PUGLIA :
The heel of Italy, Puglia is currently being proclaimed as the new Tuscany. If you come you will fall in love with this beautiful region and its lovely people.
Puglia has it all: splendid beaches, marvelous architecture, beautiful countryside and the finest food and wine in Italy. Puglia enjoys a warm climate all year round. There are the famous trulli. Many trulli have since been beautifully restored and made into luxury homes. To fully discover the mystery of the trulli, visit Alberobello, Cisternino, Martina Franca and Locorotondo. A holiday in Puglia would not be complete without visiting the city of Lecce 70 kms south of OSTUNI and the Salento area. Lecce is renowned for its architecture and the Baroque churches are stunning. There is also a large amphitheater. In the Salento area, there is Otranto which is a small town with a pretty little harbour. The cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata with its extravagant mosaic floor and the Aragonese castle are the highlights of the town
OSTUNI 'THE WITHE CITY':
The so-called “Città Bianca” (White City), Ostuni seems to be made up of light and white, to visit it is an unforgettable experience. You go up towards the historical centre through a succession of narrow, winding streets made of white houses pressed together, painted windows, arches and steps. We suggest you take your time along the lanes and around the crafts shops: all of a sudden just around a corner you will behold the wonderful view of the underlying valley to the sea. The 15th century cathedral represents a feat of the local stone, it has a splendid facade and an imposing 24 ray rose window. The Palazzo Municipale and the Museo delle Civiltà Preclassiche della Murgia are also noteworthy. Music festivals and many typical restaurants and bars where you can listen to live music or savour delicious local dishes brighten the night life. You can find discos along the coast. The cuisine in this area is genuine and full of inventive. Flavours from the vegetable garden mix with the aroma
The historic center is near, the town with the panorama, the cathedral, the museums, the rich churches of art and traditions, the typical houses in stone: the trulli. The typical food and the best gastronomy.
Ostuni stay at 4 km. from the sea and is declared from the environmentalists, Blue Flag of Europe, with its beautiful inlet and beach along all cost.
Ostuni “the white city” like the snow, the sand of its beaches. Characteristic agglomerated of houses squared all painted of white, like one chalk construction stood out on intense the blue sky. It rises grabbed hold of on a hill, encircled from the laity uliveti.
Ostuni 'The White City' deserves a stay sure, in order to discover of the peculiarities and its treasures, the typical, the scent of its earth and the sea, for the characteristic beauty of the houses lime white city, for the great panoramas on the Adriatic that enjoy from every angle of the historic center, intact conserve the medieval structure.