Nice apartment in a great location in monopoli. The apartment was clean and tidy and was exactly where you want to be on the edge of the old town where there are many lovely restaurants. Apartment also 2min walk to nearest beach with other beaches in close proximity and so would recommend the apartment and its location.
However we wasnt impressed with he hosting. Many of our messages were ignored and when the host did reply she came across unfriendly. We made many attempts to make arrangements for our arrival in various messages but just got a brief one back saying 'my son will be around' which to be fair he was, however the lack of communication before our arrival was a bit concerning. The host never introduced herself throughout our stay or even asked if everything was ok, despite living in flat below. That was until 2days before the end of our stay when we got messages via E-mail and SMS and via her son, telling us we had to be out by 10 on the last day. Asking when our train/flights were/if we needed to store suitcases would of been a nice touch as would meeting us on our arrival to let us know where nearest supermarket is etc. We were made to feel like us being there was an inconvience. The host also felt the need to take all the knobs off the oven to stop us using it despite the apartment been advertised as with kitchen. We was also only provided with 2 small towels and two hand towels each to last 11 days. They were not even big enough to use for hair let alone full body. We would of been happy to wash the towels ourself but the host clearly didn't want us to use the washing room on the roof terrace either as we were not shown up there. Again, this would of been a nice gesture that may of helped us feel a bit more welcome.