Things to do in Puglia
Sunday, May 3, 2020
Things to do in Puglia... are you ready for a Puglia holiday with many wonders? Puglia is a culturally rich region where you can choose what you can visit, there are many alternatives.
The area of Alto Salento is the most authentic part of Puglia, where you can wander through the streets of the white city of Ostuni, Carovigno and Ceglie Messapica and immerse yourself in the lives of the locals by stopping at one of the many restaurants to taste the typical dishes of the traditional Apulian cuisine. Only a short distance from this famous White City you can explore the most beautiful beaches of the Adriatic coast of Puglia from the Regional Natural Park of the coastal dunes of Torre Canne to the Nature Reserve of Torre Guaceto.
Undeniably beautiful is the Itria Valley, a rural area dominated by dry stone walls and trulli, which includes the towns of Alberobello (Unesco -World Heritage site), Martina Franca(examples of late Apulian Baroque), Putignano (with its famous carnival), Locorotondo and Cisternino all of which are among the most beautiful towns in Italy. Here you can enjoy breathtaking views and also le bombette, which is a must-try and can be found in many of the butchers in the old town.
Recommended for those who want to discover one of the many natural treasures, Castellana Grotte where there lies a 70-meter deep underground cave, where the most beautiful Italian speleological complex is located and can be visited in 2 hours. On the same day, you can have lunch in one of the many excellent fish restaurants in the historic center of Monopoli and watch the fishermen throwing out their fishing nets in the old harbor. You can continue the tour by eating ice cream or drinking a cafè under one of the typical verandas overlooking the sea of the impressive Polignano a Mare.
Salento is at the southern tip of the heel in Puglia, surrounded by two seas (the Ionian and the Adriatic) and consists of golden sandy beaches and shallow reefs, pine forests, and protected beach areas. The most famous city is Lecce, the baroque city and the city of papier-mâché, where the typical Salentine Puccia can be tasted, but also remarkable are the beaches of the natural reserve of Porto Selvaggio Gallipoli, and Pescoluse of Santa Maria di Leuca to Otranto, the most eastern city of Italy.
In the northern part of Puglia, you can admire a masterpiece of nature: the natural park of the ravines, real quarries carved into the limestone rocks by the streams that crossed the territory of the Murgia Plateau a million years ago. They have created habitable caves from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages, rich in boulders and breathtaking lush vegetation. The most important is the Gravina di Castellaneta and Gravina in Puglia.
If you come with the family... for the children, there is the Zoo Safari in Fasano and the Acqua Park Egnazia that is not to be missed on the coastal road between il Capitolo and Savelletri. Hours of guaranteed fun!
The area of Alto Salento is the most authentic part of Puglia, where you can wander through the streets of the white city of Ostuni, Carovigno and Ceglie Messapica and immerse yourself in the lives of the locals by stopping at one of the many restaurants to taste the typical dishes of the traditional Apulian cuisine. Only a short distance from this famous White City you can explore the most beautiful beaches of the Adriatic coast of Puglia from the Regional Natural Park of the coastal dunes of Torre Canne to the Nature Reserve of Torre Guaceto.
Undeniably beautiful is the Itria Valley, a rural area dominated by dry stone walls and trulli, which includes the towns of Alberobello (Unesco -World Heritage site), Martina Franca(examples of late Apulian Baroque), Putignano (with its famous carnival), Locorotondo and Cisternino all of which are among the most beautiful towns in Italy. Here you can enjoy breathtaking views and also le bombette, which is a must-try and can be found in many of the butchers in the old town.
Recommended for those who want to discover one of the many natural treasures, Castellana Grotte where there lies a 70-meter deep underground cave, where the most beautiful Italian speleological complex is located and can be visited in 2 hours. On the same day, you can have lunch in one of the many excellent fish restaurants in the historic center of Monopoli and watch the fishermen throwing out their fishing nets in the old harbor. You can continue the tour by eating ice cream or drinking a cafè under one of the typical verandas overlooking the sea of the impressive Polignano a Mare.
Salento is at the southern tip of the heel in Puglia, surrounded by two seas (the Ionian and the Adriatic) and consists of golden sandy beaches and shallow reefs, pine forests, and protected beach areas. The most famous city is Lecce, the baroque city and the city of papier-mâché, where the typical Salentine Puccia can be tasted, but also remarkable are the beaches of the natural reserve of Porto Selvaggio Gallipoli, and Pescoluse of Santa Maria di Leuca to Otranto, the most eastern city of Italy.
In the northern part of Puglia, you can admire a masterpiece of nature: the natural park of the ravines, real quarries carved into the limestone rocks by the streams that crossed the territory of the Murgia Plateau a million years ago. They have created habitable caves from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages, rich in boulders and breathtaking lush vegetation. The most important is the Gravina di Castellaneta and Gravina in Puglia.
If you come with the family... for the children, there is the Zoo Safari in Fasano and the Acqua Park Egnazia that is not to be missed on the coastal road between il Capitolo and Savelletri. Hours of guaranteed fun!