A peaceful stay in your high quality and fully equipped 'second home'. Immersed in a secluded garden with wonderful views of century old olive trees, pine garden and palm trees, you are at the heart of an the olive farm with our own extra virgin olive oil free for you to use. Diddy's Country is strategically well placed a short drive away from many beautiful towns. You are also right at the start of 'Trulliland' with the first trulli's to be seen after just a couple of kilometres from the house.
The flat occupies the whole first floor of a rural villa and you have access to the swimming pool and toddler pool, most of the gardens and groves. The first floor has it's own huge terrace with custom made sun roof, evening drinks area and it's own big Weber BBQ. The terrace is very romantic in the evenings. The flat consists of a master bedroom with a doube-size bed, a big wardrobe, a TV and a two-seater sofa, the flat has also got a separate bathroom with shower, a second bedroom with a very stable bunk bed (top bed 70cm wide x 200cm long, bottom bed 80cmx200), and the possibility to add a third (proper) bed or a wooden or travel cot bed (depending on availability). The cot bed can also be placed in the master bedroom (we also had twin babies staying). The two bedrooms are off the kitchen, which also features a dining table for cooler evenings. The flat has got no living room, the terrace is it's living room, hence the flat is not suitable for the cooler months! The flat has been furnished with high quality furniture and kitchen items such as designer furniture, reclaimed furniture, stokke chair, Nespresso machine (with up to 30 free nespresso capsules per week), Nespresso cappuccino maker, Dualit toaster and kettle, Alessi Glases, artisan-made plates; utensils such as WMF cutlery and knifes and other cooking utensils, and other brands include Bodum, and Joseph. In the kitchen you will find our own extra-virgin olive oil for you to use (it comes from the century-old trees you see around you), coffee and tea, a pack of pasta and one tomato passata to start your holiday in style. We will also leave a bottle of wine or prosecco as a welcome. Basics such as salt, sugar, vinegar are also available. Your towels are from Frette for Adults and Orla Kiely for juniors, there are thin cotton hamam towels for the beach and sports towels for the tennis. There is a beautifully soft baby alpaca blanket to make you feel really cosy on cooler evenings.
The flat has it's own flat screen TV with cable TV (foreign chanels), microwave, washing machine, dishwasher and a cool "Bose" blue-tooth boom box for streaming your own music with quality sound, even when you are on the terrace.
The property has many fruit trees and we plant seasonal vegetables every year; if available in abundance, you are welcome to pick your own, such as tomatoes, figs and plums in the summer and oranges in the winter months.
We can give you access to the wood-fired pizza oven and free wood, however, this needs to be pre-arranged with the owner.
There is a tennis court with flood lights, changing room and showers. Rackets and balls are also available in the changing room. There are lots of other balls available in the changing room such as footballs, beach volley balls, basket balls.
The salt-water infinity pool is open from Easter to end of October (season can be extended upon request, but the pool is not heated, there is a plan to heat it for 2018). The use of the pool is at your own risk, please do not run on the solarium (can be slippery when wet) and no diving (pool only 140cm deep).
You are welcome to use the trampoline, but please note, this is at your own risk. The trampoline is on the playground and surrounded by safety standard river stones, but please be vigilant at all times, the trampoline has no net because of the heat. Adult supervision is highly recommended. The playground also features a mud-kitchen for our smaller guests, merry-go-round, swings, slide and our own dinosaur!
The property is just off the most amazing cycling path that can take you all the way to Brindisi for example.
Old bicycles can be borrowed free of charge with owners pre-approval. There are bicycles and other ride-ons such as pedal go-carts available for kids of all ages. Kids can use the internal roads with care (guests parking cars).
A parking spot has been allocated for our guests' cars and more parking space for our guests' guests is also available.
There is an exclusive al-fresco dining area for Piccinnu just in front of the stairs to the apartment. The "Aia" used to be the area where wheat would be dried and beaten to collect the grains for the winter. It is covered by a beautiful wisteria with thick green leaves in the summer. This is a cooler area to have breakfast of lunch.
The property is approximately a 20 minutes drive away from Brindisi airport or 1 hour away from Bari airport. It will take you 15 minutes to drive to the local beaches of Torre Guaceto, Specchiolla or Torre Santa Sabina and many beautiful towns are within easy reach: the world-renowned 'white city' of Ostuni and the culinary centre of Ceglie Messapica are just 20 minutes drive away. The amazing villages of the 'trulli-shire' area of Valle D'Itria, such as Alberobello, Cisternino and Martina Franca, are also close-by. The remains of the Roman city of Egnazia and its interesting museum is also close-by. The historical and culinary treasures of the Bari, Brindisi and Lecce would surely warrant a day trip even if they are only up to 1 hour away. Otranto is another amazing town not to be missed and Santa Maria di Leuca, at the tip of the heel, will transport you directly to the Caribbean. Likewise the amazing waters and varied coastline of the Adriatic and Ionian seas, where crystalline waters contrast with either golden sandy beaches or rough and unspoiled rocky spots!
Discover the cultural and culinary attractions of the coast, Valle d'Itria and Salento and don't forget San Vito's own treasured food specialised food shops such as the 'Slow Food' rated Caseificio Lanzilotti (cheeses and mozzarellas) where you can find the wastes and most succulent choice of mozzarellas and the likes you have ever seen. San Vito also has it's own amazing pasta producer and an incredible gelateria!
Unless guests plan to spend their stay at the property, for guests arriving by plane or train it is highly recommended to hire a car for the duration of the stay.
