Apulia Tour
9 Days / 8 Nights
Day 1: Brindisi - Lecce
Arrival at Brindisi Airport - Transfer to the hotel. Check-in and overnight.
Day 2: Lecce
Lecce is famous for the baroque architecture produced with the local yellow
stone which very easy shape, together with many palaces and churches from this
époque there is also rests from a Roman amphitheatre. An half day sightseeing
with local guide and then time on your own.
Overnight stay.
Day 3: Galatina - Gallipoli
Galatina is one of the bigger towns of the Salento peninsula, we have a sightseeing
with local guide through the historical centre seeing several elegant palaces.
The most important monument in the city is the church of S. Caterina d'Alessandria,
built in the end of 1300 and all the internal decorations in the beginning of
1400 with excellent frescoes from local artist influenced by the Giotto school.
After the visit we drive to the charming little town of Gallipoli, built on
an island of limestone connected with the mainland by a bridge.
Free time - Overnight stay.
Day 4: Otranto
After breakfast excrusioni to Otranto on the eastern tip of the peninsula was during the Byzantine period
the most important of the Salento peninsula, the dominant building is the fortress
made by Ferdinand of Aragona in the end of 1400. The main attraction is the
Cathedral of Annunziata with an interesting mosaic floor from 1100. After the free lunch
together in the country side we go back to Lecce. Overnight.
Day 5: Ostuni - Polignano a Mare
Today we leave our hotel in Lecce to continue our stay in a nice hotel by the
sea. On the way to Polignagno a Mare we make a stop in the charming town of
Ostuni, where all houses are white painted and well kept by the local women.
Time for free lunch on your own before we move on to the hotel. Check-in and overnight.
Day 6: Castel del Monte - Trani
After breakfast excursion to Castel del Monte is on of Apulias most beautiful profane buildings and one
of the most impressive fortresses of the middle age, with it's eight towers
built in a perfect circle. It was constructed during 1240 and lays with an incredible
view of the sorrounding landscape. Lunch in a farm before we
drive towards the sea and Trani, where we find the cathedrals S. Nicola Pellegrino,
one of the most beautiful Romanesque churches of south Italy. Once back to the
hotel we have time on our own. Overnight stay.
Day 7: Le Murge – Martina Franca – Alberobello
After breakfast departure for the excrusion to Le Murge - a plateau that extends along the upper part of the
region, here we'll see the typical houses built with Trulli technique often
round and with pointed roof. In Alberobello there are about a 1.000 Trulli houses,
shops, bars and restaurants. Martina Franca is a small medieval town where rococo
and baroque palaces was built during 1600-1700, there are nice examples of the
Apulian baroque and the municipal building is assigned to Bernini. We pass Locorotondo,
e picturesque little town that takes the name from it's shape, infact it's built
on a hill in a circle in the heart of Le Murge. Overnight stay.
Day 8: Matera
After breakfast we enter the Caveoso Sasso passing by the Porta Empia, that
faces a breathtaking panorama. Then for a visit to some Rock Churches and the
typically furnished Casa Grotta (Cave house).
Lunch within a fortified farm and transfer to the Rock Church Archaeological
Park of Natural History: a brief trip on the Matera Moors to discover
treasures of rupestrian civilizations and the area’s faunistic and botanical
heritage.
Easy walking with historical, natural and cultural interests.
Return to Hotel free dinner and overnight.
Day 9: Breakfast
Departure to Brindisi Airport.
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