Highlights of this deluxe, fully escorted Best of Puglia tour can include: the deepest caves in Europe (Grotte di Castellana), the port cities of Trani and Monopoli, Lecce – the “Baroque Florence”, the shrine of San Michele Arcangel, Federico II mystical octagonal castle, the conical stone “trulli” of Alberobello and Locorotodo, as well as Matera, probably the oldest inhabited city in the world and set for Mel Gibson’s “Passion”
Like all of our tours, their is NO fixed itinerary. Every single trip is custom planned around your interests, pace, style of travel, the time of year and many other things.
So please look at a beautiful gallery of a past guided Puglia trip that we did with clients and a gallery of our pics from a personal Puglia & Sicily trip last year, then reach out through our contact page to get the ball rolling.
Below is a quick taste. Look at the above links when you’re on a pc or tablet for best full effect.
60,000 olive trees, pristine sea, Norman castles and one of Italy’s tastiest cuisines
Madonna vacations there, the New York Times writes about it and Travel & Leisure magazine picked it their Top Travel Destination in the World. The WORLD. Yes, it is really that good!
Here is an article from Harper’s Bazaar that lists the 27 most beautiful places in Italy — several of them are in Puglia
Best Time to Visit Puglia 2022
Puglia has mild winters and hot summers — but has the massive and beautiful Adriatic coast to cool off in. So all in all, Puglia is a great vacation destination all-year-round. The longer days from May-September allow for more sightseeing by daylight; in the winter months things are quieter but sunny and warm.
Best Places to Visit in Puglia 2022
A short and very partial list of places our travelers have enjoyed include:
- Alberobello and its “trulli” — the typical conical stone dwellings
- Bari – a beautiful port city and capitol of the region
- Ostuni – the “white lady” named after its whitewashed architecture
- Monopoli – a port city with some of the best restaurants in Puglia
- Lecce – the “Florence of the South” because of its incredible baroque architecture
- San Michele Gargano – the site of an important shrine built into a cave high above the sea
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Best Places to Stay in Puglia
This region of Italy has almost no large or chain hotels, only small boutique resorts and charming bed-and-breakfasts. Many are on the property of an old “masseria”, or hacienda, that has been tranformed in modern times into a comfortable resort with wifi, pool, olive trees, luscious grounds etc
All of the accomodations that we use have been hand-picked by us and are proven values, as our customers attest.
