I cannot recommend this house or the host more highly - the house is absolutely incredible and Vittoria and her colleague Marco ensure your every need is met.

The house is beautifully decorated, luxurious and very spacious, every bedroom has a modern en suite bathroom and there are many different seating areas in the house and garden to sit and relax (including a terrace which is perfect for watching the sun set over the vineyards!). The pool is as amazing in real life as it looks in the pictures and the house and garden are surrounded by a big hedge so it is lovely and private, you could easily spend a whole week here and never want or need to leave the house!

Just up the road from the house is Monachi Castle, which is stunning. You can go wine tasting (they make fantastic wine - we bought two boxes!) and have dinner there, I throughly recommend doing both. Lecce is only a half an hour drive from the house and Punta Prosciutto (a beach 15 mins away in the car) has white sand and CRYSTAL clear water (it was still very busy in September though).

Marco was incredibly helpful throughout our stay - nothing was too much trouble and we felt so welcome from the moment we got there - we arrived to find a hamper of useful cooking ingredients and one morning we woke up to a table laden with delicious pastries from Vittoria.

We had such a fantastic week here, it was just the relaxing break we were looking for. If you are considering staying here, definitely do, you won't regret it!