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Price	Starting from € 4000 per week (more information)	Price on request.
Sleeps	4
Bedrooms	2
Bathrooms	2
Accessibility	This is a ground-floor property with no internal steps
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Villa Cucco

A beautifully appointed contemporary lamia with views over olive groves to the Adriatic

Villa Cucco is an elegant white villa close to both Ostuni and Carovigno in the heart of the Istria Valley. Recently renovated, it is a clever mix of traditional Puglian architecture and modern design. The finish is beautiful, made even more so by the fact that it’s just for four guests.

Its crisp, whitewashed interior is home to art and design pieces by up-and-coming artists, as well as pieces brought home from travels abroad. This is a house that is both welcoming and unfussy and one that’s homely in all seasons thanks to air conditioning and underfloor heating throughout, as well as a woodburning stove in the sitting room.

The stunning green garden was designed by Studio Paz, a local, award-winning design practice and includes gravel landscaping with Mediterranean planting and a raised, saltwater infinity pool with a large surrounding terrace. Dine on the veranda in front of the house while watching the sailing boats on the horizon or head up onto the roof to catch the soft pink glow of the disappearing light over Ostuni in the evening.

This is very special place to come as a small group – it’s entirely private allowing you to properly switch off and relax, interspersed with little forays to the pretty Puglian towns nearby and to the Adriatic coast just 15' minutes away.

See our tips page for more information about Puglia and what there is to see and do.

Rooms description

Bedrooms

The two double bedrooms, both ensuite, are simple and elegant with air conditioning and underfloor heating. One has double doors facing the pool and the other onto the terrace at the front of the house.

Bathrooms

Both bedrooms have ensuite shower rooms with walk-in showers and beautiful plaster walls.

Kitchen

The well-equipped kitchen sits in the middle of the house with views of the sea. An antique pine dining table in front of double doors to the terrace is perfect for meals inside or admire the same view from the dining table a few steps away on the veranda.

Living rooms

The living room is open-plan with the kitchen and has a woodburning stove in the corner. A comfy sofa offers the perfect reading spot with views through large doors onto the terrace to the sea in the distance.

Facilities

Cleaning

The property is cleaned at the end of your stay although you can request mid-week cleaning and linen change. The garden and pool are maintained throughout the year.

Amenities

private pool, espresso machine, air conditioning, bluetooth speakers, hob/stove, oven, fridge, fridge with freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, iron+board, wifi, central heating, hairdryer

Accessibility

This is a ground-floor property with no internal steps

Outside

The spacious grounds surrounding the villa are crisscrossed by ancient dry-stone walls and planted with olive, fig, pomegranate and almond trees, which look particularly lovely in spring when the blossom is out. The garden itself was designed by an award-winning local design studio with gravel landscaping and Mediterranean planting. It includes an elevated salt-water infinity pool reached by smooth, wide steps up to its surrounding huge terrace with sun loungers, and a pergola and an outdoor shower behind. Dine on the veranda in front of the house with views of the sea or head up onto the roof and you’ll be rewarded by even bigger views over Ostuni, trulli cones, and olive groves, to the sea. It’s the perfect spot for yoga, or for a drink in the late afternoon when the Puglian light is at its prettiest.

Availability & Pricing

Please select arrival and departure dates in the calendar to see the price

weekly prices

from 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027

€ 4000

Read our General Booking Conditions

Cleanings included in the rental price.
Extra cleaning available on request.

Security deposit: EUR 750 to be paid to SU before arrival as specified in the booking confirmation.
Deposit: 30% upon booking, balance 30 working days before arrival.

CIN: IT074001C200110005

Sustainability

For every booking we make on this property, we will plant a tree through our charitable partner, Trees for All.

Arrival & Departure

During high season min stay 7 nights arrivals on Saturday, all other months on request. Check-in from 16:00, check-out 10:00 latest.

Leisure & Activities

Activities

You can’t come to Puglia without heading to the coast. Just 20 minutes’ drive from the house you’ll find the Adriatic shoreline that alternates between the rocky outcrops of the Torre Guaceto Nature Reserve and breathtaking sandy beaches. Carovigno is often overlooked in favour of better-known Ostuni, but this delightful town with its pretty piazza comes alive at Easter, in August and at Christmas with all manner of festivities. Be sure to ask about local antiques markets which are often the first Sunday of the month and take a tour of the magnificent Baroque architecture in the surrounding towns. If you like ceramics, Grottaglie is a must. There are vineyards and olive groves where tastings and tours are possible, local padel courts, and for a round of golf, the nearest course is San Domenico, at Savelletri di Fasano, 41km away.

