This 2 bedroom apartment is modern and comfortable with private parking under the building, air conditioning in both bedrooms, and is relatively new to the market. The kitchen opens out onto a large private roof terrace, with covered coperta and lighting, overlooking fields for the obligatory alfresco dining.

Steps from this terrace lead straight to a private roof terrace that has a 270 degree view over fields and to the chiesi dei martiri. This is a further large private sun roof terrace (i.e. for this apartment only) with sun loungers and day round sunshine and great views at sunset.  

The apartment is modern, comfortable and easy to maintain and has wifi, a decent shower and a washing machine. The main bedroom has a double bed and the second bedroom has 2 single beds - both bedrooms have a window and air-conditioning. The kitchen is full of Puglian cookbooks and there is a small library of DVDs for all the family.

The apartment is in the quieter (and older & civilised) residential part of the city and is only a couple of minutes walk from the castle and the historic city centre. This is where the majority of shops, restaurants and bars are located, and the town seafront. Everyone comes there to stroll and have a cafe or gelato in late afternoon. We also have a local supermarket and fantastic pisceria (wet fish shop) within a minute's walk of the apartment. The bus stops and weekly market are also close by. We are the far side of town from the busiest tourist residential district in Summer.

There is also the Porta d'Oriente Italian Language School (http://www.porta-doriente.com) just at the end of our road.

An hour’s drive from Brindisi airport, and 2 hours from Bari (both served by British Airways, Easyjet and Ryanair), there is also a private garage in the gated apartment complex and a supermarket and fish market within a minute’s walk.

We fell in love with our apartment initially because of the fantastic terraces. The weather between Easter and October means that you want to spend as much time outside as possible and having such a large terrace directly off the kitchen was very unusual. We have invested in a solid, wooden, permanent awning with floodlighting to enhance al fresco dining in all weathers.