Located in a private situation, a short drive from Fasano (and a very handy hypermarket!), at around 5 years old, the house is beautiful and spacious, and decorated with loads of interesting artefacts. Whilst we were there for a week at the beginning of November, we could well imagine that it would be a haven of coolness in the summer months; indeed, our biggest regret was that the days were shorter, and the nights cooler in November than they would have been in the summer, when we would probably have been able to explore this beautiful region more.

Piero was the most generous and attentive host we have ever had in many years’ experience of renting holiday villas. From providing fruit and water for our arrival, coffee and croissants every morning, delicious wine during the week, spending time with us taking breakfast and a meal out, providing us with information on the local area and giving us a CD of a photoshoot in the garden, he could not have done more to give us a welcome to, and an insight into, life in his native Puglia of which he is rightly proud.