Whether searching for a holiday home, retirement property or simply re-locating, you will find that we offer a diverse selection of properties, Masseria( farms), Villa’s, Lamie (a type of barn), Trulli all scattered around the spectacular Puglian countryside, or if you prefer we have an interesting selection of properties situated in both the old and newer parts of the various historic towns in the area. We shall be pleased to guide you through all the intricacies of buying a home in Italy.

Puglia, or Apulia as it is called in English, is Italy's boot heel, its southeastern most region. It borders on Molise, Campania, Basilicata, the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea. The region covers 19,223 km², and is divided into five provinces: Bari, Taranto, Foggia, Lecce and Brindisi.

The southern portion of the region is a flat and fertile peninsula that forms the characteristic heel of the Italian "boot". Apulia produces one-tenth of the wine drunk in Europe; its olive oil is renowned. Traditionally both of these commodities were mainly used to dilute their finer counterparts up north, but lately the local food artisans have begun creating some first-rate oils and vintages that are available throughout the region. They perfectly complement the super-fresh seafood and vegetables that are the staples of la tavola pugliese.

This region offers Greek and Roman ruins, a gleaming necklace of lively fishing villages, one of Europe's largest forests, a chain of medieval hilltowns, and some of the very cleanest beaches and water in the Mediterranean. It also has its own subspecies of architecture, called barocco leccese. Characterized by extremely ornate carvings that cover the entire surface of churches and palazzi, its apex is reached in the delightful little city of Lecce.

Ostuni
Ostuni is one of the most stunning cities in southern Italy famous for the dazzling effect of its whitewashed houses. It is a genuine and charming example of Mediterranean architecture.

The city of Ostuni is a series of levels, staircases, small roads, alleys, arches. Hints of the Middle Ages are at hand in every corner, in every view to the sea, in the portal of a palace, in the walls of a convent or the front of a church.

The brightness of its whitewashed houses, set against the pink-tinged brown of its principal monument, makes the town stand out in the green of the surrounding area. This happy combination of the natural and the manmade has made Ostuni one of the most attractive cities in the region and an essential part of any tour of Italy.

Ostuni coast
The sea at Ostuni is beautiful and the coast line is still unspoilt with many wonderful beaches. The coastline on the Adriatic Sea runs for 20 km from North to South punctuated by a series of long beaches, small inlets, reefs, dunes and Mediterranean vegetation.
The place on the coast nearest to Ostuni is Villanova which can be reached taking the road SP20. It is a typical small port that was originally called Petrolla. There is castle built by the duchess of Bona Sforza in the XVI century. It is a castle made of three wings. Above the central one rises a tower that was used as a lighthouse.
Villanova represents the centre of the Ostuni coast line. The whole coast, from north to south, can be explored starting from this charming small port

	Trullis
	There is one other attraction that you will see only in Apulia, and that is a trulli. Whitewashed cones made of stones held together without mortar, they are visible in almost every wheat field and olive grove, where they serve as miniature barns. The unique Trulli the dry stone buildings with unusal conical roofs that dot the glorious Puglian landscape were first constructed by the puglian peasantry in the 13th Century, as simple dwellings perfectly suited to the puglian climate, cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Whilst many trulli had been abandoned, there has been in the recent past, a renewed interest in the trulli. Sympathetically renovated trulli become a unique home containing all the modern amenities expected in the 21st century, whilst retaining their unique rustic charm. This unusual type of house is well known for its conical roof and for the large number of occult, alchemical, astrological and hermetic sigils painted on them in a style which is foreign to Europe. Similar houses can be found occasionally in southern France, Spain and Ireland. Their age and the theories about the reasons for their existence are shrouded in mystery and suggest origins in ancient Grecian or Syrian times,maybe constructed by the Crusaders or Byzantines and even, possibly, some form of medieval tax avoidance! Alberobello, the capital of “Trulli”, has some 1500 examples of these unique dwellings. A trullo, made of stone,is composed by circular or square base and a dome-shaped roof, on top of which there is usually position a pinnacle (the most popular is a simple ball). Often a large rainwater cistern or wine tank (the so called "palmento" ) would be escavated in the rock beneath.