About this guide
If it’s your first time and you want to see it all, this guide is for you. It combines all our guides into one 10-day route with two or three bases, so you don’t pack your bags every evening.
Includes everything from “Bari in one day”, “Bari, Polignano and Monopoli”, “Itria Valley” and “Salento”, plus extra chapters on Trani, Castel del Monte and Matera.
What you’ll see
- 10-day plan with bases and distances
- Matera, the stone Sassi (Basilicata)
- Trani’s seaside cathedral and Castel del Monte
- Everything from our other guides in one
Route
Bari→Trani→Castel del Monte→Matera→Polignano a Mare→Monopoli→Alberobello→Locorotondo→Ostuni→Lecce→Otranto→Santa Maria di Leuca→Gallipoli→Brindisi
Contents
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The 10-day plan in one tableBases, days and distances
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Budget and practicalitiesCosts, car hire, taxes
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Trani and Castel del MonteA cathedral by the sea and the mysterious octagonal castle
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MateraThe Sassi, one of the world’s oldest inhabited cities
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Days 4–9: coast, valley and SalentoHow to link the routes of our other guides
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Where to leave the carBari in one day · Safe car parks by the old town
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A loop of Bari VecchiaBari in one day · Castle, cathedral, Saint Nicholas and the sea walls
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What to eat in BariBari in one day · Street food you won’t find anywhere else
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An evening on the LungomareBari in one day · Sunset, aperitivo and Italy’s finest seafront
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Day 1: Polignano a MareBari, Polignano and Monopoli · Cliffs, sea balconies and the famous coffee
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Day 2: MonopoliBari, Polignano and Monopoli · Old harbour, castle and beaches between the rocks
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Day 3: Castellana cavesBari, Polignano and Monopoli · Grotte di Castellana and a trip to the Itria Valley
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AlberobelloItria Valley: trulli and white towns · Trulli capital and UNESCO site
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Locorotondo and Martina FrancaItria Valley: trulli and white towns · A round white village and baroque Martina
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Cisternino and “fornello pronto”Itria Valley: trulli and white towns · Dinner at the butcher’s
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Ostuni, the white cityItria Valley: trulli and white towns · La Città Bianca above the olive groves
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Lecce: baroque in honey-coloured stoneSalento: Lecce, Otranto and Leuca · Santa Croce, Piazza del Duomo and the Roman amphitheatre
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Otranto and the coast to LeucaSalento: Lecce, Otranto and Leuca · Mosaic, cliffs and the end of the land
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Gallipoli and the Ionian sideSalento: Lecce, Otranto and Leuca · An island old town and the best sunset
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