Apulia

The "heel of the boot" of Italy, drawing visitors with its domed stone houses, white towns, Baroque cities and long coastline.

Apulia lies in southeastern Italy, bordered by the Adriatic and Ionian seas, with flat terrain and olive groves everywhere. In the Itria Valley, Alberobello is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its cone-roofed stone houses, the trulli, and white towns such as Ostuni and Locorotondo are picture-perfect. Lecce is famous for its Baroque architecture, the Salento peninsula and the coast near Polignano a Mare are beautiful, and the Gargano peninsula offers forests and sea cliffs. May, June and September are the best times to visit, while July and August are the peak beach season. Bari and Brindisi airports are the main gateways, and trains connect to Bologna and Rome.

Destinations

• Bari & Valle d'Itria
• Lecce & Salento
• Matera

Itineraries

• Puglia, Matera & Salento Road Trip – A self-drive loop starting and ending in Bari, linking the Matera Sassi, trulli houses, the White City, Lecce Baroque…
• Grand Southern Italy: Naples to Sicily – Cross from Naples to Puglia, travel down the toe of Italy to cross the strait to Taormina, using trains and buses with…