Maison Vacances à la mer

We had a fabulous holiday in Monopoli. It is a beautiful city, full of atmosphere and history. Rocco's house is a traditional house in the historical centre. It is built like a tall cave structure made from heavy stone. It is unlike anywhere we have stayed before, so we feel we were true locals.

Francesco made us very welcome, and the house was clean and nicely furnished. The position of the house is central but also quiet. We all loved it.

The house was lacking some equipment such as cleaning stuff, towels or beach toys, maybe an umberella for the roof terrace. Otherwise, we were very happy.

Tante Grazie Francesco!

Bellissimo appartamento nel centro storico di Monopoli, sul mare, dalla terrazza si vede il mare . L’appartaMento è funzionale e completo di tutto, camera da letto da sogno. Proprietario gentilissimo - dog Friendly

very nice small apartment in the middle of the old town of Monopoli, centrally located,

reasonably priced,

What a deception ! The pictures on the site don't show the reality

The house is built on 4 levels, one room per level ! 45 stairs (yes !) to get from the kitchen to the terrace (better have good legs and food very hot if you want to eat upstairs). There is not even a tray to carry the dishes etc and limit the number of ups and downs !

"Superb view to the sea" ???? Definitely not : yes, you can partly see the sea from the rooftop (the best point of the house, with its situation in the city), but between other roof tops, church roof and TV antennas.

The site says "parking" ? No private parking at all and you are not allowed to drive in the city. You thus have to park 10mn away from the house (I never got lucky enough to park closer for free in a 1 week stay).

WiFi ? yes, but based on a 4G routeur that does not work inside the house (not at all or poorly). OK from the terrace, but ... 45 steps to do Internet on your computer, the same with your smartphone of course :-(. Dowload rate toped at 300Kbps, upload over 1Mbps.

90m² ? I doubt it, or it includes the terrace

Bathroom is tiny, mirror broken and 1 light bulb missing

The picture of the double bed shows 2 bedside lamps ? Not for us, there was only one, none in the other room (and the house is supposed to host up to 6 persons !)

Kitchen poorly equiped (one pan, one coffee machine for one mug ; preparing the breakfast takes time..., house not so cleaned when we arrived (walking bare foot shows it all !)

No iron nor iron table when we arrived ; we had to ask for it.

4G router out of order ; I had to ask for a charger

Only one AC remote control working for 2 AC units 2 floors apart and it did not seem to bother our landlord... It was a mere problem of dead battery and I had to ask for them.

Paint on the wall is partly falling down and not so clean.

However, the house is well situated close to a small sand beach, the street is calm and there is AC (but only in the kitchen and in the parents room, not in the kids room).

Monopoly is superb but I will definitely not recommand this house, at least, not at this price !

La casa è bellissima, spaziosa e fresca. A due passi dalle splendide spiagge del centro e da tutte le attrazioni proncipali: pub, ristoranti tipici e scorci suggestivi per romantiche passeggiate ma non solo! Sono entusiasta della città e del soggiorno, servizio impeccabile! Tornerò, a presto!