La Corte dell'Astore

Why it’s on the Edit

La Corte dell’Astore is a small company in Alberobello that lets restored trulli, and it now trades as Trulli Antichi Mestieri. Its website is trulliantichimestieri.com. The old address, lacortedellastore.com, redirects there, and the company name at the foot of every page is La Corte dell’Astore Albergo Diffuso s.r.l.s.

The site lists 11 trulli, each named after an old trade or a character, from the Trullo del Maniscalco (the farrier) to the Trullo della Lavandaia (the washerwoman). Most have a street address in Alberobello, the town of the UNESCO-listed trulli, and the company places its town trulli in the historic center. The Trullo del Vagabondo, listed in the rural zone, is a countryside complex with a pool.

It is on the Edit as a trullo retreat in the plain sense: a whole trullo for you, a kitchen corner in most of them, and the town outside the door. The site describes trulli and a booking desk, with no restaurant or shared lounge, so expect holiday houses under one manager.

The rooms

Each trullo is a separate unit for 2 to 4 guests, restored, in the company’s words, to keep its character while adding modern comforts. The descriptions follow one pattern: a double bed, a living area, a shower room and, in most cases, a kitchen corner.

The Trullo della Massaia sleeps 3 with a double bedroom and a kitchen corner. The Trullo di Bacco adds a second bedroom with a single bed. The Trullo del Falegname and the Trullo dell’Esteta sleep 4 with a double sofa bed, and the Falegname has a hydromassage room.

The Trullo del Maniscalco is for 2, with decor drawn from the farrier’s old tools, a kitchen corner, a hydromassage tub and a private outdoor sitting area. Its page lists TV, air conditioning, heating and Wi-Fi.

The Trullo del Vagabondo is the exception: a complex of trulli in the countryside with a pool, a garden and old olive trees, for up to 4 guests in 2 bedrooms with 2 bathrooms and an equipped kitchen.

The 2026 Regione Puglia register files the company as CAV imprenditoriale (holiday houses and apartments let as a business) with 7 units and 27 beds, plus a B&B entry with 1 unit and 4 beds. The site lists more trulli than that, so ask which registration covers the trullo you book.

Eating and drinking

Most of the trulli are self-catering. The site lists a kitchen corner for the Massaia, Bacco, Innamorato, Trullaro, Falegname, Maniscalco, Lavandaia and Pensatore, and the Trullo del Vagabondo has an equipped kitchen with a dining area next to it.

The descriptions of the Trullo del Falconiere and the Trullo dell’Esteta list a living area but no kitchen corner. If you plan to cook, ask about either one before you book.

The site does not describe a breakfast service, while the 2026 register also lists a B&B entry, so ask the company whether breakfast comes with your trullo. If it does not, plan it in your own kitchen or at a bar in town. The 2021 regional register recorded kitchenettes, air conditioning and a TV for the holiday apartments, which matches what the site shows today.

For a stay longer than a weekend, the Vagabondo’s equipped kitchen and dining area make it the most practical unit for cooking.

The setting

Ten of the trulli are in the town of Alberobello, whose trulli UNESCO inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1996, in its words remarkable examples of corbelled dry-stone construction. The listed property is six parcels of land: two districts, Rione Monti with 1,030 trulli and Rione Aia Piccola with 590, and four single sites. Ask the company whether your trullo is inside the listed area.

UNESCO’s description of how a trullo works helps you read the one you sleep in. Trulli were built as field shelters, storehouses or homes for small landowners and farm laborers, from limestone dug on the spot while making the cisterns under the floor. Water runs from the eaves through a channeled slab into the cistern.

The walls are a double skin of stone around a rubble core, pierced by a door and small windows, with a fireplace and alcoves set into their thickness. Narrow stone steps lead up to the roofs, which often carry markings in white ash and end in a decorative pinnacle.

The Trullo del Vagabondo sits outside all this, in the countryside of Alberobello, with a garden and old olive trees around it.

Good to know

• Name: La Corte dell’Astore Albergo Diffuso s.r.l.s., trading as Trulli Antichi Mestieri, at trulliantichimestieri.com. Email: info@lacortedellastore.com.
• Official category: CAV imprenditoriale (7 units, 27 beds) plus a B&B entry (1 unit, 4 beds) in the 2026 Regione Puglia register.
• A deposit of half the total confirms the booking, and the balance is due in full on check-in day.
• Cancellation: the FAQ says free up to 7 days before arrival, while the booking terms say the deposit is not refunded. Get the rule that applies to you in writing.
• Changes to a booking go through the reception staff.
• Free and paid car parks are near the trulli, per the company.
• Bookings go through the website, by phone or on WhatsApp.
• Price band: 1 of 5 (estimated: the site shows nightly rates without dates or seasons).

Who it suits, and who should look elsewhere

La Corte dell’Astore suits couples and small families who want a trullo to themselves in Alberobello, cook some meals and come and go as they like. The Trullo del Maniscalco, with its hydromassage tub and outdoor sitting area, is the pick for two. Groups of four can choose the Trullo del Falegname, the Trullo dell’Esteta or the Trullo della Lavandaia in town, or the Trullo del Vagabondo if a pool matters more than walking to dinner.

Look elsewhere if you want a hotel routine: the site does not describe a restaurant or a breakfast service, so confirm breakfast before you book. Grand Hotel Olimpo is a four-star hotel in Alberobello with 40 rooms, a lift, its own restaurant and breakfast in most rates. Almapetra Trulli Resort near Locorotondo has 5 apartments made of 14 trulli, an organic breakfast from its own gardens, a seasonal pool and a free private car park.

Getting there

La Corte dell’Astore lets trulli in Alberobello, in the Valle d’Itria. Bari airport is a little closer than Brindisi, though either works.

Most trulli on the site have their own street address, so do not assume the company address on Viale 7 Liberatori della Selva is where you will sleep. Ask for the exact trullo address and the nearest car park, since the company says Alberobello has several free and paid parking areas near its trulli.

A car is the way to reach the Trullo del Vagabondo in the countryside, and it helps for day trips around the Valle d’Itria. For the trulli in town, ask how to reach the door with luggage.