The place is superlative. We spent 10 days here, and they have flown. We couldn't have been better in an hotel, and we had the added freedom of being able to cook by ourselves.
In Apulia, it is all about knowing the best places to go out dinner, how to do your shopping, how and where to park your car, and so on. For instance, there are restaurants which will cost 100 € and others which will be 25€ for two people - and they do not necessarily provide worse food! Therefore local knowledge is important.
In this sense, the hosts have been fantastic, helping us since the arrival (see below for our troubles about that), and suggesting us the best beaches, daily trips, restaurants, and even inviting us to their events.
The hosts can even suggest you a friend who can rent you a car for better conditions than the airport (but see below about the car insurance coverage), therefore my warm advice is to contact them well upfront your trip and ask them to help you plan some of your vacation's details.
Some possible drawbacks you have to take into account are:
- The location given by AirBNB was wrong, therefore the arrival was less smooth than expected. Apparently, different navigation software gives different indication for the same address, therefore I would recommended you check the exact address upfront with the hosts, and verify that your navigation software will bring you in the correct location. Luckily, the hosts helped us at the phone when arriving.
- Internet connection in the south of Italy is very often sloooow. Don't plan to do heavy remote teleworking from here, it is likely not to work out. Vodafone has the best mobile coverage and connection here.
- The hosts have two dogs. They are very friendly, but you may be allergic, or the kind of person who doesn't like them - so you are advised. Actually "Camilla", the name of the house, is named after one of the dogs :-) You also have to pay attention when you are driving outside of the gate as the dogs can run out with you.
- If you are the kind who likes to jog or run, you better ask your hosts first (don't do my mistake!!!). There are no pedestrian walkways that you can call this way, and you need to know where to go or you will end up on a principal traffic street, which could be very dangerous (drivers do not respect pedestrians here). You also need to know in which time of the day to run, as it can get very hot! Again, ask your hosts.
- You need to drive a car to fully appreciate the surroundings. In Italy, it is common to only have partial CDW on rental cars, however people there park and drive much less carefully than in the north of Italy and Europe; rent your car with "full casco".

Overall we warmly suggest the stay here.