La Disfida di Barletta

No-one at reception when we arrived, so had to phone emergency number. Someone arrived in about 5 minutes, and they were surprised that we had booked for six days. Apparently the usual receptionist was still on holiday. To make up for the mistake, they put us up in a better room with balcony overlooking main street. Because of the urgency, the room was not too clean: hairs on bathroom floor from previous resident; but at least beds freshly made. They said that they would need the room back on Friday for another single-night booking. Fortunately, we were visiting Gallipoli that night and staying over, so we arranged to pack our bags so they could easily move them to an adjacent room and back again. You can temporarily park outside the reception for unloading, but there is a private, separately owned, indoor car park about 5 minutes walk away at quite reasonable rates. The receptionist was good enough to ride in our car with us and show the way.