When we found stephano s house on the internet we were enthousiast from that moment. When we arrived with our family we were getting more enthousiast! All pictures of the house we recognized and we could not believe all this was ours for 1 week! We were impressed by the garden, the swimming pool, the big, relaxing veranda and all the luxury and the space in the house.
All was proper and in good condition. We loved the place, the olive trees all around and the silence of the country. The only sounds in the evening were birds, sometimes dogs far away and the cats of the house (and sometimes crazy racers on the road).
We were also happy with the pizza oven and the open oven which we used with much pleasure. Also our son, he could make fire legally! Also we were happy to have a lot of place in the garden for playing with the ball. Our girls (13, 18 and 20 years old) made a lot of pictures at the swimming pool and they felt real topmodels!
We made different trips with a perfect car of Budget, picked up on the airport of Bari. We were surprised about this authentique country with a lot of historical, lovely villages and towns. We can recommend for visit Ostuni (the white city), Alberobello (on World Heritage list), Lecce (they called it the small Florence, and it's true!). Italiens were very kind but communication is difficult while most of them speak no English. So, learn Italien words before you go!
The beaches were great as well, in spite it was beginning of May. For us, the weather was perfect (around 24 degrees) and also the watertemperature was much higher than in our country (Netherlands). The beaches were rather empty because the italiens found the temperature much to low. No problem for us! We can recommend the beaches under Gallipoli (West) and nearby Villanova (East). During the trips sometimes we have to pay attention for bad roads. The motorways were in good condition and no busy traffic.
Tip: choose real italien restaurants and you will surprised about all different, and delicious food!
This holiday we will never forget and we hope to come back later.