What the press says about Think Puglia

What the press says about Puglia

Club hits, villa mixes

"Villa Elia is a ravishingly romantic 18th-century house sleeps 17... that comes with staff, a cinema room and a large pool amid the orange, fig and mulberry trees with Elia's olive groves stretching for some 17 acres beyond."

March 2011

Booking it: Your Own Private Villa

"Think Puglia's houses include the dramatic all-white seventies Villa Blanca on the hill above Santa Maria di Leuca... and Villa Elia, a divine home... that mixes antique and midcentury, high and low, collectible and common in a way that only well-traveled Italians so effortlessly can."

September 2010

Awards

In the January 2012 edition of Harper's Bazaar, The Thinking Traveller (i.e. Think Puglia and Think Sicily) featured as one of the world's Best Private Villa Experts.

In 2011, Think Sicily was voted Best Villa Company in the World by readers of Condé Nast Traveller.

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2013

Architectural Digest
Schrecklich Schöne Gorgo (April 2013)
Golf Journal
Der Traum vom Trullo (March 2013)
Mail on Sunday
Tasting the heel of Italy (3 March 2013)
The Times
Europe's 50 best beach villas (12 March 2013)
The Sunday Times
50 Sensational Villas (27 January 2013)

2012

Elle Decor Italia
Secondo Amore (Oct 2012)
Sunday Times Home
6 celebs, 1 villa (28th October 2012)
Epicurean Life
Italian Escape (Autumn 2012)
Case&Country
Pietre Preziose (October 2012)
CITY AM
The Family Challenge (9 Sep 2012)
OK! Magazine
Trulli Beautiful (Sep 2012)
The Independent i
Brought to Heel (Sep 2012)
The Financial Times
Palatial in Puglia (31 March 2012)
Condé Nast Traveller
Villas of the Adriatic (March 2012)
Harper's Bazaar
The best private villa experts (Jan 2012)

2011

London Evening Standard
When in Puglia, featuring Villa Mirabella (29th Oct.)
Voyager Magazine
Feat. Villa Elia (October)
Architectural Digest
Un tratto nobile feat. Palazzo Guarini (July)
Architectural Design
Forte e gentile... feat. Villa Elia (July)
Vogue
European villas, feat. Masseria Lamacoppa (September)
FT, How to Spend It
Club hits, villa mixes, feat. Villa Elia (March)
National Geographic Traveller
Italian Villas, feat. Masseria Lamacoppa (March-April)
The Sunday Times
the great european hunt, feat. Villa Blanca (11 March)
Condé Nast Traveller
The 25 best villas in Europe, feat. Villa Elia (February)
The Times
The 20 best villas with pools, feat. Villa Mirabella (29 Jan.)

Schrecklich Schöne Gorgo

"Wahrscheinlich sollte man den Namen des Palazzos nicht so Ernst nehmen: Gorgoni meint hier wohl steinernes Vergnügen, vom barock gefassten Eingang über imperial..."

April 2013

Palazzo Gorgoni

Der Traum vom Trullo

"Wer träumt nicht von einer schicken Villa mit Pool, Meerblick, Garten, Sonnenterrasse und einem Golfplatz in der Nähe?... Im Garten wurde zwischen alten Olivenbäumen der Pool platziert. "

March 2013

Trullo del Sale

Tasting the heel of Italy

"Think Puglia offers a range of luxury rental villas in Puglia (the author stayed at Il Trullino)...it can arrange cookery classes including lunch or dinner and a recipe folder""

3rd March 2013

Our cookery lessons

50 Sensational Villas

"Bosco degli Ulivi: outside, there are olive trees and the walls are clad with rough local stone. Inside, it's a modernist masterpiece of clean lines, open spaces and big windows..."

27th January 2013

Bosco degli Ulivi

Europe's 50 best beach villas

"Rosa Marina is ideal for a stress-free family holiday: it's na immensely stylish bungalow sleeping six in three en-suite bedrooms and direct access to a Blue Flag sandy beach..."

12th January 2013

Rosa Marina

Pietre Preziose

"In un uliveto centenario nell'entroterra salentino, sorge questa casa di vacanze... un esempio perfetto di tradizione, integrazione nel territorio e contemporaneita'"

October 2012

Bosco degli Ulivi

6 celebs, 1 holiday home

"What happens when six celebrities share a holiday home? An Italian villa owned by Will Young, the Bond girl Eva Green and their showbiz friends."

28th October 2012

Villa San Vincenzo

Secondo Amore

"In Ostuni, stone, olives, mortar, iron and original geometric shapes have brought a Saracen trullo and an old Puglia farmhouse back to life..."

October 2012

Secondo Amore

Italian Escape

"Leading villa experts Think Puglia have introduced a new stunning 18th century Palazzo to their portfolio... Palazzo Gorgoni."

Autumn 2012

Palazzo Gorgoni

Trulli Beautiful

"Think Puglia has a range of rental properties, from seafront villas and luxury farmhouses to chic restored trulli and secluded rural retreats."

11th September 2012

Villas in Puglia

The Family Challenge

"Villa Specchia sits in its own walled garden, which is bigger than our local park. Mostly on one level... the inside is stunning. But the star of the show is the covered loggia..."

9th September 2012

Villa Specchia

Brought to heel

"Two of Think Puglia's properties, Ai Trulli and Secondo Amore were featured in an end of summer feature in The Independent's i newspaper"

5th September 2012

Villas in Puglia

Palatial in Puglia

"Villa Elia was all so quiet, so sunlit, so huge...Our week went by in an indolent haze of al fresco meals, dips in the pool and regular house explorations..."

31 March 2012

Villa Elia

Villas of the Adriatic...

"Best for grand style: Masseria Lamacoppa...
Best for a romantic break: Trullo Cutetto... For an excellent selection of luxury villas, Think Puglia."

March 2012

Masseria Lamacoppa

The best private villa experts

"Property gurus with impeccable taste will help you find the holiday hangout of your dreams... Great service and personal knowledge of the regions..."

January 2012

Villas in Puglia

When in Puglia...

"Villa Mirabella is surrounded by olive groves and fruit trees and has an amazing beach-style swimming pool, a gently sloping affair..."

29 October 2011

Villa Mirabella

Un tratto nobile... Forte e Gentile

"The Italian edition of the prestigious design magazine Architectural Digest featured both Villa Elia and Palazzo Guarini in July 2011."

July 2011

Villa Elia - Palazzo Guarini

Book a chic summer villa...

"Masseria Lamacoppa is a monumental affair. Its high, thick walls and vaulted ceilings... Moorish carpets... acres of forest... cricket-pitch-sized pool..."

April 2011

Masseria Lamacoppa

European villas...

"We recommend: Masseria Lamacoppa, a 17th century manor house turned secluded contemporary villa... X-factor: the poo is truly stunning..."

August 2011

Masseria Lamacoppa

The great European villa hunt

"Villa Blanca is perfect if you want to host the pool party of the year. The infinity pool is stunning, with a Jacuzzi corner in which to nurse a Martini."

11th March 2011

Villa Blanca

The 25 best villas in Europe

"Villa Elia has... a vast garden of lawns... a walled pool, a small cinema... the main draw is the first-hand taste of aristocratic living Italian-style."

February 2011

Villa Elia