What a lovely place this is - just as lovely as the photos suggest. A beautiful, (very) old masseria with lots of space, beautiful cool high-ceilinged rooms yet with all the mod-cons a group needs to enjoy a holiday in this part of the world - appliances, a/c in two of the bedrooms and fans in the others, good showers with great water pressure and instant hot water, even a small coffee machine in the kitchen. The pool area is superb - the pool is large and private, surrounded by a huge lawn and trees - as are the little patios outside the kitchen where we cooked and ate our meals. It even has a lovely entrance - a private drive from the road, through a gate and up to the house itself where you park your cars off the street.
We were an extended family of 9 plus a baby and perfectly comfortable - there are two main bedrooms, a twin room, another double in the cave-like pool house and up to three more single beds in other rooms. Alfredo and Valentina also set up a cot for our 1-year old on request and were available throughout by phone if needed.
The place is perfectly located just outside Conversano, surrounded by miles and miles of olive groves but with a supermarket 5 minutes drive away in town. It's under 30 minutes' drive to some great highlights of the region - Monopoli, Polignano, Alberobello and some great beaches, both free ones and serviced lidos.
As with most places in this part of the world mosquitos were a nuisance in the evenings at first, but we stocked up with some strategically placed mosquito coils and repellent and kept doors shut during the day and didn't have any problems. We'll miss the place - great memories!