We are just coming to the end of two lovely weeks staying in Villa Clara and the headline is that we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it. We don’t want to leave and hope to come back!
We arrived late in the evening, tired and hungry, to find Luigi waiting for us having filled the fridge with all sorts of delicious local produce, wine and beer which got us off to very a good start! The villa is light, airy and spacious with all mod cons - everything you could possibly need. Air conditioning throughout . The outside area is lovely and the pool is a very good size, easily big enough to do lengths. And very few mosquitoes so we ate outside every evening. It is all very peaceful and unoverlooked. Luigi was a very attentive (but unobtrusive) and charming host who was always available to answer queries and sort out any problems (of which there were few). Two lovely ladies came to clean the house and change the linen twice and left plentiful supplies of pool towels.
The villa is a 15 minute walk from the centre of Alberobello which is a charming town with its delightful trulli. Everyone is very welcoming and friendly. Lots of restaurants to choose from. It seemed to us that the tourists were mainly Italian. Monopoli is half an hour away by car and has a great buzz and nightlife. There are plenty of beach clubs on the Monopoli coastline and you can book sunloungers at most of them via the Cocobuk app. We particularly liked Sabbiadoro.
Other places we particularly enjoyed visiting were Ostuni, Matera, Locorotondo and Lecce. Lecce is known as the Florence of the South and worth the trip!