“Prison like windowless room with lack of ventilation and dangerously oppressive”

The location was good but the property was hard to find and extremely noisy near a busy main street. It took 3 hours to access the property using the inefficient key system and the doors were not numbered. The inner door was difficult to open and heavy. It was a bad start. There was also a safety issue with the door as it was left open (possibly broken into) at night which is why we left. There is no soundproofing and I heard someone rattling our door handle in the middle of the night. The complicated key system doesn't work. We had to call the owners several times. When the owner did arrive, he couldn't open it either for at least 10 mins. We were also not informed there were two floors and stone steps. Both properties do not have numbers. No apology was made when the door did finally open. Additionally, they only provided one set of keys, which was limiting for people who do not want to be stuck to each other the entire time.

“The apartment’s location is brilliant - close to everything yet quiet and private.”

The apartment’s location is just brilliant - close to the main square, restaurants and monuments yet quiet and private. The apartment is well laid out, beautifully furnished with high ceilings and lots of windows letting in lots of light. All of the windows had shutters, blinds and insect screens which made it very comfortable. Each room had air conditioning which meant the place was cool & comfortable and we could keep windows and doors shut against the street noise (which was not excessive anyway considering the inner city location). Lots of linen in the cupboards so no shortage of sheets & towels. There are lots of great books (in Italian) on the shelves on the art & architecture of Lecce and Puglia.