Specials

Local property management would be delighted to help you plan the details of your stay at Villa Cucco in advance. The following are available on request: private chef, regional cooking classes, nanny, driver, boat rental, horse riding, massage therapist, yoga instructor, personal trainer, wine tours and a tourist guide.

More information

Please feel free to consult our PUGLIA TIPS and Puglia Guide in order to make your stay even more special.

Some local places we personally love a lot:

Enoteca Il Cucco, Cisternino. Lovely design and a very good creative kitchen. In Summer you eat in the garden. The best collection of local wines and from all over Italy.

Giardini36, Cisternino. Our favorite for many years. Davide and Katia run this very well designed place just out of town together. Katia cooks in the open kitchen and most of the ingredients come from their own land. All fresh and daily changing menus.

Burro Cafe in Ostuni. This is your place for the morning breakfast. Stylish and the best rolls, cakes and light lunches. In season they organize long table dinners during the weekens. Follow their page for the details.

If you want to shop some nice design, stylish ceramics and small presents to bring home visit Civico3design. You don't know what to choose as all has something particular.

Surroundings

Location

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Surroundings

Villa Cucco is next door to Ostuni and the lesser-known Carovigno, and just 20 minutes from Cisternino, Ceglie Messapica and Martina Franca, the most well-known of the magical white towns of the Itria Valley. Discover their restaurants, maze of small streets and market stalls, or head to the trulli villages of Alberobello and Locorotondo. The property is just twenty minutes from the crystal-clear water and rocky coves of the Torre Guaceto Nature Reserve on the Adriatic coast. To the north is the picturesque port of Savelletri (31km) with its fishing village feel and Polignano a Mare (59km), a town built on limestone cliffs where its famous viewpoint, the Balconata sul Mare, offers incredible sea views and is home to occasional high-octane cliff-diving competitions. Discover coastal Monopoli (52km) with its Baroque castle and cathedral or head an hour west to the Ionian coast with its sandy beaches and lidos. Lecce (75km), otherwise known as the Florence of the south, is a must - it’s one of the most beautiful cities in the south of Italy and heralded for its Baroque splendour. It’s particularly beautiful at dusk when the setting sun turns the whole town pink.

Travel

Air
The nearest airports are: Brindisi [BDS] (36km) and Bari [BRI] (109km).

Train
The nearest train station to the property is at Ostuni (7km). There is car rental available at the station.

Road
The motorway exit closest to the property is at Ostuni.

Distances

Carovigno (6km); Ostuni (7km); Ceglie Messapica (18km); Torre Guaceto Nature Reserve (20km); Cisternino (21km); Martina Franca (31km); Savelletri (31km); Locorotondo (34km); Brindisi (41km); Grottaglie (42km); Monopoli (52km); Alberobello (56km); Polignano a Mare (59km); Taranto (63km); Lecce (75km); and Bari (93km).

Your villa and Covid-19

To prevent any possible spread of Covid-19 and to enable you to enjoy a safe and relaxing holiday, all our villas are cleaned to the highest standard possible, and according to the latest Italian health and safety regulations.

Perfect hygiene: to ensure an exceptional level of hygiene in all our villas, we’ve worked with our owners to create a Covid-19 villa management protocol. Based on recommendations from the World Health Organisation, and in compliance with current Italian national law, this protocol goes above and beyond our usual rigorous cleaning standards.

Prior to arrival, your villa will have been fully sanitised, including all surfaces, objects, kitchen items, curtains, sofas, throws, pillows, toys, and in and around the pool. You are welcome to ask for a detailed list of the entire cleaning procedure we do after each departure and before welcoming new guests to the property.

The owner of this house has complied with the following standards:

To ensure the necessary information concerning social distancing and the use of masks is available to all guests
To guarantee availability of and accessibility to hand hygiene systems with hydro-alcoholic solutions and soaps in all inside areas of, and pertaining to, the villa
To guarantee cleaning and disinfection of all areas according to national authority guidelines. Further information is available on request
For the swimming pool: to guarantee the efficacy of the water treatments, while respecting legal limits (the parameter for free active chlorine in the pool is between 1.0 – 1.5 mg/l; combined chlorine ≤ 0.40 mg/l; pH 6.5 – 7.5 or equivalent oxygen)
For air conditioning systems: to guarantee the air re-circulation function is switched off and, according to the manufacturer’s instructions, with the plant in off-mode, to clean the air filters of the heating/cooling plants that use heat pumps, fan coils and convectors, at the end of each stay

For more general information about Covid-19 in Italy, please click here.