We stayed in the trullo with our 4 children, aged 1, 6, 9 & 11. It was magical & unique! We loved the pool,which was clean and a fabulous size.The local pam supermarket sold inflatables (as well as almost everything else you could want,including disposables & throw away foil oven trays).We also stocked up on bottles of water as you cannot drink the tap water in the trullo/villa. It was incredibly cheap - 23 cents for a 2 litre bottle.We also bought dried cat food as there are a few cats who visit & our girls thrived on feeding them.
There's air conditioning in the villa bedroom & small trullo kitchen.At night we put it on for a while before we went to bed in the villa bedroom & then found keeping the windows open overnight was sufficient. The trullo bedroom didn't have air conditioning but does have a door which can be open during the day to let air circulate.The windows are well equipped with mosquito nets which we always had pulled down.But like any property in a hot country, some did still manage to find their way in.So I'd certainly recommend taking with lots of mosquito repellent & a fly squatter!
We hired a car (which is essential) and mainly went out in the late afternoon when it had cooled down.The towns and cities anyway only seemed to come alive at night! We visited Ostuni and took a short tuk tuk tour around the narrow streets which we loved.We also visited Indiana Park (like go ape/aerial extreme) near Castellana grotte,which our girls loved. Polignano a mare,Locotorondo & Monopoli were beautiful. Lecce had fabulous roman ruins. Alberobella,the trulli town,is a must.
The only difficulty we found was having a 1.5 year old toddler with us. Jo provided a big comfortable cot which was great. But there are a few steps in the trullo bedroom which we were always worried he'd fall down and the inside walls of trullo were understandably quite coarse, so we were always worried he'd scrape himself or trip and scrape his head! We tried to always keep the trullo bedroom door closed. Also, we needed to keep the kitchen door open for air, but then had to always be watching him in case he ran outside! So maybe it would be more suited to age 3+.
Our entire reason for visiting Puglia was to stay in a trulli house and we would certainly recommend it. Jo was v helpful & we really had a great stay. The grounds are massive and we enjoyed picking ripe figs & almonds! The cleaner popped in a few times & we used google translate to communicate!