We stayed in Le Palme di Conturrana Tropicale which is a bit of a walk away from the beach - about twenty minutes at toddler pace. I chose it because it had a pool and my kids love swimming in a pool as well as the sea. Unfortunately it was the end of the season and the pool was freezing and had a layer of leaves and dead insects floating on the water. It wasn't cleaned while we were there (and the pool is tiny so it is not a big job to clean it) and my children refused to get into it so I am sorry I didn't stay at the company's other apartments nearer the beach. The beach was wonderful and the water at the end of September was very warm - nicer than any pool.
There are nice gardens at one side of these apartments with water features and ponds - unfortunately the stagnant water seemed to attract a lot of mosquitos. And I mean a lot. We could not leave the windows open at any stage. Even with keeping the windows closed there were still 15 - 20 mosquitos in the apartment every night. So bring citronella candles and lots of repellant and a couple of those plug-in mosquito zappers. There is air-conditioning which seemed to slow them down a bit.
We were given an apartment facing onto a car park - there is a tiny balcony off the bedroom and the kitchen/living room and you can just about fit 2 plastic chairs on these balconies. There are no tables for outside and no room on the balconies to put them - even if you could bear to sit outside at night with all the mosquitos buzzing around. The ground floor apartments facing the gardens have bigger balconies with table and chairs.
The apartment was clean although it was not cleaned again during the two weeks we were there. There was a connecting door in our apartment through to another apartment which thankfully was locked - but we could hear every sound in the other apartment and of course they could hear us. There is a TV - all Italian stations - which doesn't matter if you are out every night. However as we have small children we spent a lot of time in the apartment at night so I'm sorry I didn't bring a portable DVD player so they could watch a movie. At the end of September it was dark soon after six so there were a few hours to kill before bedtime.
The bedlinen and towels were not changed for 10 days - and we only got fresh linen then because my husband managed to catch one of the cleaners wandering around outside and demanded it. The kitchen corner of the living room is small - but OK to make breakfast and light lunches. There is a small fridge with a freeze box but the freezer part didn't really work so you couldn't keep ice-creams in it or make ice. There is a good supermarket around the corner - prices on a par with Ireland.
There is a small restaurant/bar on the other side of the pool - as we were there at the end of the season it closed a few days after we arrived. Once the Couscous Festival is over that seems to be the end of the season and a lot of places in the little town close down. I'm sure in the middle of summer it is a lot livelier. However, I do think you need to hire a car to get the most benefit from your holiday in San Vito. We paid 900 Euros for 2 weeks at the end of September which in hindsight I think is too much for basic accommodation in a one-bedroom apartment.