Ignazio was a great host. He spent time explaining the best places to visit and eat in the area. It was our daughters birthday on the day we arrived and he even organised and paid for a birthday cake for her. He was always at the other end of the phone to book restaurants even while he was away working.

The house is set in a beautiful setting amongst the Olive Groves and the gardens are beautiful.

The house is advertised as a 5 bedroom house but none of the rooms are connected. You have to go outside to get to each room which made it difficult for us (a family of 5 with young children) as our young children didn't want to sleep on their own. The house is a little more basic than other houses we have stayed in in Italy; each bathroom has an independent water heater which needs to be turned on before showering. The showers are a little basic and the property could have benefitted from having a few more basics. Its also very hot at night in the summer months even with the room fans and was shock after staying in the previous place with air con. However, I think this is how it is in Salento.

Overall we had a great time as there are lots of lovely places to visit and there are far fewer tourists down here than there are north of Lecce.

If you like living the outdoor life in summer then you may love this place