MINI TOUR APULIA TUESDAY/SATURDAY

Day 1:

Arrival in Bari and meet your driver at 5:45 p.m. at the meeting point communicated before departure. Transfer to the Itria Valley and check-in at the hotel. Before dinner, meet with your guide. Welcome cocktail and presentation of the tour. Dinner and accommodation.

Day 2:

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to Grotte di Castellana and visit the grottoes. Arrival in Alberobello, the “capital of the trulli” and walk through its monumental area declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Lunch. Departure to Ostuni, the “white city,” and walk through its picturesque historic center with a visit to its Romanesque-Gothic cathedral. Return to the hotel in the Valle de Itria area and dinner. 

Day 3:

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to Lecce, the “Florence of the South,” capital of Pugliese baroque. Visit the historic center with the Basilica of Santa Croce, Piazza Duomo and Piazza San Oronzo. Small oil tasting. Lunch. In the afternoon, departure to Otranto to visit this city called the “Gate to the East,” with its Romanesque Cathedral, the chapel of the tomb of the Holy Martyrs and the suggestive Crypt. Return to the hotel in the Valle de Itria area and have dinner.

Day 4:

Breakfast at the hotel and departure to Matera to visit the historic center, declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO thanks to the famous “Sassi” neighborhoods and their small houses, wineries and churches largely excavated in the rock, with particular attention to the “Sassi” Barisano and Caveoso neighborhoods. Lunch and departure to Bari or surrounding areas. Transfer to the central area of ​​Apulia. Accommodation at the hotel in Bari/Barletta area or surroundings and enjoy dinner.

Day 5:

Breakfast at the hotel and the end of our services.