M'ami is not a question. It is an act of love for an ancient and unchanged place, a crossroads of stories. Here, worn-out shoes were repaired to continue the long journey of life. These were the “puteche de mesciu Tanziu,” the cobbler's shop of old San Cassiano where he lived and worked. Today, M'ami Guest House offers two residences with private kitchens within the historic center of San Cassiano: one charming with a whirlpool bath and one traditionally Salento. The Traditional residence consists of: a loft bedroom (15 sqm), a bathroom with laundry (5 sqm), a living room (20 sqm) open space with a three-seater sofa and a flame kitchen, coffee machine, fridge, and microwave. It also includes a private courtyard with a set of sofas and deck chairs. The Charming residence consists of: a bedroom with a whirlpool bath (15 sqm), a bathroom with a shower (5 sqm), a living room (20 sqm) open space with an induction kitchen, coffee machine, and fridge. There are also two terraces, the first equipped as a living area with a cover, flame kitchen, table, and lounge. The second terrace is a solarium with deck chairs. M'ami awaits you in San Cassiano, a small village in the heart of Salento, south of Maglie, at Via Fosso 15, easily reachable from the state road 275 from Lecce (39 km) or by train (free transfer upon notice) from the Poggiardo railway station, 5 minutes from M'ami. San Cassiano is a stone's throw from famous tourist destinations such as Santa Cesarea, Castro (15 minutes away), or Otranto (25 minutes away). In the village, you will feel at home thanks to the friendliness and courtesy of the inhabitants, including myself, ready to answer all your questions. The structure is in a strategic point of the village and Salento, allowing you to reach all the main activities on foot, such as the supermarket, pharmacy, café, post office, tobacco shop, or the hairdresser and the most important marinas from the hinterland on both the Adriatic Sea and the Ionian Sea.

Passion for photography, lover of Salento and all its beauties both in nature and in the kitchen.

The origins of this houses is lost over time, as is the case of all the houses in Via Fosso in San Cassiano, interlocked as a mosaic that hides a secret treasure; barns and hypogeum oil mills as evidence of a rural economy in the land of olive groves in the Paduli Park, and underground tunnels to escape or escape the enemy. To enter the "ditch" we crossed a votive arch, now lost, whose center triumphed the statue of San Cassiano, a Basilian monk who gives his name to the small town. Around the village, over time the community life was being built and the places of art have marked the passing of the centuries. From the crypt of Our Lady of Consolation with its Byzantine frescoes carved into the humid tufaceous rock, to the sixteenth century Guarini Palace with its ancient rooms, gardens, the small underground oil mill, and the Ducale Cafeteria where you can have breakfast. The Baroque Church of the Congregation Maria SS. Assunta holds two precious altarpieces on the passion of Christ. Of the late 800 is instead the Mother Church dedicated to San Leonardo, neighboring the noble Palazzo Cito, of the early twentieth century, which towers in the homonymous square.