We stayed at Erika's place if the beginning of September 2013 for a week. The house is just on the main street, in front of a big supermarket that you can find everything and also you can reach to the beach in 5-10 min or to the old city in 10-15 min by walking. Everything was good and comfortable enough even there were linens and towels, so don’t carry them from your home or at least ask Erika before you prepare the luggage (of course we didn’t do that :).
If you are planning to go there out of the high season without a car, make sure that there is a bus or train to Otranto at the time you arrive to Lecce, because the bus is only working in the high season ( when we went there it had already stopped working at the 6th of September). However you can take a taxi for about 50-60 Euro (don’t hesitate to negotiate, it’s a mediterranean country :).
We loved Otranto a lot especially its awesome beach and incredible old city! We were also very lucky to be invited by Erika to one of her family members’ birthday party in the garden of the house. So this place is highly recommended for a calm and joyful vacation. We would like to thank a lot to Erika, her lovely mother, and her father, Mr. Campanile, who was very kind to brought us to Lecce by his car, during the travel we enjoyed his conversation and friendly approach :)
Hope to see you soon…