This place is in a great location, and really good for seeing Lecce.
But we were really disappointed with the whole experience since we felt really mislead about the amount of bedrooms within the property. It was advertised as a 3 bedroom, when it was actually only 2 bedrooms, with a small single bed in the lounge. And then we were restricted to only using one bedroom and the lounge by the host - unless we were prepared to pay extra money per night. The host contacted us before the stay - asking for extra money to use the second room.
I tried to explain various times, that while there was only 2 of us - it was myself and my mother, and we had booked this property because it had 3 bedrooms, and we expected to have our own bedrooms.
The host believed that you pay extra per bedroom, and we couldn’t come to agreement.
She kept texting me rather rudely saying that it cost her money to wash and set up linen on the bed, and if I didn’t want to pay extra or like it - I could find somewhere else to stay. This was really hard since it was peak season and we didn’t have time to sort somewhere else to stay at late notice.
I contacted Airbnb, which the host did also - and I had them confirm to myself and the host that I was correct in the belief we had booked the entire house - all bedrooms.
Even after this long ordeal - and Airbnb conforming, the host came back to me again asking for more money for the 2nd bedroom. She even said she will leave the Airbnb support platform if they make her honour our booking and provide us the 2nd room.
I had another support person from Airbnb speak to her - and he came back to me saying that she understood and would ensure we had 2 bedrooms set up when we arrived.
Sadly and very frustrating - we arrived to have the hosts parents meet us - she was unwell, and the parents could speak English, and the 2nd bedroom was shut by the mother - and pointed at the small single bed in the lounge!
So we were expected to use only one bedroom, and one of us sleep in the lounge.
Overall the house is nice and big, but very dark and doesn’t have the best smell - makes sense since it’s dark and old monastery.
It is a nice old house and the location is perfect - only a few mins off the main road - but with this experience I wouldn’t recommend for more than a couple