Costa d'Oriente Residence Club

The residence is a bit far from the sea, it is recommended for car owners; a short walk from there there are a restaurant, a cafe, a newsagent and a supermarket. Rooms are clean and tidy. At the time of our stay, at the beginning of the summer, there was not any activity and the bar at the swimming pool was closed.

My boyfriend and I were looking for a romantic-last minute gateway in May and we always wanted to visit the region of Puglia. We were very lucky to have chosen Costa d'Oriente. From booking to our arrival, everything was handled very professionally by the staff (a big Thank you to the manager Barbara for her help and for promptly answering our many questions via email!). Our apartment was lovely, equipped with a kitchen and with a nice view of the pool and the village. Great value for the money. Thank you again for the warm hospitaly and we hope to see you soon again! K&L - Tel Aviv

Family with two small kids visiting Costa d'Oriente in early July 2013. Positives: 1) When animation and the mini club has really started it gave us a break (about 2.5h a day) from the daily parenting. Kids liked it. 2) The Residence is relatively small (about 30 nice apartments) and cosy 3)The pool is also nice 3) The sea was rather clean and the long sandy beach was good but crowded. Weather often windy. Only a small part of the beach is public Negatives: 1) Maybe it is common for Italy but we found there were significant additional charges above those indicated at the booking site. Those were about 25% for two adults and two kids above 3y.o – club cards and other fees – that we had to pay at the arrival (we were warned about those additional expenses by the company dealing with the reservation “Ionian travel” in advance, though). 2) Animation was lazy at the beginning of our stay (July 2013) – the truncated version of the mini club for kids was held only two times during our first 9 days of stay. Later the action kicked in and kids were enjoying it a lot. 3) The Residence is not a walking distance from the beach of Torre Del Orso. It takes 5-7 minutes for the shuttle bus to reach the sea. The bus runs on schedule (every 0.5h or 1h) but a couple of times it was missing. 4) No cleaning service for the apartments during the stay. Only the linen was handed over once a week.