Trulli District

travel wonder in Italy

Why the

Trulli District

is special

Unique cottage-like farmhouses with beehive shapes dot the heel of Italy. They traditionally have whitewashed bases, conical rock-slab roofs, and an ornamental crown.

Tips & insights on the

Trulli District

The small Puglian town of Alberobello is the tourist center of the Trulli District.

Alberoabello has over 1000 urban trulli. Countryside trulli provide a more genuine feel.

The best months for visiting are April to June and September to October. In July and August, it can be uncomfortable hot and flooded with tourists.

The first trullo was built at least 9 centuries ago. A 500-year-old one survives.

The price for a trullo has skyrocketed because they are eagerly being bought as vacation and rental-income homes.

A trullo can have a round or square base. The former is the authentic shape.

Today, many new trulli are built with mortar (or other binder). The true traditional trullo is built without it.

Legend tells us that trulli were made mortarless to allow residents to quickly dismantle (and later reassemble) them when the king's tax collector made his rounds. Unfinished houses were not taxed.

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