Puglia Holidays
Puglia agritourismos, apartments, cottages, hotels, villas and village houses
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Why Holiday in Puglia?
Puglia is Italy's boot heel, its Southeastern most region.
If you have already toured the northern part of Italy and are looking for something equally fascinating, completely different and much less crowded, this is a wonderful area to consider. It offers at least one excellent archeological museum, a host of cathedrals dating back to the 10th century, several deserted - and thus highly atmospheric - Greek and Roman ruins, a gleaming necklace of lively fishing villages, one of Europe's largest forests, a chain of medieval hill towns, and some of the very cleanest beaches and water in the Mediterranean. It also has its own subspecies of architecture, called barocco leccese. Characterized by extremely ornate carvings that cover the entire surface of churches and palazzi, its apex is reached in the delighttful little city of Lecce.
There is one other attraction that you will see only in Apulia, and that is Trulli (singular, “Trullo”). Whitewashed cones made of stones held together without mortar, they are visible in almost every wheat field and olive grove, where they serve as miniature barns. But they are at their most picturesque when clustered together in the hundreds, to form a town. This is Alberobello, and it's a wonderful site you will never forget.
The region is served by direct flights to the region's two main airports at Bari and Brindisi.
Vivid Italy is your perfect choice for a holiday in Puglia. In Puglia we have villas, apartments and hotels ideal for your holiday.
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Resorts
Grottaglie, Taranto
More infoGrottaglie is located in the Salento peninsula, a huge chunk of limestone dividing the Adriatic from the Ionian sea. Around the city, the countryside is scattered with vast and deep ravines that open the ground into the heart of the limestone-rock. Further out, the landscape is famous for the ancient rupestrian ravine encircling the town.
Locorotondo, Bari
More infoLocorotondo looks out over the entire valley of Itria, with a panoramic view over traditional Trulli houses scattered among the olive trees and the grape vines. There are a number of annual events to attact visitors, including a whole series of gastronomic fairs.
Ostuni, Brindisi
More infoOn the coast of Murgia, Ostuni is known as 'The White City' because of its small white houses, lending a brilliant charm to town and bringing even the dullest days to life.
San Michele Salentino
More infoSan Michele Salentino is in the province of Brindisi in Puglia, on the south-east coast of Italy. It is famous for the growing of olives and grapes, and consequently the great local produce that uses these as ingredients.
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Holidays To Puglia
How To Get There
You can take direct flights from Stansted to Bari on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with Ryanair.
From Stansted you can also fly direct to Brindisi on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with Ryanair.
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The Insider
Regional Food
Puglia is rightly known for it's food! We'd recommend trying just simple pasta dishes, so you'll see what a difference they can make. After that, the seafood, such as oysters and mussels are a must.
Local Wine
With production based on quality not quantity, it is hard to go wrong with either the local whites or reds.
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