Simona and Maria are very welcoming, friendly and careful people.
Lighted candles and a bottle of wine made us feel very pampered :)
All the useful information about the house and the town have been deeply explained at our arrival.
The flat is located few minutes walking from the historical center and the seafront promenade, exactly in the middle of them (which is particularely useful if you chose being there at the lowest season, say the beginning of February, and most of the shops are closed in the historical center). All around the flat there are all the shops one might need: pharmacy, bar, restaurants, grocery, greengrocer, atm, tobacco shop, souvenirs shop, etc. Simona and Maria gave us a very useful resident pass from the Municipality of Otranto, it allows people to park the car down the street where normally is forbidden.
In the flat you'll find all the comforts mentioned in the listing on Airbnb website and wide spaces. Nice and particular the idea to use the grandma embroidery and spun. Doors and windows well isolate the flat from eventual outside noises and weather conditions.
For sure we will suggest Simona and Maria's flat to our friends!
Tip & Tricks about Otranto:
- we had a great breakfast with pasticciotto at Martinucci bar and pastry shop.
- we had a typical local aperitivo at Il Moresco bar, beautiful view of the historical port of Otranto from the final part of the seafront promenade.
- to visit the castle, Torre Matta, the cathdral, saint Peter church (for security reasons of the paintings deal with the catherdal sexton), seafront promenade cava di bauxite, Punta Palascìa lighthouse
- pay a lof of attention to Profumo di Mare restaurant, it's a tourist mid-low restaurant. According to the menu, they wrote different (higher) prices on the bill, and they charged the service. When it's on charge, it must be written on the menu with the exact amount of it. It was not mentioned on the menu. In the end we saved (in all the meanings!) € 7,00...