Apartment for rent in the old town centre of Otranto and within walking distance from the beach: Appartamento al Bastione

Within walking distance from the sea, near the illustrious walls of the ancient borough of Otranto, Appartamento al Bastione is a flat that dates back to 1500, situated on the second floor of a charming court. Recently renovated, with attention to the details and good taste, the flat is so close to the sea that you can easily arrive at the sea and cool down after a stroll in the narrow streets of one of the most beautiful boroughs of Italy or after a hike in the nature.

You open the wrought-iron small gate, enter in the courtyard and up one flight of stairs you arrive at the apartment. Once you pass the under-stairs laundry, past the arch that embellishes the hallway, there is the dinging room with kitchenette that includes a microwave oven and dishwasher. The furniture, simple yet looked after, evokes the arte povera and the typical style of the Salentine houses. The old nineteenth-century front door now is the door of a built-in closet and the two eighteenth-century casings are now headboards of the two king-size beds.

Past the dining room there is the living room with queen-size sofa bed and then the first master bedroom. The bedrooms share two bathrooms with shower. Up the stairs in the dining room you arrive at the shadowed terrace with view on the roofs of Otranto, where you can eat lunch or dinner. The stairs bring you to the mezzanine floor, where there are a king-size bed and a twin bedroom. Up the stairs from the hallway you arrive to the second mezzanine with single bedroom. The mezzanine floors go from 6,10 feet to 3,3 feet tall.

The flat is also equipped with washing machine and air conditioning (hot or cold) which makes the flat ideal for every season, even spring or autumn when the town shows its most suggestive and less tourist side.