Firstly I’ll start with the positives:
The location of the Trulli’s is perfect, very remote and secluded. Lovely large, safe outdoor space for children to roam freely. The Trullis (only two) are beautiful from the outside, the smaller Trulli basic on the inside. The other two outbuildings are VERY basic.
25 min drive to beautiful beaches.
10 min drive to old Ostuni which is stunning.
The pool and surrounding area is beautiful.
Less positive:
The outdoor kitchen is basic, bbq very poorly designed as the smoke gets trapped under the awning and smokes everybody out! Almost impossible to be the chef as you can’t breathe!! The outdoor gas hob doesn’t work. The chairs to the outside table are broken or about to break (cracks in all the seats).
There is a major fly problem throughout the property (especially the main Trulli). This makes sleeping / cooking / general living very unpleasant - we literally tried everything!!
The layout of the Trullis and outbuildings are not great if you are a group of families unless you are happy to leave small children in their own building to sleep at night!
The water situation throughout the property is dreadful; toilets rarely flush as no water, water pressure dreadful, enough hot water for two showers. Smaller Trulli smells of sewage.
Lots of appliances don’t work.
Air con ONLY in smaller Trulli and 1 outbuilding.
Not included in price:
Linen & towels €25pp
Pool towels €10 per towel
Pool cleaning (although we complained and they did clean the pool on Thursday at 2pm - convenient when we were leaving on Saturday and the children were swimming!!).
Dishwasher in main Trulli does not work.
No DVD player as was communicated.
We arrived to 12 beds for 13 guests and had to argue for extra bedding - most of which didn’t arrive so our children slept on hard sofas with no pillows or blankets provided.
No sofa beds as communicated to us by Andrea.
Very unhelpful / rude management.
Sadly, this is not a £5k property and we would NEVER stay here again.