The Exterior

Outside, around the olive.

A lap pool, a pale stone deck, a summer kitchen under the pergola — all of it turned around a single centenary olive, the white house low behind it.

Casa Andrea's lap pool the length of the deck — turquoise water and a pale stone surround, the centenary olive and the timber pergola of the summer kitchen alongside, the white villa wall to the left, the olive grove beyond, clear sky, Puglia.

The pool, the long way down the deck

Turquoise water in a pale stone surround, a poured-stone deck wide enough to lie on all afternoon. It runs the length of the courtyard — you swim toward the olives, the house at your back.

The olive, the pergola, the summer kitchen

At the heart of it, a centenary olive in a ring of gravel. Beside it, a timber pergola over the summer kitchen — a worktop, a place to cook and eat outside while someone is still in the water.

Casa Andrea's centenary olive ringed by golden stones on pale gravel, the white villa with its arched windows behind, the pool and olive grove beyond, blue sky, Puglia.
The pool of Casa Andrea seen from the deck — turquoise water in a stone surround, a pale poured-stone deck around it, the white villa with an arched window to one side, the olive grove and a prickly pear beyond, clear sky, Puglia.
The white villa of Casa Andrea seen along the deck — a flat-roofed lime-washed volume with arched window recesses, the gravel path running to the olive and the pool, the grove behind, Puglia.

White walls, low against the light

From the deck the house reads as one long white volume — flat roof, lime-washed walls, the arched recesses of the windows. It sits low, close to the ground, so the olives stay taller than the roofline.

Two hectares of red earth

Beyond the deck the grove takes over — a hundred century-old olives across two hectares of red Pugliese earth, their trunks turned and hollowed by time. This is the view from every window, and the walk you take at dusk.

A centenary olive at Casa Andrea — a thick gnarled trunk recently pruned, planted in red earth, the grove stretching out behind under a clear sky, Puglia.
The olive grove around Casa Andrea — rows of century-old olive trees on red earth under a wide blue sky, Puglia.
  • 1Private pool with a pale stone deck, turned toward the olives.
  • 1Summer kitchen under a timber pergola, beside the centenary olive.
  • 100Century-old olive trees, one at the heart of the courtyard.
  • 2Hectares of red earth and grove around the house.

This is the outside. The vaulted rooms, the hearth and the suites are another walk again — one to discover in person. If you would like to come and see it, write to us.

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