During our 14 days in Villa Iris, the owner provided excellent hospitality and service. Filomena and her husband offered great support by helping us with practical issues like delayed luggage and Autostrada fee. Filomena was always available for questions and requests during our stay. Villa Iris is a very spacious villa with a large and excellent outdoor area. The big pool (12x6 meters) is excellent and is divided into a deep and a shallow part. Please be aware that the shallow part is too deep for the youngest children. For our children, of age 6 to 10, the pool was perfect, even though it was too deep for them to stand. The janitor was there several times during our stay for pool maintenance. The villa has five nice bedrooms, all with individual A/C. There is also one A/C in the living room. The kitchen is quite small but well equipped, including a dishwasher, stove, gas cook top, microwave oven and an espresso coffee maker. The villa also has an outdoor kitchen with stove, gas cook top, pizza oven and in addition a washer for clothes. The villa is located about 5-6 minutes drive from nearest supermarkets and shops/restaurants (Castellana Grotte). It's a 20-25 minutes drive to get to the beach, and about the same to the nearest cities by the sea, like Monopoly and Polignano a Mare. A car is essential in order to get around and experience the area. I will highly recommend taking a trip to Matera and Alberobello. In all, I will recommend Villa Iris and Filomena's excellent hospitality.