Cinzia is an amazing host. Her house is lovely, clean, well-appointed, etc. She is super friendly and warm and fun to chat with, and she provided us with a wealth of information about the area. She even shared some local produce with us: tomatoes from the garden, and fresh sheep milk.
She also really made our holiday much more mellow by giving us rides to and from town (Torre a Mare), as well as back from a wedding we attended in Monopoli. (We obviously reimbursed her for this.)
(Her cats are awesome, too: friendly, funny, characterful.)
One small thing, if you don’t have a car: Cinzia’s place is a reasonable distance from town / the train station. It’s definitely walkable, but part of the walk is along a fairly busy road. This was totally fine for us — and as mentioned Cinzia was always really happy to give us a ride — but something to be aware of.
100% would recommend!