The apartment is stylish and comfortable with fantastic outside space and Angelo and his son David are really helpful in ensuring that guests have a great time . Although we did not have a car,we found the local buses to Bari and trains frequent and easy to manage. A car would have been an added advantage but we really recommend going to Trani-the most lovely seaside town-very stylish and beautiful with good restaurants and the quaint hilltop town of Ostuni-also stylish and historically interesting with lots of shops for presents to take home and great food and ice-cream. Both can be visited using bus from the village and train from Bari. It is easy to shop locally and we found a local fruit and veg shop run by a really helpful guy also called Angelo who likes to practice his English - worth a visit. Bread and cheese are good from the shops beneath the apartment and it is a short walk to various supermarkets.The old town of Castellano is well worth a visit especially on a Sunday evening when the local brass band plays in the central piazza - very atmospheric.