Hotel on the hills above Cisternino, built in the 1970s with local limestone. Twenty-eight rooms, a garden of olive trees, a terrace overlooking Valle d'Itria.
Aia del Vento is a hotel built of limestone on the hills above Cisternino, in the 1970s, on an aia: the rural threshing floor where wheat was once tossed into the air so the wind would carry away the chaff. The name comes from that ancient gesture.
Twenty-eight rooms across two floors, a garden of centuries-old olive trees, a terrace looking out over Valle d'Itria. The walls are thick, the rooms cool in summer, quiet. For dinner, Cisternino is just a kilometre away: in the evening you walk down when the village streets begin to empty.
Aia del Vento is a three-star hotel, and what it offers, it offers without fanfare. A room with a view, someone who greets you by name, honest directions when you ask where to eat in the evening. The rest is Valle d'Itria.
Fragments — stone, sky, rooms, the cooking of Valle d'Itria.
Aia. The yard where wheat was threshed: tossed into the air so the wind would carry away the chaff.
Limestone, dry-stone walls, olive trees that have seen other guests before us. Valle d'Itria is measured in centuries.
Cisternino is a kilometre away. You walk down when the alleys empty and what remains are the lights behind open doors, voices under the pergolas, the cool air of the valley.
The essentials, done well. For everything else, Valle d'Itria is right outside.
Aia del Vento offers two halls for private celebrations, family lunches, business meetings. Each hall holds up to 80–100 guests. Pricing depends on setup and season — write to us and we'll send you a tailored quote.
Full-height windows onto the Itria Valley, an outdoor terrace, polished marble floor. Suited to daytime ceremonies, wedding lunches, conferences: daylight pours in from one entire side of the room.
Verde Alpi green marble inlaid in geometric patterns, a warmer and more intimate atmosphere. The original hall of the property: in the evening, under low lights, it has the feel of receptions that run late into the night.
A third room set aside for business meetings, training and presentations: theatre seating, projection screen, a quiet and contained atmosphere. For those who need focus, not formality.
For your event, write to us.
Whenever you decide to come, you'll find us here.
