The location is suburban Bari next to a beautiful small fishing town, Torre A Mare, accessible by car or bike. There are two bakeries, one supermarket, several cafeterias, restaurants and street grocery vendors. Mola di Bari only a few km away is larger and has great Italian street life.
Poggio di Ginestre an older gated community full of lush green. It is close to the Ba-Bri motorway, which is audible but not very disturbing. The flipside is good parking and fast access to Bari or Monopoli by car.
The apartment is on second floor with a loggia with sun in the afternoon. For morning sun lovers (like myself) Paola might want to replace the plastic film over the glass entrance door with curtains. You might hear the neighbors at times, as in all densified Italian housing, but during my stay they were mostly quiet and many were absent.
Paola was very responsive with helping with a number of issues, esp. in the kitchen.
It was a very pleasant stay at her place.