Salice Salentino Wine Area, Puglia hotel rooms at the Independent

"Elegant , up- scale staff … Breakfast excellent , great variety of choices Personell extraordinary helpful .. various languages spoken Super location … "

"I was very impressed with everything would definitely stay again"

"The location is great, walking distance from historic center and amazing restaurants, one of my favorite places to stay in Lecce. The breakfast is delicious. "

"The staff at the Palazzo were over the top. This Palace is so beautiful and very clean. I would definitely stay here again. The reception staff Alonso, Matteo, Virgile, Isabella, Virgilio were very kind and helpful. They suggested places to visit things to do in the area and booked dinner reservations. The Restaurants that they suggested were excellent and all within walking distance. The Place suggested a spa. We had a couples massage with Claudia and Enza. This is one of the best massages we have ever experienced. Thank you Ladies. Claudia and Enza are very professional and kind. The Spa is amazing. We also met the owners of the Palace and had a very nice conversation. It was a pleasure to meet them. A shout out for Alfonso which is a very special person. We had many laughs and fun with him....."Cheers Stefano" Frank & Kerri "

"Very clean modern and central Staff very helpful and friendly "

"Great reception staff. Nothing too much trouble for them Lovely clean rooms Good central location "

"Perfectly situated - close to everything; port, shopping, restaurants and transportation. Very clean hotel, nice breakfast and super helpful staff. "

"Not what I was expected. I know we came during off season but in May. The winery seem to be well known in the area but it wasn't open. They don't really have staff in attendance, but you can always reach them by email or phone if you have local cell phone. They use an app to access the gate into the venue unfortunately that our connection wasn't always the greatest and we needed to ask our friend to open the gate for us. We only saw one or two other guests in the hotel so it is really too quiet without staff around. "

" This is not a Grand hotel in the sense of the Danieli or Excelsior, however, that is probably because they choose not to have a restaurant, even though they put out a sumptuous breakfast and have a commercial kitchen and plenty of staff. Our room had filthy old green carpeting, but we noticed in the long hallway that some rooms have modern wood flooring, which is much more sanitary I don't know why we weren't given the upgrade since we are hotel gold members. The only other issue was the parking which we tried to reserve well in advance, but was unavailable, which was disappointing since we have a brand new Mercedes-Benz . The staff was very pleasant and the bathroom was spacious and had the best shower of our trip. Overall, it was good value for the money and it's probably one of the better hotels in Lecce."