Karen House B&B

As soon as we arrived outside and met the owner we were greeted with smiles and welcome hugs. Beautiful and stunning exterior with a visual of pure Italian vibes. We had the upstairs with 2 double beds. A beautiful bathroom and at the top the kitchen with a roof terrace which has a sea view but also a view of the real feel of Puglia with locals sitting on their balconies smiling and waving which is what I love as much as the ocean. This is properly equipped to cook your own food, make hot drinks and store cold drinks. Greeted with beautifu pastries some fruits and red wine. The place is immaculate and just so delicately decorated with everything u need. 5 mins If less, to walk into the main town with a huge selection of local resturants, bars, shops, ice cream, the beach with views to die for. Our experience was so beautiful from start to finish. You can grab the train which is no more than 10 min walk then grab a bus outside to take you to monopoly with more beaches to try. Over all our experience is up there with my favourite visits and I will defo return to Karen House. Beautiful Tonia the owner was nit just welcoming but also stunning. Fell in love with her too. 💕 see you again and I highly recommend your stay here at Karen House xxxx

This is not a B&B, like the title suggests, no breakfast is provided. It’s a fully serviced apartment. We haven’t met with anyone during our whole stay. The keys were left in a safe place, which the owner messaged about before we arrived. We did have some biscuits and pastry left for us and also there were tea and coffee making facilities and water. We also had a bottle of wine left for us, which was a very nice touch. The location of this place is superb, literally a few minutes walk to the centre of the town and all the main attractions. Parking was also good, very close to the apartment in a public car park which was free and with plenty of parking spaces. People should be very aware that when booking this place, you have a choice of an upstairs apartment which has a terrace and a view of the sea. If you book the downstairs apartment, you get zero views. We feel that for the price, you can get a much better choice in the same area with the view, with proper breakfast and human interaction. If you’re only after the location and don’t care about anything else, this could be a great choice.

The studio apartment we stayed at was fully self-serviced, at no point have we met with anyone. The keys were left in a safe place, which the owner messaged about before we arrived. The location of this place is superb, literally a few minutes walk to the centre of the town and all the main touristic points. What we were a little disappointed about though was a bit of a false advertising. When we booked our stay, we specifically wanted a terrace with a view. We were picking from a few different places and chose this one, thinking we’d have a view. If we had known that it doesn’t, we would’ve booked somewhere else. Also from a description and reviews, it seemed we would also meet the owner. No, that’s also not true. Zero face to face interaction with anyone. Breakfast consisted of 2 sweet pastries left on the table for us. If we had known (and was made VERY clear in description - which it isn’t) that only the suite has a terrace with a view and there’s no face to face interaction and breakfast consisting of 1 pastry per person, we wouldn’t have booked it. It also wasn’t cheap.. so yes, we expected a little more for our money. Having said all that, the reason we didn’t give 3 stars or less is that the place had so many nice little touches. And the owner talking to us on WhatsApp was really lovely and helpful. As long as everyone knows what to expect, it’s a great place.

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