The villa is located a couple of miles from the main road, set in farm land. The lanes are tarmac and single track (for the majority). Watch our for the odd pothole and oncoming traffic - the Italians love to drive fast! The last 100 yards to the villa is up a private dirt track. Take it slowly and you'll be fine.
The villa is set on a hill overlooking a flat plain with views all the way to the Adriatic. The outside terrace takes full advantage of the views - great for sun rises (if you are an early riser) and for watching the cruise ships sailing in to Bari or Brindisi.
The house is very comfortable and modern with everything you could ask for.
The pool area is set within the raised lawn and has ample sun beds and places to chill out. It has a separate dining area, shower block and toilets - also houses the washing machine. The covered dining area is great if you want to get out of the midday sun and still be a short walk away from the pool - handy for us as the midday temperatures were over 35 degrees!
This is an extremely quiet villa. You do get some farm noise e.g. tractors, every now and then but it is very infrequent.
The villa is about 10 minutes drive from Conversano. There is a very good supermarket (Famila) and plenty of bars and restaurants. Paid parking can be found by the Castle entrance or at the bottom end of the park. Our favourite restaurant was Goffredo - located on the roof terrace of the Corte Altavilla Hotel - 73 Euros for two of us; 3-courses with wine and water.
As for Stefania; she is the perfect host. Excellent communication both before we arrived and during our stay. We had no issues while we stayed at the villa. But I'm sure if anything had gone wrong she would have solved it very quickly.
As we were leaving, Stefania's Mother (lovely lady) gave us some plums from the tree next door. They were delicious!
Overall impressions of Villa Monsignore - Excellent - 5 Stars - Highly recommended.
We would definitely stay here again if we return to Puglia