very well behaved but just something to note if you or anyone if your party are afraid of dogs! We happen to love them so enjoyed playing with them when they popped up
- The road to the property up to the property and quite narrow and edged with stone walls. As such, it's not a drive you'll want to be doing often so it can be a bit annoying to run out for things. Definitely ask for GPS coordinates and sign instructions when going to make sure you can find it, all of us went to different wrong houses upon arrival.
- The wifi in the separate trullos does not work and there is limited to no cell reception in there. So 4 us did not have any connection in our rooms at all.