Martino's apartment was wonderful. Spotlessly clean and beautifully decorated in very chic colours and designs. Martino helped us in with our luggage. The entrance hall is marble floored, cool and bright and inviting. Doors open onto the small balcony. The kitchen/ living area has a convector hob that is easy to use, a microwave and the appliances were plenty adequate for our needs. There was a sofa in the living area/ kitchen which was lovely to relax on. The double bedroom (very comfortable bed) had an amazing amount of storage space and the balcony looks out over the street. There is a laundry room (lovely washing machine, thank you!) that leads off the kitchen and the bathroom is off the laundry room. The bathroom was all new and sparkling clean as well. Martino left a welcome bowl of local food for us which was very much appreciated. He called to ask us to go on a walking tour round Monopoli with him but sadly we were not fee. Next time! He gave us maps and explained where the local bakery, fruit store, fishmonger etc were and pointed us in the direction of the beautiful and interesting centro istorico (the old town) and the beaches. Martino was the perfect host and the apartment was perfect as well. Grazie, Martino!