The house is situated just outside the town St Vito dei Normanie, a typical small town in the Puglia. There is at least one wonderful cheaply priced restaurant (Xfood) that we would recommend to anyone fond of a gastronomic experience, it is abslolutely impossible to eat so well in France at even twice the price. The beach is a very pleasant half hour bike ride away (the hosts provided 3 bikes for us), through plantations of olive trees, many of them over a thousand years old (amazing). This beach is beautiful and unspoilt, it is in a natural reserve. There are other beaches within a short distance by car that are better equipped (Lido etc.) but they are not nearly so nice. The house is also very convenient for visiting more cosmopolitan cities such as Brinidisi and Lecce.

The hosts are extremely generous and frequently provided us with fresh fruit and vegetables at no cost. When we had problems with the car, (we needed tyres to be changed) they came with us and ensured that we were treated fairly. Overall they were wonderful hosts who took very good care of us !!

The house is very well equipped, nicely decorated and pleasant to live in. there is a huge terrace at the back where we dined frequently. For shopping we would recommend the super market Famila over the others (Auchan and Dok) for food, it has the best prices and the widest selection of things.

Communication with the hosts was frequently in German (Rosaria speaks fluent German) and our Italian is quite poor. Overall we had a wonderful holiday and heartily recommend this location.