in Puglia
Discover with us the Mediterranean charm of Puglia !!
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Tariff: NZ $3,380.00 / person for 7 nights
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Tariff includes:
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Locorotondo
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Additional Tours with the Gables |
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Tours
are also possible in Emilia-Romagna and the Amalfi Coast for complete
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Locorotondo
Ostuni at night
Puglia tours 2010
 Martina Franca |
What a hidden treasure we have found to share with you in the heart of Puglia! Stretching out towards Greece, this peninsula, in the 'heel of the boot', has a Mediterranean charm with warm, true hospitality. The gentle hills and plains are covered in ancient olive groves as far as the eye can see, growing from the ploughed red earth and criss crossed with dry stone walls.
The compact hill-top towns are a tangle of narrow streets, crowded with white-washed houses, joined by arches and supporting balconies of cascading geraniums. The classical civilizations all came to Puglia, always a meeting point between east and west.......the Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Normans, Swabians, French, Spanish.....leaving their mark on the people, the landscape, the architecture and the table.
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 Olives at a market |
The gastronomy of Puglia is characterised by an ideal of simplicity using
the noblest products of the region.....huge variety of wonderful cheeses,
meats, seafood, new olive oil from old trees, wood oven baked breads and
biscuits, magnificent fruit and vegetables, almonds, walnuts, legumes
and famous wines. The outstanding produce markets are like heaven for
us when shopping and planning our menus. Every dish is a fragment of history
and civilization.
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 Pool at trulli |
Accommodation
Along with the olive, trulli have become a symbol of Puglia. Only found
in a small area of Puglia, these unique circular based buidings, with
thick walls, tiny windows and a conical roof of overlapping limestone
rock are dotted around the Valle d'Itria and we are delighted to be able
to host our groups in a collection of trulli in this valley. These carefully
restored trulli retain their character but at the same time provide all
necessary modern comforts. The private pool is wonderful to return to
after a day of sightseeing.
Itinerary
Situated in the area of the Murgia and in the Valle d'Itria our trulli
are very close to many beautiful towns including the UNESCO World Heritage
Site of Alberobello with hundreds of trulli making a fairytale atmosphere.
The round town on a flat topped hill of Locorotondo we think is one of
the most beautiful towns in Italy and produces a good white wine.
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 Locorotondo |
Baroque Martina Franca is a very elegant white town famous for wrought
iron work, art and opera. Wood-fired ovens at butcher shops of Cisternino
cook your chosen meat to eat at the casual tables scattered around the
alleys or to to take home as part of your meal. What a great idea and
it is delicious!
Then there is the gastronomic town of Celeglie Messapica, the ceramic
town of Grottaglie, the gorgeous old town of Polignano a Mare on the dramatic
Adriatic Coast, the grottoes of Castellana...........
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 Matera |
We will also spend a day at fascinating Matera, actually in the neighbouring
region of Basilicata, where we will visit the 'Sassi" or stones.
A town of caves with house fronts built one against the other added onto
the front of the caves in more recent years. The caves were lived in,
with their animals, from prehistoric times until the 1950s when the people
were rehoused.
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 Olive Press |
We will dine with an olive oil producer, cook pizza and bread in the wood-fired oven at our trulli, taste the local wines at the wineries, visit mozzarella and goat cheese producers, see the huge Martina Franca donkeys and local Murgese horses.......and much more.
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 Martina Franca donkey |
Lyn Baynes
& Chris Broome