After the hustle of Rome, this was a welcome end to our Italian vacation. We stayed for 9 days and wish we could have stayed longer. As other reviews mention, Antonio is a great home manager and the owner (Fiona) also very helpful/communicative. The trip to the beaches of Baia Verde is more like twenty minutes, but still very manageable. We enjoyed the beaches at Porto Cesareo a bit more (we haven't seen water that nice since Turks & Caicos!)
We had a nice day trip to Lecce - highly recommended! Most days were spent playing family games and enjoying the pool. The property really is even better than the pictures show.
You are definitely in the deep south of Italy, so things are a bit slower and you can't always trust your phone apps for driving directions, restaurant hours, etc. Many people did not speak English, but we used phone-based apps to translate and it worked well. Very, very friendly people.
The property now produces its own limoncello, olive oil and various jams, available for sale and all delicious (make sure you have cash).
Ask Antonio / Fiona about getting to-go meals from Martinello Gourmet. Very tasty and reasonably priced.
The closest town, Parabita, had a Lidl and a Conad grocery store for all of our needs...about 5-10 minutes from the house.
Overally, highly recommended!