Written by MagdaDH on September 8, 2009
- Even if you are not at all interested in religious history or architecture, the trip to Monte Sant'Angelo from the sea level is worth every cent of the 1.30 euro bus fare five times over....
Written by MagdaDH on September 8, 2009
- We take a train from Lecce to the north of Puglia and the Gargano promontory. In doing that we skip over what is a large part of a whole country, rich with sights and attractions,...
Written by MagdaDH on September 8, 2009
- For the rest of the our stay we camp near Mattinata, a town descending down a hillside above a coastal plain which stretches for 2 miles below and on which most of the holiday accommodation...
Written by MagdaDH on September 8, 2009
- Salento or, administratively speaking, Lecce province, is a popular destination for holidaying Italians, who still generally take their vacation in July and August and thus everything was functioning at half-steam in June. This is why...
Written by MagdaDH on September 8, 2009
- Puglia or Apulia as the English would have it is more or less the heel of the Italian boot. With 800 km of coastline and quite a long land border with other southern regions it...
Written by Esigodini on October 18, 2004
- Martina Franca is in the centre of trulli country, and about 10km from Cisternino (where our B+B accommodation was in a newly built trulli house). Trulli dot the landscape like termite mounds – small, conical,...
Written by Esigodini on October 18, 2004
- Locorotondo was our favourite of the hill towns that we visited. Small, friendly, and lively – certainly on the Sunday when we were there.
As in Martina Franca, we parked in the blue-marked bays at the...
Written by Esigodini on October 18, 2004
- We visited Ostuni on a hot Friday morning. We parked in the newer part of town at the bottom of the hill and strolled up towards the whitewashed streets at the top. We passed a...
Written by Esigodini on October 18, 2004
- We based ourselves near Cisternino. We flew into Bari, hired a car, and made a leisurely 2-hour journey to Cisternino (about 100km). Asking directions in Cisternino resulted in us following a friendly Fiat to the...
Written by Esigodini on October 8, 2004
- Our stay in Puglia was enlivened by weddings - boisterous car honking through the streets of Ostuni, family bustle in Martina Franca, glamour in Trani, and a mere poster ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding" =...
Puglia
Tourism and Travel Guide