We said good bye to our new friends in Savoca Sicily at the Resort Borgo San Rocco. On to Puglia! First we took a 2 hour drive to the ferry in Messina and then the 1 hour windy ferry trip to Villa San Giovanni in the region of Calabria, Italy. After a 4 hour drive through Calabria and Basilicato in the foot of Italy, we arrived in Puglia, the heel and Achilles’ tendon! We drove through the Puglian towns of Taranto, Martina Francis and Locorotondo, all worth visiting.
Puglia is known for its charming trulli building structures, traditional dry stone huts with conical roofs were originally storage sheds and barns built in the 15-18th centuries. They were later used as homes and today are remodeled to meet modern needs. Trullo is 1 hut, Trulli is more than 1.
Here are some pics of our trulli. It was remodeled and is owned by the architect Michele Camporeale. There are 4 apartments. Two of them were finishing up the reconstruction. La Vita a Cono!
Antique bed in our trulli mixed with new
Here are pics of some neighbors trulli
This above trullo is a more simple style closer to the original.
Cisternino is the town close to our trullo. Here are some pics
Barfod makes the best cappuchino in all of Italy!
Interior of Barfod
Beautiful artistic design of this creative shop
One day we visited 3 towns.
Locorotondo is a quiet peaceful place painted white and filled with colorful flower pots.
A view from Locorotondo to a trullo farm
Egnazia, a Greek Roman Archeological Park and Museum and the adjoining ancient olive groves
Alberobello is a larger town made up of mostly trulli. Here we toured a two story trulli museum. The tour guide told us this town population originated from Cappadocia, Turkey, where there are similar styles homes built in the caves.
Lecce, the Florence of the south, is a large city filled with baroque architecture, churches and castles and also Roman ruins being excavated underneath the city of Lecce.
A Roman theatre is being used today. Above is a modern baroque Tourist Office built among the ancient baroque
Catacombs for burials under the church
Dave could not resist this poster
A Parisian looking kiosk/bar
A bridal couple enjoying Lecce on this weekday afternoon
Another day we journeyed to the sea: Poltignano a Mare, a stunning town built up on cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean.
Statue of the composer of the song Volare in his home town.
Artsy shop window
More of Cisternino
A mirror made of his grandmothers washboard at Il Cucco in Cisternino
Primitivo wine is made in Puglia and we love it!
Rainbow over our trullo
For What’s to Eat in Puglia?, check my post here at Ninainthekitchen
nina in the kitchen 