Relax Puglia Limited values its beneficial alliance with home owners, suppliers and personnel. Together, through our holiday rental management services, we inspire travelers, like us, from around the world, to the southernmost region of Italy, in Puglia, because it is magical, fascinating and unforgettable.
Relax Puglia Limited, headquarters in Cisternino, Puglia (Apulia), has been welcoming visitors to this magical and richly colourful region of Italy and providing Puglia vacation rentals since 2010; providing travellers with an authentic and memorable experience of the local life as well as offering a showcase of holiday villas to rent in Puglia.
"It was perfect and Colleen & Antonella were always reachable and helpful! Thank a lot! We enjoyed it very much!
Karen & Michael - Villa Perego (October 2021)
Experience true tranquillity at one of Relax Puglia’s ‘Home for Holidays’ in the southernmost region of Italy. Puglia has attracted engaged couples and honeymooners for many centuries, due to its stunning landscapes, pristine coastline, sleepy hilltop towns and slow pace of life. The region has the sensation that time has stood still, and that’s all you could wish for during your holiday with close friends and family.
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Relax Puglia provides a range of additional services to make your stay more relaxed, comfortable and enjoyable. On your arrival, we can arrange for a food basket to be waiting for you together with a selection of local wines. Why not spoil yourselves with your own, in-house local chef, or a luxurious massage in the comfort of your villa. We have a wide range of tours and activities to choose from and we can provide transfers and taxis to help you get around.
The Dolce Vita is from coast to coast; from the Adriatic to the Ionian, between Otranto and Gallipoli. If you wish to discover the key to local artisan excellence, include a stopover in one or more of the hamlets and villages that trip along the coastline, topple on the summits of hilltops or make a splash in to the small bays and lagoons.
A selection of articles that explore the region of Puglia: its wonderful countryside and coastline, its rich history, its fascinating culture, its delicious food and wine and, of course, its warm and welcoming people...
Trulli Olea, is a little bit hidden, at the end of a bend in the middle of the countryside, in the Itria Valley, central to Italy’s southern region, Puglia; but when you arrive it’s dreamy, fascinating and intriguing.
The allure of Trulli Olea is the expanse of land and surrounding nature, and the little unexpected details; all chosen by the owners. Studied and selected to create a graceful harmony of aesthetic ease in a stylish ambient of peace and comfort. All encased in a startling white stone façade topped with cone shaped roofs reaching for the cobalt blue skies.
The hills of of the Valle d’Itria in Puglia are topped with postcard picturesque villages and towns; Trulli Olea owes its allegiance to Ostuni, the White Town, which flanks the carefree scenography of the Adriatic coast. Ostuni’s territory is wide and vast, often filtering into the neighbourhoods of the smaller villages and thus Olea finds itself closer to Cisternino, a market town that sits in the Valle d'Itria, on the one-side looking over the valley’s edge and on the other glancing towards the ocean.
Location
A location from which to visit the immediate vicinity; Alberobello - Puglia’s rural soul; Locorotondo - narrow rectangular festival town with peaked roofs; Martina Franca - a charming baroque gem; Cisternino – milky houses and flowered balconies; Ostuni – breathtaking panoramic views. But don’t stop there – visiting further afield and you begin to understand the extent of the beauty, beholding charm and magic of this largely unexplored southern region of Italy, Puglia.
A location from which to visit the immediate vicinity; Alberobello - Puglia’s rural soul; Locorotondo - narrow rectangular festival town with peaked roofs; Martina Franca - a charming baroque gem; Cisternino – milky houses and flowered balconies; Ostuni – breathtaking panoramic views. But don’t stop there – visiting further afield and you begin to understand the extent of the beauty, beholding charm and magic of this largely unexplored southern region of Italy, Puglia.
Friends & Family
Guests create their own unique experience, we just pay attention to the details, cleanliness, quality of services and timing, to create an environment in which it is easy to have fun, collect memories and relax. Oléa has three independently accessed and comfortable bedrooms: ‘Sole, Giove & Luna’. Each accommodating 2 guests. Giove & Luna also have a sofa bed which may accommodate extra guests as necessary.
The Interiors
Central to Trullo Olea is the majestic trullo, surrounded by its smaller domed companions, one of them a ‘torretta’ with a flat roof, all crowded together to create a beautiful holiday home, to charm friends and family.
The large farmhouse kitchen with ceiling high double doors allows in the sunlight, providing an observation point over the flower and vegetable gardens. The kitchen is intended for culinary experiences, a point for consulting. Wooden cupboards and the long dining table handcrafted by local artisans; objects & ceramic bowls selected for their artistic and practical purpose.
Olea proposes a historical experience, living in the original trulli space. Services for guests are typical of top-quality accommodation; providing a mini-fridge, TV, kettle, herbal teas, unobtrusive cool and warm air system, wardrobe space, seating area with sofa bed, shower room, wi-fi.
Each bedroom solution carries a name from the solar system: ‘Sole, Giove & Luna’; three independent trullo apartments, two of which are inter-connecting ('Sole' and 'Giove').
‘Sole’ (sleeps 2) the master trulli has a distinctive and original ‘cementine’ flooring in the double bedroom; an open space lounge and kitchen interlinked by a low bearing stone mantel, niches and loft angles within the white stone structure, and a daybed overlaid with furnishings of soft blue & beige hues. The many apertures bathe the room with a natural and welcoming warm light. Trullo 'Sole' is internally connected to Trullo 'Giove' for families with young children.
‘Giove’ (sleeps 2) the trullo between the sun and the moon! The colours and images of the locally found cactus bush, the prickly pear or ‘fico d’india’, is celebrated in Giove with an unusually deep fondness. Perhaps there is a connection between the largest planet in the solar system ‘Giove’ – Jupiter and this prolific fruit of Puglia? ‘Giove’ has a twin room with a peaceful garden outlook, shower room and a cheerful seating area (also sofa bed for two if needed).
‘Luna’, (sleeps 2) with a double bed, is soft upon the eyes, with complimentary sunset colours and mellow brown furnishings. Up a couple of steps to the little courtyard, a playful space with hammock and its own patio furniture for morning coffee.
The Exteriors
The bamboo shaded veranda throws arrows of light over the slender stone-built dining table with detailed colourful and hand-made light fixtures suspended above. An extension of the kitchen, a dining area and somewhere to gather with friends and family embracing the aromas, the colours of the kitchen and the explosion of the garden fruits, vegetables and flora.
From the patio, a stoned paved walkway encircles Trullo Olea, accessing each trullo apartment; Sole, Giove and Luna.
The swimming pool is tucked away to the far side of the property with a backdrop provided by the distant and historic town of Cisternino, olive trees, fruit trees, tall trees & small trees, an explosion of lavender and Mediterranean bush and brush alternating the magical panorama.
An outside shaded lounge by the pool is an additional vantage point to view the landscape, and the never- ending changes of light; the sun as it rises and dips along the horizon. Reinforcing the wellbeing of body and spirit in a pleasurable rhythm of relaxation.
