Puglia Road Trip: Best Route, Stops & Driving Tips

Aerial view of Polignano a Mare, Puglia

Puglia is one of the best regions in Italy for a road trip because the car is genuinely useful once you leave the main railway corridor. It gives you access to masserie, trulli countryside, small beaches, hill towns and coastal roads that are awkward to combine by public transport. The mistake is assuming that having … Read more

Best Beaches in Gargano: Beaches, Coves & Coastal Gems

Mattinata coast and olive groves Gargano, Puglia

The best beaches in Gargano are not concentrated around a single resort or along one uniform stretch of coast. This mountainous promontory in northern Puglia has two remarkably different seaside personalities: long, sandy beaches around Vieste and the northern coast, and a far more dramatic southern coastline where white limestone cliffs plunge into the Adriatic … Read more

Best Beaches in Puglia: Where to Find the Most Beautiful Sea

Mattinata coast and olive groves Gargano, Puglia

Puglia does not have one single type of coastline. That is the first thing worth understanding before choosing where to spend your beach days. Along roughly 800 kilometres of coast, the region moves from the pale limestone cliffs and pebble coves of the Gargano to the small rocky inlets around Polignano a Mare and Monopoli, … Read more

Puglia with Kids: Best Family-Friendly Things to Do

Family walking in Bari old town, Puglia

Puglia is one of the easiest regions of southern Italy to enjoy as a family, but it rewards a little planning. The region is long, summer temperatures can be intense, many historic centres have uneven stone streets, and some of the most beautiful beaches are far easier to reach by car than by public transport. … Read more

Gargano National Park: Best Places, Trails & Experiences

Mattinata coast and olive groves Gargano, Puglia

Gargano National Park is one of the places that most clearly challenges the usual image of Puglia. Instead of endless olive groves and flat countryside, this corner of northern Puglia rises dramatically from the Adriatic, combining limestone cliffs, dense forests, mountain villages, pilgrimage routes, wetlands, sea caves and some of the region’s most striking beaches. … Read more

Best Things to Do in Puglia: 25 Unforgettable Experiences

Aerial view of Polignano a Mare, Puglia

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 … Read more

10 Days in Puglia: The Ultimate Itinerary from Gargano to Salento

Aerial view of Polignano a Mare, Puglia

Ten days is enough to experience Puglia as a region rather than as a collection of famous postcards. You can begin with Gargano’s forested promontory and dramatic Adriatic coast, move through Bari and the limestone towns of central Puglia, then finish in Lecce and Salento where the landscape and architecture change again. The route is … Read more

Tremiti Islands Travel Guide: Ferries, Beaches & Things to Do

San Domino coast Tremiti Islands, Puglia

The Tremiti Islands are one of the most distinctive destinations in Puglia, but they require more planning than a normal beach day. The archipelago lies in the Adriatic north of the Gargano peninsula and is made up of San Domino, San Nicola, Capraia, Cretaccio and Pianosa. Only San Domino and San Nicola are permanently inhabited, … Read more