Puglia Trips & Tours

Forming the sun-drenched heel of Italy’s boot, Puglia is a stretch of silvery olive groves, fertile farmland and a crashing coastline that stretches for hundreds of kilometres. Across the countryside, distinctive trulli houses – round stone huts with cone-shaped roofs – dot the landscape around UNESCO-listed Alberobello, while hilltop towns like Ostuni gleam brightly in the sun. Along the coast, Polignano a Mare perches dramatically on limestone cliffs, and the handsome Baroque city of Lecce, the “Florence of the South”, dazzles with honey-coloured churches and ornate palazzi. This is a place where life unfolds slowly and days are leisurely… We’re talking long lunches beneath pergolas, swims in hidden coves and evening passeggiatas through the old piazzas. Oh and when it comes to cuisine, it’s best to leave your preconceptions at the door and embrace Puglia’s distinct dishes like orecchiette pasta with turnip tops…