Wow! What a place and what a host!
We contacted Mario in March for our September stay. We were travelling Europe in our caravan and needed somewhere to stay with some friends who were coming out to see us, we explained we needed somewhere to keep the caravan and Mario said this would be fine.
We were due to arrive 8pm on a Sunday from Bari so the shops would be shut, we contacted Mario for a shop that may be open once we arrived but he asked us for a list of things we needed and made sure they were waiting in the fridge for us when we arrived! we were very, very greatful especially having milk in for our 1 year old.
Mario met us at the house, showed us round and offered us and our friends a beer and gave our son a bottle of coke, another nice touch.
We stayed 4 nights and Mario arranged for a doctor to come and see our son at the villa who was having bad earache. He also recommended a garage where I could get my airconitioning on the car fixed, not only that he let me follow him down to the garage, got me a coffee because I'd too much vino the night before! He took me to an ATM, took me back to the villa and picked me up to collect the car once it was fixed. A Super Host indeed!
The property itself is exactly as it looks in the pics, it is SO RARE to visit some where that matches the pictures, they are usually a bit dirtier, scruffier or just not as nice but that was not the case here.
We used the pizza oven one night and the BBQ another, sat outside every night in the lovely dining area until late and soaked up the rays by the pool in the day.
My only regret is that we couldn't stay longer and if We are ever in the area again Mario will be the first person we will contact.
Grazie Mario!