Our family of 4 (2 daughters, age 4 and 2) stayed at Maria and Andreas place for a week in October and it has been more than wonderful. The house is next to their own house on a private property secured by an electronic fence. The kids could therefore freely and safely play around in the garden. The house is ideally situated with towns like Gallipoli and Lecce and the sandy beaches on the Ionian see within max 20 minutes drive. The garden of the house is full with fruits, vegetables and herbs and we could use what we wanted and our daughters very much enjoyed the picking of lemons, egg plant and tomatoes. Since we had booked last minute we had not done a lot of preparation and were very pleased with Maria's many tips about restaurants, places to visit, where to go to the beach etc. She is the type of host we needed!