A friend and I had a wonderful stay in Paola's apartment. It is in a perfect location, 20 minutes walk along the sea to the beautiful old part of Bari and 10 minutes to the public beach (which is sandy but no real shade) or 35 minutes walk to Torre Quetta beach, which was perfect - there is a shady grassed area with trees and jetties into the sea for swimming. The apartment was bigger than expected and very comfortable. Paola is very quick at communicating, we somehow switched the hot water off - the switch is in the corridor and we must have accidently pressed it without realising- we messaged Paola and within minutes she had replied.
It is easy to get to the apartment from the airport by taxi and Paola arranged a private hire to return us to the airport for 30 euros. Paola gives lots of information about where to eat etc. I really recommend staying here, we had a great week in Bari.