Do not hesitate to book this place, it is amazing! The villa was immaculately clean and tidy, which we felt was very important at the moment.
The thing we were most impressed with was the communication from the host. Any requests or questions she responded to almost immediately and she was able to make some excellent recommendations for local sights/ restaurants etc and arranged transfers and car hire at excellent prices. She had also provided a complimentary basket of local goodies on our arrival which was most welcome as we were so hungry!
There was plenty of room in the villa with each of us in our own room with our own bathroom (4 friends) but this property could have slept many more comfortably. The beds were high quality with good mattresses which afforded us all a good nights sleep. Facilities in the villa are excellent with everything you could need.
Do not be put off by the gentleman living downstairs. This was no problem at all, we barely saw him except when he would maintain the pool or when he would enter or exit the outside area with a cheery ciao! It was also actually nice to know someone was nearby if anything was needed.
Location is remote, a car is an absolute must to make the most of the area. A good and well stocked supermarket is 1km away from the property and the nearest Lidl is 15 mins away by car. There were restaurants in town but the villa was so lovely that we didn’t feel the need to venture out in the evenings.
We can highly recommend the wine tasting at Martina Franca that was on the list of recommendations provided . Very reasonably priced with the chance to purchase some high quality wine at supermarket prices. They ship to other countries too.
We were also able to have a chef come to the villa and prepare us a traditional Italian feast. We cannot recommend this enough! All the preparation was done in the downstairs apartment so we were barely aware she was there and course after course of this delicious food kept appearing! It was wonderful to try so many local specialities in the privacy of your own villa and the value for money was fantastic. There was so much food that there was enough for us to have dinner again the next night..! Highly recommended.
Overall we cannot say enough nice things about this place. Go ahead and book, you won’t regret it!