This guest house gets 5+ stars from me. On my fourth city of a long Italian holiday, staying in guest house type accommodations each time so far, my experience has been so-so. However, this location restored my faith. The property itself is beautiful, the historic nature of it adding to the experience of visiting this amazing city. The rooms are extremely clean, spacious, and well decorated. The complementary drinks, snacks, and morning pastries are icing on the cake. Also, the location is great, right next to the historic city center.
Based on all of these reasons, and the price, this is without a doubt a 5-star experience. The + is in the level of customer service. Upon checkout I forgot my credit card in the office. I had walked to the train station and was sitting on the train, unaware I was about to leave my card behind. All of a sudden, Luisa, one of the owners, comes running through the train to hand me my card. The train pulled away about 30 seconds later. Thank you so, so much Luisa - my trip would have been really difficult if you hadn’t gone the extra mile (literally).
I will definitely be telling friends to visit Lecce and to stay at L’Orangerie d’Epoque!