Our stay at L'era di L'aura was quite simply brilliant. The property is beautiful and furnished in a bright, tasteful style. Laura and her family (who live around the villa) went out of their way to make us feel welcome. She left us freshly baked goodies every morning, and my friend even got a home-baked apple tart as a birthday present! Our group of four had not expected our dishes to be washed, or our beds done up but our host was insistent on both counts!

The only potential drawback could be that the villa is 15-20 minute car drive from the city of Ostuni, but we enjoyed being away from the tourist hordes. Laura gave us lots of good recommendations on things to do and see, and overall it was a delightfully relaxing break.

A definite double thumbs up!