Grand Hotel Olimpo

Why it’s on the Edit

Grand Hotel Olimpo is a four-star hotel on Via 7 Liberatori della Selva in Alberobello, the town of the UNESCO trulli. The hotel puts itself a short walk from the trulli of Rione Monti.

It makes the Edit as a four-star town hotel, and the offer is plain: 40 rooms with a double bed, soundproofing and a lift, two suites, a restaurant and two meeting rooms.

Choose it to see Alberobello on foot from a base with parking and a lift. The hotel also lists phone contact 24 hours a day. To sleep inside a trullo, look at the countryside retreats further down this page.

The rooms

All 40 rooms are soundproofed and have a double bed, air conditioning, heating, a safe and free Wi-Fi. Each can be booked as a double, a twin or a double for single use.

Classic rooms can take a third bed, and a pet-friendly double is possible with the hotel’s confirmation. The Author’s Rooms are Classic rooms decorated with quotes from famous authors and artists. Superior rooms have a private balcony and a 42-inch interactive TV, and can take a third or fourth bed, with family rooms available.

The two suites go further. The Eden Suite has a Japanese-inspired bed, a small panoramic pool with a whirlpool and a suspended fireplace in the living room. The Palace Suite is classic in style, with a terrace, a jacuzzi, a balcony and a living area, and breakfast is served in the room.

Room sizes are not confirmed here.

Eating and drinking

The restaurant serves Apulian cuisine and offers vegan, gluten-free and children’s menus. Its chefs select fresh, seasonal ingredients.

There are two dining rooms: an intimate one with 20 seats for reserved moments and a larger one with 200 seats for special occasions. The hotel runs a lunch stop for tour groups with its own bus parking, and a half-board formula where guests choose among first and second courses.

Breakfast is included in most rates. The hotel also lists a bar, room service and meals for children. Opening days for dinner are not confirmed here.

The setting

The hotel calls Alberobello the beating heart of the Itria Valley. UNESCO inscribed the trulli of Rione Monti, with 1,030 trulli, and of Rione Aia Piccola, with 590, in 1996, as remarkable examples of corbelled dry-stone construction.

The hotel’s own list of places to visit adds the Castellana Caves, Polignano a Mare and Locorotondo. Polignano is the hometown of Domenico Modugno, with a statue on the waterfront.

The hotel rents bicycles and offers a shuttle to Bari and Brindisi airports on request. A beach is not confirmed here.

Good to know

• 40 rooms, a lift and two suites. The 2026 register lists 41 rooms and 87 beds, and the 2021 register listed 40 rooms, 80 beds and 51 bathrooms.
• Free Wi-Fi, free parking and a video-monitored garage are listed, with daily cleaning and staff who speak Italian, English and German.
• Breakfast is included in most rates.
• The hotel is accessible for guests with disabilities, and some rooms are pet-friendly subject to confirmation.
• Two meeting rooms and a large restaurant hall are available for events.
• Airport shuttle, private transfers, baby-sitting, laundry, ironing, a car wash and bike rental are extra services, and the kitchen can pack a lunch for a day out.
• Pool, spa and opening months are not confirmed here.
• Price band: 1 of 5 (estimated: no official rate found).

Who it suits, and who should look elsewhere

Grand Hotel Olimpo suits travelers who want Alberobello on foot, with parking and a lift, for a night or two on a Puglia road trip. Business groups and tour groups can use the meeting rooms and the large dining hall.

If you are set on sleeping in a trullo in the countryside, two other stays fit better. Borgo Canonica in Cisternino is a trullo retreat, and Almapetra Trulli Resort near Locorotondo lets self-catering trulli apartments.

Getting there

Grand Hotel Olimpo is in Alberobello, in the Valle d’Itria. Of the two airports, Bari is closer and Brindisi the alternative; the hotel offers an airport shuttle to both on request.

The hotel’s contact page mentions Alberobello railway station, on the Ferrovie Sud Est line. A car is useful for the rest of the valley, and parking is free.