Absolutely blown away with this property. I very rarely leave reviews, but I feel so obliged to do so because the property is just fantastic.
Firstly, it’s a super clean, incredibly spacious and well thought out designed property. - it’s open and bright, while being intimate and cosy, it’s in the back street veins of Lecce with a true attachment to local businesses and Lecce vibes. Everything from the perfect shower with its cleverly designed privacy glass, to the authentic Lecce sandstone ceiling, Flávio and Antonio’s property is excellent and truly first class.
The rooftop pool is a god send for the southern heat, it was the perfect place to chill out in midday while it’s too warm to explore, and a great place to cool off. Rarely disturbed or shared by the few other guests. We mostly had it to ourself, and also served as an interesting and private space to get a view of the city.
Check in, check out, and an ongoing wealth of useful local information was provided by the lovely Property manager Alessandra, who kindly met us in the evening, showed us the entire residence and gave us plenty of local knowledge, she even arranged a taxi for us as we were unsure we could explain clearly where we were located (because it is a little hidden, but nice hidden.. if you know what I mean) (which fyi, is pretty expensive at around €80 for one way to airport)
It was also refreshing to actually meet the property owner Flavio, who was hard at work on the rooftop cleaning and maintaining the pool, which was already extremely clean in my view.
The only things to note if I was to be super picky, is that the property and stairs to the rooms are a bit of a mission with heavy suitcases or for anyone that may struggle with access/stairs. This wasn’t really a problem, but it’s worth noting that you may have to lug that heavy suitcase up some stairs.
Similarly, not really a problem as we ended up embracing the local vibe, but a local shop plays music really loud all day long from pretty early till relatively late, aside from Mondays. It’s normally decent selection of music, but if you’re wanting some peace when you have a nap at 2pm, unfortunately it’s probably doors closed for you. It did get a bit annoying, but we figured that their reasoning is that no one can find their shop hidden in the backstreet of Lecce, so music is required!
You can also quite clearly hear next door guests chatting away, which takes away from the privacy a bit, but this is understandably due to the fact that if you wished, the rooms are interconnecting.
Again, not really a problem and would definitely not stop me booking this place again.
I look forward to hopefully booking Flávio and Antonio’s villa by the beach (only 45 mins away)
Thanks again! 10/10, best quality Airbnb we have stayed in, thoroughly impressed and wish you all the best.