Find the best things to do in Puglia, from cultural attractions and historic landmarks to boat trips, outdoor adventures and authentic local experiences. Discover caves, castles, nature reserves, traditional villages, family activities and unforgettable places along the Adriatic and Ionian coasts. Whether you love history, nature, food or the sea, there is always something new to experience in Puglia.
Torre Guaceto is one of the best places in Puglia for travellers who want more than a conventional day at the beach. Stretching along the Adriatic coast between Carovigno and Brindisi, this protected landscape combines sandy beaches, low rocky coves, Mediterranean scrub, wetlands, farmland and clear sea around a 16th-century coastal watchtower. What makes Torre … Leggi tutto
Seeing Polignano a Mare from the clifftop is impressive. Seeing it from the Adriatic explains why the town looks the way it does. From the water, the whitewashed buildings appear to balance directly above the limestone cliffs, narrow openings in the rock turn into surprisingly large caves, and familiar places such as Lama Monachile and … Leggi tutto
Rising alone above the rolling countryside of the Alta Murgia, Castel del Monte is one of those buildings that looks almost too geometrically perfect to belong to the Middle Ages. Eight sides, eight towers, an eight-sided courtyard and a position chosen to dominate an enormous sweep of inland Puglia give Frederick II’s castle an appearance … Leggi tutto
Puglia rewards travellers who resist the temptation to treat it as a checklist of white villages and famous beaches. The region is long, geographically varied and surprisingly diverse: Romanesque cathedrals face the Adriatic in the north, trulli and olive-covered countryside fill the Valle d’Itria, Baroque streets dominate Lecce, while the Salento peninsula alternates between rocky … Leggi tutto