Valeria’s place is just outside Martina Franca. The trullo has the most incredible bathroom and shower and glass room. The bed area is cozy. The gas burner stove is out of this world strong- our water seemed to boil in 30 seconds.
The compound has a shared pool, and it is so refreshing. Valeria even brought us watermelon as we were swimming.
Some other notables-
1. we rented e bikes after taking trenitalia bus to town. They got us around in no time and Italian drivers are very courteous to bikes (much more so than American drivers). $35 per day and we had a ton of fun zipping around.
2. The Wi-Fi is on the weak side if you absolutely need it to work or something. We didn’t care and wanted to get away from the hustle and bustle of Bari (where we are staying for the month).
3. The air conditioning is truly remarkable as well. Much stronger than most Italian places. Temperatures neared 100F that week so it was a life saver.
4. In July and August, Martina Franca has a great opera festival and the town is worth visiting.
5. The pool is awesome. Very refreshing. We laid out all day and evening. They kept it clean and tidy.
6. They have some cool dogs. We loved the bull terrier. They laid out in the shade while we laid in the sun bathing.
7. Last and biggest tip… please confirm address and geolocation with Valeria. Google Maps is terrible in rural Italy and said there was three roads with the exact same name going in different directions. We walked in loops in 100F heat because google didn’t know the streets.