La Tana del Riccio

I am Italian, and since I was 4 I have been spending my vacation in Puglia. Thus, I know the Region quite well.. Nonetheless, La Tana was a great find! My partner (from Chile) and I spent a week in the suite Riccio and loved it. The small town is fantastic, the town square reminds me of old Italian movies. Baroque surrounded us.. La Tana is very clean and comfortable; they even had beach towels! so no need to bring them! Further, even though, there were other guests (a group from the north of Italy), we could not hear any noise! The staff - fantastic. Starting with G., the factotum, who I had to call at 3am because the other guests had locked us out, and he arrived with a smile (actually, he laughed!) further, he suggested a couple of great places to eat. One a few minutes away, the pizzeria Lievito Madre, in Poggiardo.Perfect pizza made with hemp dough... Continuing with the cleaning staff...nice and knowledgeable of the area... ending with the Baronale! The cafe where we had breakfast. La Tana partners with the Cafe Baronale where we could have breakfast - espresso e cornetto o pasticciotto (typical local sweet). Baronale is a lovely cafe in the square of this tiny town. The passaparola here is the most important thing.. they referred to La locanda dei Camini in Boturgno - another great find! Finally, the owner, prepared a very helpful booklet mentioning the best beaches to visit, recommending restaurants, etc.. a very useful pocket guide! We loved it! I am ready to go back!