Villa Ranieri- Fronte Mare, AC, Wi-Fi e Giardino

Everything was great, beautiful terrace, comfortable rooms. Available bikes were additional advantage.

Villa Ranieri is a delightful place to stay as it’s just across the road and down the steps and you are at the very safe beach. Francesco the owner was an excellent host who was more than helpful and did everything to ensure our holiday was perfect – I would be very happy to return any time. The house is very clean and well-presented with everything you need for a relaxing stay – the patio area outside is charming and the outside warm shower is ideal for showering off at a day at the beach. We were there in mid-September so it was out of season which meant a lot of things were shut which suited us fine as it was so quiet and peaceful, we practically had the beach for ourselves. We had two bikes available to use which was ideal for exploring the local area and it meant that we could cycle along the lungomare to Torre San Gennaro to shop at the little supermarket – as we did not hire a car this was ideal. Francesco also picked us up from the airport and took us back plus he kindly picked us up one day to take us to San Pietro di Vernotico where we took the train to visit Lecce (the local bus stopped running at the end of August). He also contacted us to make sure we were able get back from San Pietro di Vernotico and offered to phone a taxi for us as he himself was busy – his concern for his guests’ was amazing. Having cycled along the coast to Casalabate I thought Campo did Mare, and its closeness to Torre San Gennaro, was the nicest place to stay. I felt our day here gave us more of a feel of Italian life than Lecce, though beautiful, was so busy with tourist. What more can I say - Villa Ranieri is perfect.

Nothing except a kettle would have been nice to easily boil water to make tea. This is not a comment only about Villa Ranieri but this is something that appears to be missing in most Italian villa/ appartment stays but then Italians are not big tea drinkers like us Brits.

It's quite close to the sea.

We had to wait for the owner. A tip in general, just say to owners that you will come earlier than you will actually come, so you will not have to wait for so long. The place was ok, but had zero sound proofing (I'm guessing you can hear the neighbours), I always felt like there was someone downstairs, so I didn't get much sleep, I didn't feel safe. The whole of downstairs is not well organised, the trash is a short walk outside of kitchen, which is very inconvenient. The town/area this is in is very dilapidated - there is a 'shop' nearby which was recommended by the owner, but the produce there is either non-exisent, or has rotten in the last decade.