Holidays in Puglia, southern Italy:the best towns, restaurants and personal guide
Live an authentic holiday in Puglia in the south of Italy, make food and wine experiences, take part in a tour with a personal guide visiting the best towns as Locorotondo, Polignano, Ostuni, Matera and the trulli of Alberobello.
See below a detailed itinerary and activities for a 4 day tour (4 days, 5 nights). However, as an option, we can customize the tour including a private cooking class in the countryside and a wine tasting in a family-run winery.
So if you want to ask a question or for any further information please contact us or send an email to angelo@experiencepuglia.com
So if you want to ask a question or for any further information please contact us angelo@experiencepuglia.com
Arrival
- Pick up from Bari airport.
- Arrival in Gioia del Colle and transfer to your accommodation: rest and free time.
1st day
- Meet at the hall of the hotel
- Visit of Matera and its Unesco’s site “the Sassi” (cave houses, rocky churches where time seems to stop)
- Focaccia tasting in an ancient bakery with a wood burning oven in Altamura, town famous for its bread
- Lunch in a selected restaurant
- Guided tour of Gioia del Colle: the castle and its museum, the churches, the historical center
- Return to Gioia: rest and free evening
2nd day
- Meet at the hall of the hotel.
- Visit of Polignano a mare and its wonderful sea.
- Guided tour of Monopoli, sea side town featuring waterfront, cathedral and whitewashed houses
- Lunch in a “slow food” restaurant
- Guided tour of Alberobello: walk among the trulli and the historical quarter
- Return to Gioia and free evening
3rd day
- Meet at the hall of the hotel
- Visit of Trani: the little fishing port, the Templar Knights’ church, the historical center
- Guided tour of Barletta featuring Frederik II’s castle, Norman Cathedral and Medieval historical center
- Lunch in a typical restaurant in the countryside selected by “Michelin’s guide”
- Return to Gioia
4th day
- Meet in the hotel lobby
- Walking in Locorotondo, lovely white town in the Itria Valley
- Guided tour of Martina Franca, queen of baroque towns in Puglia
- Departure to Speziale and lunch in a slow-food restaurant
- Visit of Ostuni: a charming place on a hilltop with a labyrinth of lanes lined with houses painted in white lime
- Return to Gioia
Departure
- Meet at the hall of the hotel
- Arrival to Bari airport and goodbye
4 DAY TOUR at € 1400 euros per person
The price includes
- Collection and transfer from/to Bari airport
- 5 nights accommodation in a delightful B&B in the city center (double occupancy room with private bath)
- Daily breakfasts
- Guided Tour
- visit of the towns as indicated on the itinerary
- entry ticket to the castle in Gioia del Colle
- ticket to the castle in Barletta
- entry to the museum in Gioia del Colle
- ticket to the museum in Barletta
- entry to a cave house in Matera
- ticket to the Ducal Palace in Martina Franca
- 4 lunches in selected restaurants (2 courses and fine wine)
- focaccia tasting
- transport to each location by private vehicle
- bottles of water for the tour
- route map
- Hotel taxes and departure taxes
- any extra help or advice to make your stay as pleasant as possible
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