Make the most of your time in Italy with this fully-escorted tour around Puglia region and the beautiful Matera.
Must-see attractions you'll visit during this tour:
- The Medieval town Trani, with a characteristic Jewish neighborhood and an impressive white-stone cathedral
- The mysterious UNESCO jewel Castel del Monte, a perfectly octagonal fortress built already in 13 century in a unique mix of Gothic, Classical and Islamic elements
- The fairytale town Alberobello, composed by centenary white beehive-shaped houses called Trulli. A scattered hotel lets you sleep inside these incredible UNESCO jewels and having breakfast in their square
- The old towns of Matera. Since Palaeolithic, its natural caves have been adapted to be inhabited with the name of Sassi, carved in the mountains
- The serene bright Locorotondo, rated as one of the prettiest historical towns in Italy
- The white town Ostuni, overlooking the coastal plain dense with ancient olive trees - the same of their world-known tasty oil, a must when in Puglia!
- The surprising Baroque art in Lecce, displayed on highly decorated churches, magnificent palaces, public buildings
- The ancient farm Masseria L’Uliveto, Visit this ancient farm, learn about the history and culture of Puglia. Dinner with typical meals and products from the region
Your schedule
- Day 1: meeting our tour leader in your hotel in Bari; visit; dinner and overnight
- Day 2: breakfast; arrival and visits in Trani, Castel del Monte and Alberobello; dinner and overnight in the scattered hotel
- Day 3: breakfast; arrival and visits in Matera; back to Alberobello; dinner and overnight in the scattered hotel
- Day 4: breakfast; arrival and free time in Locorotondo and Ostuni; arrival in Lecce; dinner and overnight
- Day 5: breakfast; guided visit of Lecce; reaching Otranto, and free time; reaching, visiting and having dinner at the “Masseria L’Uliveto”; back to Lecce; overnight
- Day 6: After breakfast at your hotel, enjoy a 3 hour guided visit of Lecce.Dinner, travel back to Lecce, overnight
- Day 7: breakfast at the hotel. At the time indicated transfer to the station for the train departure to Rome. Overnight stay
- Day 8:breakfast at the hotel.Spend your free day in Rome at your leisure.Overnight stay
- Day 9:breakfast at the hotel and end of our services